I have purchase a 4axis CNC converted SIEG SUPER X3 from "SyiL"

[syil]

Hi Ken, your conversion work on X3 looks cool! from the picture, it seemed that you changed the spindle motor with a frequency changing motor or servo spindle motor, It's of much more power.. right?

and I can't see the conversion on Z axis, did you modify it too?

Bibaco
www.syil.cn

[syil]

Hi Spuds,

we will support photos and everything we can provide to Crazy Ronny and then you will see the whole review....

If you convert the mill by yourself, you can finish the job just with a electric drill and a hacksaw...of courese, the X3 is heavy, maybe you will need several friends to help you move the parts,he he

of course, we will ofer a manual guide for your work.

Bibaco

syil

[KDN Tool]

In order to stay with 120 VAC input, the VFD drives a 1/2 HP 56C frame motor. With a 220 VAC input, the sky's the limit.

I utilized the stock Z axis lead screw and drive it with a 3:1 pulley ratio from one of the same servo motors as the X and Y axes.

The X and Y have 5/8" DIA 5TPI ball screws with double nut configuration.

The machine has proven itself well since all my mods aside from the acheivable surface finish which suffers from the distance between the collet gage line and the lower spindle bearing.

Ken

[syil]

Thanks for your introduction. a very good work you've done! Ken.

Hi Ronny, have you received my latest pictures ?

Bibaco

[CrazyRonny]

Originally Posted by syil Hi Ronny, have you received my latest pictures ? Bibaco

Hi everybody,

This is the last picture that I receive this weekend... sorry for the delay I was out for some rainy vacation

They received several parts needed for the conversion. stepper motors,
coolant pump and ball screws. The stepper mounts are under manufacturing now.

The serious work is in progress









CrazyRonny

[phil burman]

Are those ground ball screws. they look very nice units.

If you are going to use flood coolant are the steppers adequately sealed against the ingress of coolant. Their are not normally, straight out of the box.

Regards
Phil

Originally Posted by CrazyRonny Hi everybody, This is the last picture that I receive this weekend... sorry for the delay I was out for some rainy vacation They received several parts needed for the conversion. stepper motors, coolant pump and ball screws. The stepper mounts are under manufacturing now. The serious work is in progress CrazyRonny

[ETM Shop]

How does this X3 mill stack up to the Taig CNC mill? It seems to be a good bit larger for around the same price (prior to shipping).

Is it as accurate or does it need some work to make it accurate? The Sieg lathes tend to get some real slack compared to others out there.

[syil]

well,many reply from every friend,hehehe.
more technical info please sent email to support@syil.cn
thanks for my friend Mr Ronny again.

Xushuo

[CrazyRonny]

Originally Posted by phil burman Are those ground ball screws. they look very nice units. If you are going to use flood coolant are the steppers adequately sealed against the ingress of coolant. Their are not normally, straight out of the box. Regards Phil

Hi Phil,

I ask your question to SyiL and they reply back very fast as always, thanks to Bibaco and Xushuo.

..."The ball screws are of rolled type, but of high level from Italy,
assembled in China. it contains two coupled nuts, with pre-compressure to
eliminate backlash. They will provide engough accuracy for X3 applications."...

..."We add the stepper motor shells for X, Y axis to protect the stepper
motors from ingress of coolant."...

For the "Z" axis, I know the stepper is in the base so it is protect by it's location.


Just A little note to everybody that follow this thread: Personnaly I did not ask the ball screw type question before I bought the machine... Why you will ask?... Because we speak about a complete CNC mill here ready to plug on the parallel port of your computer, and at an actual advertise base price of $2,990... Honestly, I did not expect to have ground ball screw on it, and I do not expect to have top quality part all over the machine also.

We have to remain realistic, we can not ask to have $10,000 of top quality component on a $2,990 complete CNC mill. But what I expect is to have a good little machine for my hobby use, to do some prototype and maybe some small production run...

CrazyRonny

[syil]

Here we are very special thanks for Mr Jay de Halas. a friend from Colorado,US.
he use 3 days to translater all english word mistake of our website.,and also order one conversion set from us too.
thank you again my friend.

Syil.

[ServoGuy]

Syil;
Thanks!!!!

Jay

[ironDigit]

??? 2990 u.s. dollars i hope yall guys aint dealing in stolen goods !!!

no really that is a sweat deal and i'm sure your gonna have lots a fun of this baby

is this including the 4th axis ,flood coolant ,collets/chuck ,ballscrews ??