On 12 Jun 2009 at 9:04, Wayne Patterson wrote: > Hey Guys, > I am at a point that I need to convert my Sieg X2 mill to CNC > control. I > have found two kits/plans online and wanted to know if anyone on the > list has used them? They are the "Steele Company's" conversion > kit/plan > and the "FigNoggle Designs" kits/plans. For what it is worth I plan > on > building the parts so I will be using the plans and not the kits.
In most cases if you chat a bit with other users that have that type of mini mill you might not need any "plans" to do the conversion. Try asking on the EMC IRC you might run across someone that has a mill similar to yours. Doing a quick search on the EMC Wiki site I found this link http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?An_X3_Benchtop_Mill_Conversion > Right now my biggest concern is the electronics. While I am > confident in > building parts for the machine, the electronics is some what > daunting. I > have bought three "Linistepper" driver boards and assembled them > with > satisfactory results. But I 'm lost when it comes to the > controllers. You can either connect it directly to the parallel port or to a breakout board like the CNC4PC C10 for $25. You will have to find 5-wire or 6-wire (unipolar) motors (not the most popular) for the Linistepper boards. It's a little late for you but in most cases when you spend $40 for a hobby driver board you end up with $250 worth of headaches. When for $70 you could have purchased a good quality commercial driver like the Gecko G251. > From what I have read I am leaning to the Mesa 7I43 to connect the > driver boards to the PC. I also want to add DRO using ShumaTechs > DRO-350. And was wondering if that could be integrated into EMC some > how. If anyone has used any of these parts and/or plans and could > give > me some advice it would be greatly appreciated. My funds are limited > and > I don't want to waste it on things that will not work or conflict > with EMC. > Thanks in advance for any help! > lennywayne The DRO-350 is a quality product. I have built two and installed one on my manual mill. The second one is for my manual lathe but I've not been motivated to figure out how to mount scales on the lathe. It's only use for you would be when your in manual mode. It could not be connected to EMC AFAIK. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
