Hey
I've (almost) bought an old boxford 280 TCL, CNC Lathe

it only has Z- and X-axis, but I want C-axis as well... will it be a (too?) difficult task to do?

- also it's a reeeeeeally old school controlling;

it has feed/ rapid overide and jog keys on the machine itself
but all other functions, you control it on the connected PC (very OLD dos system) and the basic keyboard.

to sum up:

- is it possible/ worth it to build/ retfrofit C-axis on it; what's needed to be done?
- what do I need to do to get a more "up to date" controlling for it (it really dosen't matter that it's controlled through a connected PC, but want a more FANUC-like or just a "mordern" system"


- Hope you can help me/ tell me something about it and that it isn't too stupid questions :b