Starting down the CNC rabbit hole-Techno Isel

[Myrickman]

Hi all. Long time hobby machinist making scale model gas engines. I did some horse trading for a 90's vintage Techno Isel gantry with 30"x22"x8" travel and a rotary table attachment. It has stepper motors on it and ancient Windows 98 boards. I want to get into CNC so I figured this would be a good place to start. My plan is to upgrade to a Gecko 540 controller, new steppers and Mach 3/4 control software. Plan is to use it for aluminum, wood for patterns and plastics. I have a lot to learn and have been watching a lot of YouTube videos. I'm pretty compute savvy so no issues there...just need to come up the learning curve. In the next few weeks the plan is to make a sturdy frame to sit the gantry on and hold the control cabinet and computer. I have a house vac system at the ready for chip removal. Looking to size the steppers if I need 300 or 600 in-oz torque. So this is just an intro post and I'll add to it or new threads as the project develops. Thanks, Myrickman.

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[Myrickman]

I’ve had the machine running for almost a year now and slowly, but steadily coming up the CNC learning cliff. Here is a picture of it just before completion. Since then it is set up for Mach4 hobby. Running a UC100 on the parallel port of the gecko G540. Using CamBam for the lions share of the beginning work, but am trying to teach myself Fusion 360.