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"I am writing this to thank you for your work on the Centroid retrofit of the Bridgeport series 2 mill. I must admit when you first approached me about this, I was somewhat skeptical. My initial thought was that this would be a problem from an electrical standpoint and that I would be much better off with a new machine.
After purchasing a new Haas TM2 and finding that the rigidity of this machine was not totally satisfactory, the Bridgeport project was back on the table. The Bridgeport was in good shape even for its age and we decided to go ahead. This approach also allowed us to keep using the Bridgeport for several jobs requiring helical milling with the Bridgeport right angle head, which we did not have a viable work around for.
The short story is that we ended up with a four axis CNC mill for less than half the cost of the three axis Haas. This includes the work that was done by our staff.
The quality and workmanship of the Centroid equipment was outstanding and very professional. Centroid was able to custom tailor the control to allow us to continue to use our rotary milling arrangement as before and even expanded our capability. The new motors are much better than the original motors with much higher torque. The operator interface is a much improved as well.
I would recommend this option to anyone that has a decent Bridgeport with tired electronics. This is a very good value for a very capable machine tool."
Vic Brown
President, American Machine Works Inc.
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