Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Digest Number 979

I'm also in the process of a conversion. While one doesn't have do deal
with
the "quill" issue of a lot of mills, I'm also less than impressed with
mine
and am looking for something with a bigger table and a better design.

The stock screws in the table are pretty terrible. I've been machining
new nuts (out of the brass/Al alloy), but the stiffness in the mill
is making the quality of the work suffer.


On a different note:
I found a great little device for making a pendant for EMC, or really
any
CNC program. It's a gamepad called the powerAMP mite, and they can be
found
(even from the manufacturer) for less than $15.00. You plug this guy
into your
keyboard port (between your keyboard and your motherboard) and then
"program" it with
key sequences. No drivers or OS specific stuff, and each button can
perform several key strokes.

murph

ron ginger wrote:

>
> > From: wbhinkle@...
> > Subject: Re: mini mill conversion
> >
> > anybody remember who was converting a Grizzly Mini-Mill to CNC?
>
> I am. See pic at http://plsntcov.8m.com
>
> I still have not done the moglice nuts- the material has been sitting on
> my bench for several weeks, the old 'round to it' problem.
>
> I used the mill last weekend on a simple brass part. I am becoming less
> pleased with it. It is really not much more ridgid than the Sherline.
> Sure its cast iron, and weighs a lot more, but the head sticks up on a
> relatively small square bar, held to the base with a single (big) bolt.
>
> Im just about ready sell it and put the effort into converitng my
> Clausing.
>
> ron ginger
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