New to Mills/taig need some help

[ripper7777777]

Well I have a small amount of CNC experience, basically I have owned a router table for a year and a half and use it to cut sheet materials like polycarbonate and delrin.

The machine I have is a machine made from HDPE that I got on ebay, it has some play in the spindle mount and a few other short comings but for what I paid for it it has served me well.

Anyways I bought a Romaxx HS1 at the beginning of the year to become my new sheet cutter, much nicer, twice the price though a bit smaller though. It can cut aluminum, but even the seller doesn't recommend using a router for aluminum, and after running aluminum on my other machine I understand why.

So I'm looking at really learning CNC and milling, I have Mach 3 and VCarve Pro and plan to get 3dCut if that's what I need.

I was looking at the x2 but after hearing all complaints about quality I started looking at the Taigs, I was also looking at X3's and the other Grizzly Mills, but a CNC conversion seems pricey, time consuming and would increase my learning curve.

So a Taig CNC Ready kit seems about right to start out on. I'd mainly be cutting aluminum parts, probably mostly small parts. The largest I can think of right off the bat would be 2.5" to 3"s.

My main question is can I use my old router controller and motors, I thought about selling it, but than I have to go through the hassle of selling it.

I have no idea what the controller is, it came as a package, it looks generic.








The motors are KL23H276-30-8B


I would think they would be strong enough for the job, but I'd rather check than guess.

[rowbare]

The motors you have are fine and will work quite well on a Taig. Your controller will get you going though you might consider upgrading to a Gecko G540 based controller later on. Your controller probably puts out 28v at 1 or 2 amps per axis. Your motors are rated 3.0 amps and will give their best performance with a 48v input.

bob

[otto_pjm]

hmmm,

The controller board looks like it might be an older version or copy of the hobby CNC board.

HobbyCNC PRO Chopper Driver Board Kit | HobbyCNC

Look at the chips, they look like allegros, you can find there specs online. The ones on the hobby cnc pro boards can run a 3+ amps per phase at 48 volts. There's a lower current version too I believe.

Pete