Hello from Quebec

[lucsimoneau]

Hi all,
New to the forum - hope to get a chance to collaborate on some threads in here.
In the meantime, just want to let you know that I own a CX601 Mill/Drill that I converted to CNC with ball screws and a King 14 x 40 metal Lathe.
Cheers!

 

[140mower]

Welcome from Lillooet BC.

 

[6.5 Fan]

Welcome from SK.

 

[DPittman]

Welcome from southern Alberta, nice to have you here.

 

[Former Member]

Hi all,
New to the forum - hope to get a chance to collaborate on some threads in here.
In the meantime, just want to let you know that I own a CX601 Mill/Drill that I converted to CNC with ball screws and a King 14 x 40 metal Lathe.
Cheers!

Welcome from GTA, where did you source your ball screws?

 

[DavidR8]

Welcome from Vancouver Island!

 

[combustable herbage]

Welcome from Ottawa.
What part of Quebec are you in?
Glad to have you as a member, lots of great info and entertainment in here

 

[jcdammeyer]

Welcome from Vancouver Island!

Me too.

 

[whydontu]

Welcome from Vancouver!

 

[lucsimoneau]

Welcome from Ottawa.
What part of Quebec are you in?
Glad to have you as a member, lots of great info and entertainment in here

I'm in Sherbrooke, Quebec - presently teach mechanical engineering at local college, basically CNC machining and CAD/CAM software.

 

[lucsimoneau]

Welcome from GTA, where did you source your ball screws?

Got the ball screws from AliExpress: C5 Machined Ballscrew DFU2005 250 300 500 600 800 1000mm Roller Ballscrew With Double Ball Nut For CNC Parts rm2005 Ball Screw Also setup my mill with Acorn CNC12 and Clearpath servo's.

 

[jcdammeyer]

That link doesn't work.

 

[lucsimoneau]

That link doesn't work.

Sorry, didn't mean to be a functional link - here's the one that works: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002716047676.html

 

[jcdammeyer]

Thanks. I'm in the market for replacing my acme screws. The backlash is very annoying even with LinuxCNC compensating for it.

 

[lucsimoneau]

Ball screws are a must in a CNC application - the nut preload is very important to maintain low backlash also ... ask me how I know lol!!!

 

[Former Member]

Got the ball screws from AliExpress: C5 Machined Ballscrew DFU2005 250 300 500 600 800 1000mm Roller Ballscrew With Double Ball Nut For CNC Parts rm2005 Ball Screw Also setup my mill with Acorn CNC12 and Clearpath servo's.

Same here. You running Intercon for you GCode generation?

 

[Former Member]

Ball screws are a must in a CNC application - the nut preload is very important to maintain low backlash also ... ask me how I know lol!!!

Its coming biggest backlash is in the quill on my machine, I and almost remove the backlash on the x and y on the acme screws buy how long they last.

 

[lucsimoneau]

I'm fully versed in Mastercam software for CNC G-Code programming (5 axis mill / Mill-Turn / Lathe) and fluent with SolidWorks on the CAD side - actually made my own post processor for the machine. This is the software that I teach at the college and I have a consulting business that provides the software and training associated with CNC machining.

 

[little ol' e]

Welcome from Ontario.
Using Solid works, Mastercam and Work-nc here.

CAD side - actually made my own post processor for the machine.
@lucsimoneau -Using the Mastercam post editor ?

 

[lucsimoneau]

I manually edit my post-processors in a text editor (Cimco Edit) as needed - been doing this for 20 years