Originally Posted by Al_The_Man I have heard a few hairy stories about chinese machines, evidentally the Korean made ones have a better reputation.
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How can one tell if the mill is of chinese origin?
I will post some pics when it arrives. It is going to be a tight squeeze, the mill is 90" high, my garage ceiling is 100".
I guess I might as well let the cat out of the bag as to why I am buying a cnc Mill, and show some pics of the cnc router I am building. I can not complete the router without one.
It has THK KR46 actuators on Y, and a THK GL15B actuator on X axis, Z axis is incomplete, but will use Bayside cross roller bearings. Ive got everything wired up and ready to go, and have all the components. I just need to finish the Z axis. I can get 300 ipm without lost steps on the XY, but that is without a router or anything attached. I start loosing steps at about 350-400 ipm. Travel is 21" on Y, 39" on X. Z will be about 7". The controller has 4
Applied Motion Products stepper drives, an Axxus LPT interface card, Opto22 solid state relay and a Power One power supply. Everything is mounted to a 2" thick butcher block table from MSC. I plan to drill a large hole pattern with threaded inserts pressed into the holes from the underside for clamping material down.
The aluminum plates in the photos are part of the Z axis column.
