Converting a X2 clone to CNC

[f350ca]

Very Cool. You'll be making chips in no time.

[Mayhem]

Nice work Shawn!

[PixMan]

Darren,

While you have your Kondia apart is there any chance you could afford to put ball screws in it's X and Y axis? It would then be easy to put servos on it when the time is right.

[Shawn]

Took a bit to figure out the soft limits but I finally got those working and managed to cut a test part I put together with Dolphin cad/cam. I wasn't able to get the peck drilling sequence to work but I'm sure that will be a simple fix, I'm guessing I don't have the latest post processor?



Shawn

[dallen]

what software are you using to drive the mill with.

DA

[Shawn]

I'm using Mach3 to drive the mill and Dolphin CAD/CAM to design and convert to gcode. Others seem to have issue with peck drilling sequences from Dolphin. If I run the drilling wizard in mach3 peck drilling works great.

Shawn

[Mayhem]

(04-15-2014, 11:12 AM)PixMan Wrote: Darren,

While you have your Kondia apart is there any chance you could afford to put ball screws in it's X and Y axis? It would then be easy to put servos on it when the time is right.

Ken - I had thought about that but I really don't know if I would really want to go there. From memory, the price was fairly steep and there are other things I need to purchase first (like the 6" Vertex vise I just picked up on special for $266).

I also really want to learn how to mill manually before even contemplating CNC. Why should I let a computer crash my machine when I am capable of doing that myself!

If I do decide to go that path later on, it really isn't much work to remove the table.

[Shawn]

My first parts for my flight simulator cut on my cnc mill. Still lots to figure/sort out but I am hooked. Took less than 2 hours to design and cut both levers, I never could have done it that quickly manually. Certainly not as much fun as running a machine by hand but it has some cool potential for my simulator.



Shawn

[dallen]

nice looking parts, I'm still trying to kick all the bugs out of my router,

[Shawn]

Are you still fighting with electrical issues Dallen? I'd be interested in seeing photos of your router table. I will build one someday ands I'm always interested in hearing/seeing what others have done.

Shawn