Experience with Colinbus machines?

[tingox]

Hello,
I'm another newbie here (I've been lurking for a couple of weeks). I hope this is the right forum to ask this question:
does anybody have any experience with the Colinbus brand of machines, which are made by Franklin Industries?
I would like to know if the make good or not so good machines, specifically the CBR models. The reason for my question is that they have created a kit for a machine that looks quite like the CBR-40, in cooperation with the electronics magazine Elektor, and this kit is complete and reasonably priced. Which is good for a newbie like me, just assembling the kit and then start learning about CNC.
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Torfinn,
Norway

[belli]

Hi,

The router looks good and offers excellent value, the software supplied however is fairly basic, this can improve it a great deal and you will have a great machine when done.

http://www.marktplaats.nl/index.php?.../71918659.html

Greg

[tingox]

Unfortunately,I don't read or speak dutch (if that's what it is).
A translation to english, please?

[belli]

Hi Torfinn,

http://www.babelfish.altavista.com will do a translation for you:

An ideal combination, your Elektuur CNC router system DESKCNC, geber and excellon drill to provide with software traffic-jams import and right printje mill heat insulation. By means of DXF import and 2(5)D traffic-jam directly import and to uses mill, drills. JPEG, TIFF etc traffic-jams read in and engrave an image. An older PC. can serve as targeting (as from Windows98). To characterise: - learn simply, many possibilities - improve by many, as Mach3 assessed. - to 4 assig to apply - with spindel toerental supervision 0-10V = - two relais and 4 digital terminations - connection for HOME switches and limit switches. DeskCNC work by means of between ticket which is headed as from the PC. with RS232 high-speed, simple PC. is already sufficient (as from Windows, 98). Demoprogramma on application to get for free. Deskcnc easily to be able there is connect a so-called interface card available - to see my other advertisements. At purchase of kompleet system I provide programme to free Cad for the value of e 45.00. For further information mail. Look also to my remaining advertisements

Or have a look at his website: www.leeuwinga.nl

Greg

PS My Dutch isn't great either!

[tingox]

Originally Posted by belli http://www.babelfish.altavista.com will do a translation for you: An ideal combination, your Elektuur CNC router system DESKCNC, geber and excellon drill to provide with software traffic-jams import and right printje mill heat insulation. By means of DXF import and 2(5)D traffic-jam directly import and to uses mill, drills. JPEG, TIFF etc traffic-jams read in and engrave an image. An older PC. can serve as targeting (as from Windows98). To characterise: - learn simply, many possibilities - improve by many, as Mach3 assessed. - to 4 assig to apply - with spindel toerental supervision 0-10V = - two relais and 4 digital terminations - connection for HOME switches and limit switches. DeskCNC work by means of between ticket which is headed as from the PC. with RS232 high-speed, simple PC. is already sufficient (as from Windows, 98). Demoprogramma on application to get for free. Deskcnc easily to be able there is connect a so-called interface card available - to see my other advertisements. At purchase of kompleet system I provide programme to free Cad for the value of e 45.00. For further information mail. Look also to my remaining advertisements

So basically this is a new controller board for the machine, and a different program to control the machine?

Or have a look at his website: www.leeuwinga.nl

Unfortunately, the website (even if it has flags in several languages) doesn't display the text in anything else than dutch.

[tingox]

Deleted because of double posting (either because of user incompetence or a bug in the system), please ignore.

[FRP]

Beware,
Deskcnc produces G-code which is not understood bij the profiler router, as it speaks Shpgl. The function of the controller for deskcnc is obsolete as the controller is already inside the profiler. I do have a profiler.
Kind regards

[belli]

Hi FRP,

I think the suggestion was to replace the Colinbus controller with DeskCNC which will allow full 4 axis capability, the current controller is only 2.5 axis. Being able to use G-code will make you compatible with everybody else. The question was, is the Profiler a good construction?

Cheers,
Greg

[FRP]

Hi again,
Technicians from colinbus told me that there was a great demand for colidrive to intprete G-code and that there is a chance that they end implementing it into the colidrive beside the hpgl code interpreter.
To my opinion the construction is fair good.
However the Z axis is a weak point. It cannot stand very wel stress from the side. But it might be good enough for machining wood.
I replaced the original spindel (which is not that bad as it looks) with a Kress 800W
The steppers are to my opinion a bit on the low side (I think, no more than 0.4 mNm). But once the mechanic problems of friction (a real pain in the a***) fixed and trimmed it works OK.
For big pieces I think the work surface is a bit limited. For the moment I only do PCB's which is not a problem at all, but later I also would like to do some small wood work, but I don't have the software for it. I'm a student and paying extra for adequated cad/cam software is not an option now.
Hope to help you with this information.
FRP

[DavidApex]

I have a colinbus LaboFlex-60/HF and I don't really know how to use it.

What I am trying to do is not milling or PCB designs but rather for it to just poke holes in a tube. The holes need not be big but they just need to be at a certain interval. I created a simple design using ColiDrive but when I click on the "Make It" button nothing happens. Can anyone help? Thxs.