Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] RF45 CNC conversion

Hi Dan,

Thanks for the comments. I don't think I'm up to that! And I chickened
out on a BOSS 5 mill, too big, too soon!

Alan KM6VV

dfalck@... wrote:

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> Alan,
> I cut a hole in the top of the column. It was 3/4" thick cast iron, so I had to do it slow and with a lot of cutting oil to keep the hole saw cool. I used a big Milwaulkee mag drill set on a make shift platform that I leveled up to the top of the column. The platform was a right angle plate clamped to the side of it. If I had had more room in my shop at the time, I probably would have bought a Boss mill- and not gone to the trouble that I did. But, with little space at that time and less now it makes sense to have a RF45 conversion.
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> Dan
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> >What did you cut a hole in the top of? the stand? The plate goes
> >between the base and the square column? Well, I'm a long way off >from doing my own RF conversion (I HAVE a Sherline CNC), but I might >be looking at a mill this weekend!
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> >Alan KM6VV