Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] How to convert a Grizzly 1006 Mill to CNC

hannu wrote:

>[snip]
>Whats expensive for you ?
>Your cheapest best solution is nema23 hi-quality motors 425 ozin (2 for
>110$), 2:1 belts (6$ belts, 50$ pulleys), 24 v psu (surplus),
>non-isolated basic breakout board (12$), surplus pc (free), mach3 trial
>(free), kit drivers about 2 amps 24 volts (30$ each, 60$) change nothing
>else.
>About 1 week to fab motor mounts etc, use surplus flexible ethernet for
>cabling.
>It will work, quite well, for 240 $. Not expensive, imho.
>
>You can use it to do work as good as the machine is capable of, 10x
>faster than manual, with excellent repeatability.
>
>If you want a recommendation for whats the best choice, how much to you
>want to spend, ballpark ? If you can possibly afford it, isolated bob
>(120), gecko 201s drivers (180) and you are good to go. Total 360 $.
>Still not expensive.
>If you want a very good choice, 48 psu (100), gecko 203v drivers (260),
>newer pc (2.5 ghz plus, 300), total mach3 w. wizards (230), total 1060.
>This would be for "real " production use, easy and very reliable.
>
>

Hmmm.

EMC2 is also a good choice for a budget-conscious person. Since you can
run it quite nicely on a surplus PC - an old P3-800 is excellent - and
the software itself is free, you can save half of that high end budget
($300 PC + $230 Mach). Also, most of the really cheap new PCs don't
have parallel ports, so you're better off with an old PC or adding a PCI
parallel port.

- Steve