Idea - repurpose old Tormach S1 parts to CNC router

[dewing]

Heya all - I hope fall is treating everyone well.

I have been looking into CNC routers to go with my PCNC 1100. I could buy a fully kitted out package but where is the fun in that???

I have the old S1 motors, drivers, and board from my 1100. Anyone ever used that to make a CNC router? I could reuse pathpilot as well.

Thoughts? Ideas?

Thanks
Dave

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[soofle616]

I had considered doing something similar with the leftover steppers after my M+ upgrade but haven't gotten around to it. Probably won't anytime soon either given all the other things I have in my queue.

[JimmyGDog]

Dewing, if you do this and you then have a husk of a machine, please let me know.

[MichaelHenry]

For the past few years I've toyed with the idea of using my S1 steppers on an old KO Lee S714 surface grinder. Cranking the table manually in X gets old really fast.