Since I bought my first milling machine, I planned to convert it to a CNC mill.
For many years it were only plans, but now I finally started to buy the parts I'm going to need.
I sold my old mill and bought a new Sieg X2 Mini mill:
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Clickbank Guide & Tools
Clickbank Guide & Tools
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Specifications |
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| Drilling capacity |
13 mm |
End mill capacity |
16 mm |
Face mill capacity |
30 mm |
Headstock travel(Z) |
180 mm |
Cross axis(X) |
100 mm |
Longitudinal axis(X) |
220 mm |
Spindle rotary angle |
-45¡ã-+45¡ã |
Output power |
350 W |
| Spindle taper |
MT#3 or R8 |
Spindle speed |
| low range |
0-1100 rpm ¡À10% |
| High range |
0-2500 rpm ¡À10% |
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T-slot |
12 mm |
| Weight(net/gross) |
50/68kg |
| Packing size(LxWxH) |
540*500*760 mm |
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A HOBBYCNC PRO Chopper Driver Board Kit from www.hobbycnc.com, complete with Nema 23 stepper motors.
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Specifications:
- 3 or 4 Axis Unipolar Chopper control.
- Individual OR simultaneous control of 2/4 Phase Stepper Motors.
- Accepts 5, 6, or 8 wire stepper motors only.
4 wire types are not usable.
- 42VDC maximum input voltage, 12VDC minimum input voltage. 24VDC Minimum Recommended Voltage.
- 3.0 Amps Maximum per Phase, 500ma (.5A) minimum. Each axis adjustable throughout this range.
- 1/1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, and 1/16 Microstepping.
- Step and Direction Control.
- Idle Current Reduction to 50%
when idle for 10 seconds. Can change this time delay.
- Built In Protection Circuit to
help against blown chips on stepper motor short or open
connections.
- 3.7" by 6.8" double sided with top silkscreen and thru plated holes
and lead free solder PCB. (RoHS compliant).
- Power On Reset.
- On board voltage regulation for 5-volt logic with 24VDC cooling fan from motor power supply.
- On board connections for home and limit switches with 10K pullup resistor provided to each. No need for a separate "break out" board.
- Minimum of components to make assembly fast and easy!
- Works with Step and Direction software such as DeskNC, TurboCNC, Mach2, etc
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A kit with three NEMA23 motor mounts, thrust bearings for each axis, shaft collars, lovejoy spider motor couplings, a BALLSCREW for the Z axis, and metric cap screws.
from www.cncfusion.com
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2006-10-20 This is the controler box that is ready for use:
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This is the mill that is going to be converted. As you see I 'borrowed' our guest room.
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2006-12-02 Finally ready.
Of course there are always things that can be done better: for example I will upgrade the X and Y axis.
But for now I', happy. My first real build, was a mount for my Dremel. With it's 22000 RPM I can now
mill and drill PCB-boards as well.
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