wadkin ux2lc/c3 with bosh cc100 controller

[george uk]

yes thats what i was thinking, worth a punt at the right offer price, its a bit of a job to service, and costly, but worth a crack at the right price. I just need to check that its not bent to badly, I have wrote off the spindle because i can buy one and a vdf, cheeper than i can service that one. I would be happy if the servos and drives work, meaning i only had to replace the controller.

but will see tomorrow,

[GEOFFREY]

The machine was allegedly working prior to removal so why would the screws be likely to be bent?. If there is nothing wrong with the controller why change it? I understand that these machines were quite robust and that many are still in use. I recently bought an old SCM 120 on ebay now and it is now working well. The spindle in that machine will be of a far better quality than any replacement would be, and the machine may well have a tool change system. If you buy the machine my advice would be to get it home (workshop?) and see just what you have got. You may well be in for a pleasant suprise-I hope so anyway. Transport is likely to be quite expensive, the SCM cost about 1k to bring from the south coast to Bourne Lincolnshire, But I had quotes up to twice that. Enjoy your day tomorrow-good haggling. G.

[gavztheouch]

I agree with Geoffrey, its worth spending a little time getting it back up and running as it stands. The controller on this will be quite nice to use and very reliable in comparison to a standard mach3 setup.

[george uk]

I like to consider worst case scenario first, with when buying used stuff, and work back from there, i got the manual for the controller, managed to track down the manuals for both the spindle and the machine ( not orderd yet, just found ).

Am not sure the controller is capable of what i need, and it seems the only way to communicate with it ( is restricted to max 9600br,

The machine was allegedly working prior to removal so why would the screws be likely to be bent?

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scrap dealers not machine dealers, might not of understood how carfull you have to loads these, and i wander why it ended up at there in the first place, instead of being sold in place.

[GEOFFREY]

Yes, scrap dealers selling, but that does not mean the machine is scrap. There could be many reasons for it being in a scrap yard. Often if a landlord or liquidator needs to clear a unit quickly it is the easiest way to sell. It would be quite difficult to lift that machine by the ballscrews, so I doubt if the are damaged!!! As i said before it cost about 1K to transport my SCM (£800+vat) using a lorry with hiab to enable both loading and unloading as we had no access to a forklift capable of handling 5 tonnes. Don,t worry about a bit of surface rust on the rails - just take a look at KingCreakies machine refurb - he ended up with "rusty rails looking like new. Be brave, try an offer of 1K and see how it goes!!! G.

[george uk]

Hi jazz, am picking one of the cards you suggested on the other thread for the machine am building, if i get this machine tomorrow, i will spend some time photographing everything and start asking for advise before i start anything.

[george uk]

just got back

its been left outside ( undercover ) for a few months, could not test it powered, rails have some surface rust on, box with electics in looks fine, ITS HUGE, just trying to price up delivery before i consider an offer

[i2i]

i offered to buy it last week, but they couldn't be bothered to deliver it.

[george uk]

delivery is quite expensive, did you go have a look at it ?

[i2i]

no, after i had a run around from the person who answered the phone i thought better of it.