I am hoping that there are some Shopbot experts here that can answer a few basic questions for me.
I am thinking about getting an older shopbot model, probably from 2006-2009, but I don't know what model it is and I can't find any identifying label on it.
I can tell you that it looks almost exactly like the one in this video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlDynfOS6uA with the exception being that the one I am looking at has a built in spindle instead of a porter cable router. Does anyone know what the name is for this model and if it can be upgraded easily if all I wanted was to use the heavy duty x-y-z platform, spindle, and the stepper motors and replace the controllers and software with something more modern? I suppose I am ok if the capacity is not 4' by 8' and if the speed isn't that great, but I would hope that I could achieve pretty good accuracy and maybe upgrade the dust collection?
Thanks,
Andy