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Need Setup Parameters for Heidenhain TNC150 on a Bridgeport Interact 1 MK 2

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AdeV:

--- Quote from: Jimster on September 20, 2013, 02:29:07 PM ---Thanks for sharing these settings, I'm in the same boT with failed battery. Will these work with my earlier bridgeport mk1 series 1? Can you send these over serial or do I have to input them all manually?

Thanks
Jim

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Jim,

Provided the settings don't overstretch your machine, I don't see why they wouldn't work. I think the main differences would be I guess you have a 1- or 2-speed motor with a varispeed head, where the S1 Mk2 had a variable speed spindle motor & fixed drive. If yours is a stepper-motor machine, then there may well be differences there too (mine has servomotors + encoders).

Interact 1 Mk2's do seem to appear on eBay quite frequently, and usually sell for between 1600-2500 depending on condition, location & how much competition there is for it. I lucked into my current machine for a bargain price, as the auction finished at 2am on a Tuesday - I was obviously the only person to wait up for it...

Beware anything for sale by "equipment_co" of Birmingham (aka Bilal - he has a few other eBay accounts too) - my first Interact came from him & had been stored outdoors & uncovered for some weeks before I got hold of it... it was amazing any of it worked at all... he'd got other machinery scattered around the same yard, all uncovered...

philf:

--- Quote from: AdeV on September 20, 2013, 07:18:42 PM ---........... as the auction finished at 2am on a Tuesday - I was obviously the only person to wait up for it...


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Ade,

Why UK sellers selling to UK customers ever have auctions finishing in the early hours I don't know.

Have you not heard of BidNip? For those who don't know, it's a sniping service where they will enter your bid for you at the last second (I think you can set a maximum of 30 seconds before the finish time.)

BidNip isn't infallible however - the last time I left a bid on something (when we were going out and otherwise I wouldn't have been able to bid) BidNip had a major server problem, the bid was never entered and the item went for peanuts. But that's only happened once.

Using a sniping service is also less stressful - I find my heart rate goes faster and faster as the time to press the "Confirm" button approaches - in my case with 6 seconds to go.

 :beer:

Phil.

awemawson:
Yes I've taken to use Auctionsniper for most of my bids - takes the stress away, stops you getting over enthusiastic, and saves those late night sessions if seller has set end point at antisocial time. Also stops me forgetting to bid!

AdeV:
I've used bidsnipers, yes. Only once, though, when I was living out in Spain. With a thunderstorm on the way that was guaranteed to wipe out my internet connection, and an item I absolutely wanted to win... so I registered with one of them (can't remember which now). Won the item, which was nice, but within days my eBay account had been hacked & was being used to sell non-existant (obviously) video box sets.  I got lucky, someone asked a question before any of the items finished, so I could fix the problem.

Since then, I've decided I simply don't trust any 3rd party sniper tools. And besides, I _like_ the frisson of fear you get sticking a last second bid on... I've lost a few items along the way due to mis-timed clicks, the infuriating "You need to log in" message you sometimes see instead of "your bid has been accepted"... but, that's life.

Mostly, if an item ends between 2am & 7am, I just thow my maximum bid on it, and see what happens.

John Stevenson:
I only bid on stuff that Mawsons bidding on just to jack the price up.

 :poke:

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