Re: New to CNC

Hello Larry, I had my bench mill converted to CNC. You might want
to check out KDN Tool and Automation Engineering,
http://www.kdntool.com .
If you own a mill they will sell you the mechanical conversion kits
so that you can do it your self, the stepping motors, and three
different stepping motor electronics driver packages. Plus limit
and home switches, and axis lubrication system.

I know nothing about electronics, and did not want to take the
chance of ruining the mechanical installation, so I had KDN Tool do
it all. They also integrated Gecko stepper motor drives into their
electronics, and integrated the DeskCNC breakout board.

But most of all they installed a belt drive to take the variable
stock speed from 2,500 rpm to well over 7,500 rpm. Replaced the
SIEG motor driver board with a much better design, and integrated
the Little Machine Shop tachometer into the spindle speedup, with
bearing preload adjustment. All encased in a safety housing.

If you don't have a bench mill to convert they have four CNC mill
machines to offer completely CNC. You can work with them so that
the finished conversion meets your requirements and application.
One of their complete machine offerings has the same Y axis
displacement as the Taig. I also purchased their 4th axis, and 4th
axis electronics upgrade.

Runs like a charm, and the price was right. Good luck on your
juourney into CNC.

Bill Perun

PS
Linux is just the source of the G-code, and from what I understand
has very little to do with operating the PC which runs the CNC
interpreter. The CNC interpreter I am using is DeskCNC.

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Larry Bush" <lbush@...>
wrote:

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> I'm in the market to purchase a CNC mill system to engrave and cut

out meter

> holes for electronic equipment panels.
> Panels are both aluminum and plastic. I'm considering the Sherline

Vertical

> milling Machine CNC system or the Micro Mill DSLS 3000.
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> The Sherline uses the Linux OS. I know nothing about Linux. I am

very

> comfortable with Windows XP operating system.
> Therefore I'm leaning to the Micro mill system. As suggestions as

to other

> small CNC mills I should consider will be appreciated.
>
> Larry
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