Hello everyone I am new to this site and new to mill work in general. I was able to buy a bridgeport ez trak sx from a local factory for a decent deal. The mill hadn't been used in years. When I wired it up the digital readout does not turn, and you can't jog the table etc.

The lights in the back of the cabinet on the circuit boards r on, and when u press buttons on the keypad next to the screen you can hear it making clicking sounds in the cabinet. Also the green start button up top does not make it turn on. What am I missing??? When you take a screwdriver and manually push in on the contacts in the back of it, it will run forward or backward. So I know the mill is ok, just not sure about all of the electronics.

You can even hear the monitor humming a little bit, so I know its getting power. There has to be something very simple I am missing. Thanks in advance.

If I understand what you are saying correctly it is the monitor that is not coming on? We have one very much like yours. Ours has a cord for main power (230v) and one for the CPU (110v). Since you say you hear noise from the control I suspect your monitor is bad. These machines have a start up procedure you have to perform before anything will work.

I do not know enough to help you but there are lots of very sharp people here to help you get her going. A bit of advice if I may. Coming from someone who has worked on a farm and spent the last 30 yrs running drill presses and mills.go get your self a $300 DP from Sears. For drilling a hole in something you are cobbling together a little drill press can not be beat. A 2 axis CNC mill while very accurate can be a pain in the ass just to drill a half inch hole in a piece of angle iron. Are you seeing anything at all on the screen, or does it just stay blank?

There is a brightness knob on the control panel. You might make sure it is turned all of the way up and all of the cables are inserted tightly. Acnielsen Nitro Software Company on this page. Download Facebook For Symbian S60v2 on this page. Try dimming the lights in the room to see if you're getting anything at all.

Those monitors are notorious for fading out to the point that you can't read them at all, but, other than size, they aren't anything special. A desk top monitor will plug right in. After going through several monitors on mine at work I modified the control box to fit a large flat screen. It made the machine a joy to operate. Cbelt, I will get you pages to manual next week. I will be out of town for a few days. I would do this until then (from my memory): Follow monitor cord back to transformer hook up.

Make sure this point is 115 or 120 volts. This should mean ur transformer is hooked up right. This also gives 115 to the computer power supply. The motor drives run on a separate tap. You can directly plug in the CRT to see if it it working using an extension cord. There is a horizontal alignment coil on the CRT which usually goes bad.

You can open up the case and you will see signs of smoke on the coil. I just use separate color computer LCD monitor. The motherboard is old. There is a CMOS battery. These have a tendency to leak which will means you loose your CMOS. Google 'cmos battery eztrak'. Have not had to deal with this yet.