Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: CNC Taig lathe video

Hi Joseph,

I am still in the middle of my conversion. References to what I have done are;

Part1.
http://www.homanndesigns.com/CNCTaigProject.html

Part2.
http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/taigfiles/photos/browse/426b


BTW, nice job.

Cheers,

Peter.

gsi11135 wrote:

> Other than your videos and pictures, do you have any more details on
> how you performed the conversion and how the conversion operates?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Joseph
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Vince Endter" <vince@...> wrote:
>> The reason I converted my mill to CNC was to make it easier to
>> convert my Taig lathe to CNC. The mill took about 6 months, the Taig
>> lathe took two days. I got most of it done last weekend. I still
>> have to add a speed sensor on the spindle. It is running on Mach 3
>> software with a HobbyCNC driver board. Here is another boring video
>> of the CNC taig cutting a convex shape and some rapid moves:
>>
>> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8975430568789772373
>>
>> Higher resolution here:
>>
>> http://www.flyingcritters.com/video/cnc_taig_lathe.wmv
>>
>> Pictures here:
>>
>> http://www.flyingcritters.com/images/1taig_lathe.jpg
>> http://www.flyingcritters.com/images/2x_axis.jpg
>> http://www.flyingcritters.com/images/3z_axis.jpg
>> http://www.flyingcritters.com/images/4tool_post.jpg
>> http://www.flyingcritters.com/images/5back.jpg
>>
>> Once I get the AMP round connectors I ordered, I will mount the
>> driver board to the rear of the divider. As it is I have to be very
>> careful to keep the chips off of it.
>>
>> Vince
>>
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