Re: Horizontal to vertical?

If you are not looking to do heavy milling, you could
get a 90 deg head, make an adapter and you have
to use the Z to drill or bore.

alternatly, you could possibly make a top plate
and buy the vertical mill entire assembly,
ram, milling head, motor etc.

I assume that this puppy would cost about $500
as it sits, plus at least twice that for the
vertical mill head.

look further, you should be able to find a
bridgeport of similar for the same price.
well under $2,000.

Dave

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Smoke" <smoke@t...> wrote:
> YES, It can be done....BUT:
>
> It would be much cheaper to buy a brand new vertical mill.
>
> If I were inclined to tackle a project like this, the first thing
I'd do is
> remove all the existing horizontal equipment. Then I'd design a
spindle
> head assembly that would bolt onto the existing flat surface, using
the
> existing holes....if any. The motor would be integral with the head
> assembly and would use electronic variable speed control.
>
> For CNC conversion, I'd use the knee for the Z axis.
>
> As far as I know there aren't any commercial bolt on units for a
conversion
> as described above.
>
> Smoke
>
> > Since you can change a vertical mill over to horizontal, is it
> possible
> > to change a horizontal over to vertical? It doesn't matter if the
Z on the
> > head feature is sacrificed in the process since it's a knee mill.
I'm
> > guessing no but if not it'd be really good. The machine is a Tom
Senior,
> > here's a photo http://www.gandmtools.com/photos%20701-
750/0740.html I'm
> > just curious because this looks a lot smaller than the other 7ft
mills I'm
> > not allowed for my garage. : )
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John H.