Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Sieg Mill Mods are CNC retrofit

Here's one option:

http://www.stirlingsteele.com/millplans.html

Certainly not the only way to do it (I'm not sure I like the Z axis
design - ballnuts are not intended to be rotated around the shaft; the
lubrication system is designed to work with the shaft rotating) but
there are many people out there who have converted their mini mills,
like this:

http://plsntcov.8m.com/grizzley.html

Richard

On Thu, 2005-03-10 at 18:46, jymmm wrote:
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