Newbie in Wellington

[Cam 75]

Hi IM new to cnc.Im thinking of retro fitting a mill about this size.https://www.machineryhouse.co.nz/Pro...Code=M603D.Was looking for some guidence and was woundering if there was anyone to answer my many questions.Thanks.Just tried link, also no good.It is a mill on same page as yours.Biggest one.May go bigger if conversion cost not to high.Would like to make things like motorcycle triple clamps and brake
discs.

[techtoys]

Your link to machineryhouse didn't work.

But I'm in Wellington and I bought a Sieg X3 mill from Machineryhouse. I've fitted it with a stepper-motor/ballscrew kit from Promica in Australia. I drive the motors with a Gecko540 controller using an older PC with LPT port, running Mach3 software. I have a USB jog-shuttle controller, which has made life much easier. I have a couple of Tormach quick-change tool holders and am working on a power drawbar. I'm halfway through removing the spindle motor from the mill and replacing it with a three phase motor with a SEW-Eurodrive single phase variable speed drive.

I'd be happy to discuss your plans and offer advice from what I've learned along the way.

[Cam 75]

Thanks.Try this link.https://www.machineryhouse.co.nz/Pro...ockCode=M126.I am hoping to do four axis.I have a 12inch rotary table for this.Do you think it is worth doing a cnc programing nightclass at weltec?Definitly going to do a nightclass on soildworks.

[Dougal]

I'm down south and have converted a HM10 mill (aka X2). I'm very pleased with it but there are always things to do differently. The thread is in my signature below.

For software I run solidworks, rhino, Mach3 and cambam (all legit). It's a pretty serious investment if you don't have a business which needs them anyway. I can't say enough good things about CAMBAM, there are free programs like Alibre which should do most of what you need for 3D modelling.