From: none@none.com99   
      
   Why after all this time did I decide to fix it.  Honestly I think it   
   might be less work.  Mostly it makes financial sense.   
      
   Its not huge with a stock 14 x 24 work envelope, but the swivel/   
   extendable (does not articulate) head gives if a much larger job size if   
   you make choices that allow you to reindex after moving the head.   
   Notice I said "stock" work envelope.  I did hard limit testing, and by   
   using by found I could program soft limits at 14 x 26.  I can't do much   
   with the X to make it any bigger than that due to design, but I can   
   probably add a couple inches over over hang travel in the front since I   
   am remaking front fixed bearing mount and motor mount anyway.  I can   
   probably get a mechanical limit of around 16 x 26. (inches people)   
      
   For a heavy weight machine around this size with good low speed motor   
   torque this I'd have to spend a bit of change.  I think 3-4 days of   
   actual work, not all at once, and with other machines running in the   
   background the labor cost is significant.  I'll be spending a few   
   thousand dollars on hardware (some of which is already on hand and paid   
   for).  Between all of that cost to fix this machine (again) its still a   
   fraction of the price of a comparable new machine.   
      
   I'll need to buy one ball screw and some ACB bearing pairs.  Everything   
   else I think I already have on hand.  Okay a little more if I change the   
   Z configuration.   
      
      
      
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