Originally Posted by kdoney Hey Fignoggle,
Great piece of work! I would love to have that setup. If you're going to do that much work, why not just replace the column and set it up from scratch.
Seriously, how long do you think it would take a good machinist to build to your plans? Would you sell a kit? How much? |
thanks for the comments. i've been contemplating a kit. but for now i want to get one more important mod out - a quality acme screw and acetal nut combo for the x and y axes. it provides a great "feel" for manual machining while providing better drive efficiency than the stock screw and nut.
stay tuned...
it's do-able in one to two full weekends for the average machinist. i'm sure if you're a machinist by trade and have access to a full or even medium sized mill (even as small as the x3) you can move things along faster.