CNC Mill Operational

[Former Member]

My CNC conversion is operational, YAHOO!! Still needs a little tweaking on some of the controls, primarily speed control, works sort of.

The good news its producing parts, accurately.

G-code little bit of a learning curve but Intercon writes it based on your requirements, it runs well but is not the most optimized path, again tweaking the path with greatly reduce run times.

For those that don't know I converted a BB CT054 mill with ACORN CNC and Teknic Clearpath SDSK servos. Mill needed a few modifications, mostly to ensure bearing retainers didn't pop under the torque of the servos.

 

[Former Member]

Update on the Mill. Its been making chips. Lots of them about 80-90 lbs since CNC conversion.

Ball screws have finally been ordered which will tighten up slope in the system, unfortunately it will require several tear downs and build ups to get dimensions and parts made (shame I don't have two mills).

 

[Former Member]

I'll take pic's as it progresses.

 

[Dan Dubeau]

Congrats! I really like that coolant ring. When I get caught up on some other projects I am stealing that idea for my tormach.

Shoveling chips sucks, but it's still a pretty good feeling when you made a pile of them without having to stand there cranking handles.

 

[Former Member]

Ball screws arrived, leave on holidays Sat. (Doing some diving in Cuba), log in and introduce myself from Cuba and p!$$ of a few short sight members .

When I get back, start laying out the new parts and additional parts that need to be made. Like set up a shaft grinder on the lathe (another project, sigh) to tweak the length of the screws to perfect size.