James, Are the motor mounts complex enough that you couldn't make crude temporary ones? You could then bootstrap the setup so you could CNC your own upgrades. If you decide to work on it again, let me know. I might be able to help and it would be neet to work on someone elses mill before I decide to do mine :).
On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 11:51 AM james wrathall <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/4/2015 11:14 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > 2. Re: Can anyone talk me out of this? (Rick Burkard) > Great to see this topic! I have an X3 small mill (one size larger than > X2) that I want to CNC. I have been collecting parts for the project, > and I have even installed small DROs scales & readouts on the X-axis an > Y-axis, in anticipation of making the motor mounts, etc. I have a good > 3" vice, and the other fundamental tooling you mentioned. In fact, I > have the drawings that could ultimately be converted into G-code and > used to CNC the motor mounts, but I have not been able to locate anyone > who can and would be helpful in that regard. I've been 'high centered' > on this project for a while now, but your post may be just enough to > make the wheels start rolling again. > > Thanks! > > Jim_W > > > _______________________________________________ > dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list > [email protected] > http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber >
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