Re: retrofiting a max nc help

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "zoomer199" <zoomer@n...> wrote:

> Well after checking out those places you mentioned I am a little
> overwhelmed. There controls cost as much as I piad for my whole
> machine and add ons.:( Can you help with another solution?
>

I don't normally get involved with small machines but this weekend my
daughter has got a job to do that entails far finer work than she
already does. Upside of this is we are getting a mini mill to save
the big Beaver from slogging it's guts of flat out all day with tiny
cutters.
CNC ready Taig here in the Uk is just over 2k, with software , no
computer. All prices mentioned are Uk prices. Multiply by 1.4 to get
dollars.
Sherline is to flimsy and MaxNC is a joke here.
Manual Taig is around 400 UKP here.
Went to order one on Monday but the dealer in in the States. Got to
wait until the end of the month. Found some 216 oz/in double
shafted , Type 23 steppers at 56 UKP each, ordered 4 so I can have a
4th axis, Four drivers, bipolar half step, ready built are same price.
Motor mounts I can make up. Power supply will cost about 25 UKP.
So up to now we have for a conversion 56 x 8 = 448 plus the power
supply and some for TurboCNC to get started and we are up to 488 UKP.
I could possibly save some money with S/H stuff but the motors are
the latest rear earth type, Early motors at 200 oz in will be over
the 2A I have to play with.

Upside of this is one weeks work and this will be finished, running
and making chips. Ok it's chequebook conversion but once my daughter
is going on this it will pay for itself with 2 months easy.

If you don't want to mess about putting all this lot together then
the only alternative is to buy the CNC ready one at 2K.

John S.