On Thursday 01 March 2018 13:36:16 Chris Albertson wrote:
> Gene,
>
> Thanks that is some good real-world data.My plan with this Mini
> Mill is to do the conversion in steps.
>
> 1) Add the z-axis The factory rack and pinyin z-axis setup is not
> very good and if nothing else a motorized scr
Chris, what software are you using to generate gcode?
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Hi Chris,
I'm doing almost exactly the same process on a bigger mill.
1. Z axis has a 3:1 belt drive to the shaft that turns the bevel gear that
turns the knee screw. Run with a Gecko 1200 oz_in motor on 65VDC power
supply and at the moment my ELS as the knee up/down control. I've had it
going up
Gene,
Thanks that is some good real-world data.My plan with this Mini Mill is
to do the conversion in steps.
1) Add the z-axis The factory rack and pinyin z-axis setup is not very
good and if nothing else a motorized screw based z-axis is a big
improvement.
2) Do a quick and simple X, and Y
On 02/28/2018 08:59 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
On 02/28/2018 12:56 PM, Ed wrote:
Some have 5C others have 16C.
Generally the 5C machines have a threaded spindle nose, mine has the
16C with and A2-5 nose.
Thanks much! This one seems to be the A2-5, it has an external taper
that reminds me of a
