Has anyone any experience converting a Grizzly G8689 mini mill
Richard
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On 8 May 2013 14:05, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote:
Has anyone any experience converting a Grizzly G8689 mini mill
I have converted something very similar. and a chap called Hoss (largely on
the Mach3 side) has published a lot of info on similar machines:
On Wed, 8 May 2013, andy pugh wrote:
On 8 May 2013 14:05, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote:
Has anyone any experience converting a Grizzly G8689 mini mill
I have converted something very similar. and a chap called Hoss (largely on
the Mach3 side) has published a lot of info on similar machines:
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 10:22 AM, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote:
Ask before you buy
It would save us time if you would say what you think :)
Thanks
Richard
Jon Elson has one of those for demos. That's a really good mill for
demos. Not sure it's so great for doing any work. I always thought
I converted one of these. Adding CNC to it just automates junk IMHO. I
would say after you convert it, its 'average' but I'm glad I got rid of it.
I sold it, and for not much more than I sold it for, got a used BOSSV with
a working original control.
1000x more capable. I wish I had not
On 8 May 2013 15:22, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote:
It is an easy way to sink a fair bit of money into a pile of junk to end
up
with a computer-controlled pile of junk.
Ask before you buy
It would save us time if you would say what you think :)
To be fair, it probably depends on what you
On 8 May 2013 16:11, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ACIERA-F1-UNIVERSAL-MILLING-MACHINE-/130902771785?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item1e7a69c849
It's one of these. Of course without the amazing array of accessories it is
a bit less desirable:
On 8 May 2013 16:14, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote:
On 8 May 2013 16:11, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ACIERA-F1-UNIVERSAL-MILLING-MACHINE-/130902771785?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item1e7a69c849
It's one of these. Of course without the amazing array of
On Wednesday 08 May 2013 09:36:18 kqt4a...@gmail.com did opine:
Has anyone any experience converting a Grizzly G8689 mini mill
Richard
Not that one specifically, but I've done the micro-mill.
I made the motor mounts and all metal sliding joint couplings to connect
nema 23 steppers to the
On Wednesday 08 May 2013 11:19:17 andy pugh did opine:
On 8 May 2013 14:05, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote:
Has anyone any experience converting a Grizzly G8689 mini mill
I have converted something very similar. and a chap called Hoss (largely
on the Mach3 side) has published a lot of info on
andy pugh wrote:
On 8 May 2013 15:22, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote:
To be fair, it probably depends on what you want it for.
However, it is instructive to slap the head of one, and watch it go boing
It may be that mine is a particularly poor example of the genre, and having
a table that is
Eric Keller wrote:
Jon Elson has one of those for demos. That's a really good mill for
demos. Not sure it's so great for doing any work. I always thought it was
a bit unfortunate that they decided to tilt the column.
Here is some text and pics of my 150-Lb minimill converted to CNC.
John Murphy j...@wyosip.com writes:
I sold it, and for not much more than I sold it for, got a used BOSSV with
a working original control.
What is a BOSSV?
Google image search does not turn up anything related to metalworking.
On Wed, 2013-05-08 at 09:22 -0500, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, 8 May 2013, andy pugh wrote:
On 8 May 2013 14:05, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote:
Has anyone any experience converting a Grizzly G8689 mini mill
I have converted something very similar. and a chap called Hoss (largely
On Wed, 2013-05-08 at 12:35 -0400, Ron Bean wrote:
John Murphy j...@wyosip.com writes:
I sold it, and for not much more than I sold it for, got a used BOSSV with
a working original control.
What is a BOSSV?
Google image search does not turn up anything related to metalworking.
A search
On 5/8/2013 11:19 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Wednesday 08 May 2013 11:19:17 andy pugh did opine:
On 8 May 2013 14:05,kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote:
Has anyone any experience converting a Grizzly G8689 mini mill
I have converted something very similar. and a chap called Hoss
A Bridgeport Mill with a Boss V control?
Dave
On 5/8/2013 2:56 PM, dave wrote:
On Wed, 2013-05-08 at 12:35 -0400, Ron Bean wrote:
John Murphyj...@wyosip.com writes:
I sold it, and for not much more than I sold it for, got a used BOSSV with
a working original control.
On 8 May 2013 16:19, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
While I can't argue with the pile of junk part Andy, I do make useful
things with it.
Mine can do this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhICrb0Tbn4
But it isn't a joy to use like the Harrison is.
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--- On Wed, 5/8/13, Eric Keller eekel...@psu.edu wrote:
Jon Elson has one of those for demos. That's a really
good mill for
demos. Not sure it's so great for doing any
work. I always thought it was
a bit unfortunate that they decided to tilt the column.
That's when you borrow the use of
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