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Can someone give me input if its worth converting it into a belt driven cnc, meaning the stepper motors drive the lead screws with belts? What are possible drawbacks beyond the higher rpms the motors run art?
Anything is possible..
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Yes, I think you'll find that a CNC-ified HF Mini-Mill will bring you hours of joy. But the real big thing is converting CNC machines to manual use. I took a brand new Haas VF-11, stripped the motors off it, added handwheels to the axis (axii?), and have been having a wonderful time making aircraft wing spars by hand.
Yes, there's a few drawbacks, such as having the endure showers of hot chips and coolant, and the occasional "runaway" when climb milling with a 1" endmill at .5" width and 3" DOC, but the upsides include my new massive biceps, my excellent hand-eye coordination (well, just one eye now), and being able to impress the ladies by circularly interpolating a radius to within a thousandth by hand.
So forget the mini-mill, go maxi-mill instead!
Can someone give me input if its worth converting it into a belt driven cnc, meaning the stepper motors drive the lead screws with belts? What are possible drawbacks beyond the higher rpms the motors run art?
Can someone give me input if its worth converting it into a belt driven cnc, meaning the stepper motors drive the lead screws with belts? What are possible drawbacks beyond the higher rpms the motors run art?
Milland, they are Axes--plural Axis. Just curious how you Interpolate a Circle with one hand wheel??
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This sounds neat. Could you post a picture?
I had old-school Erector Sets when I was a pup. No fancy-Dan curved elements for me, just straight stamped tin-plate, with 6-32 screws and nuts to hold everything together. Colored pulleys? Plastic feet? Balderdash and humbug!
In fairness, I did start writing axes, but got confused with repetition and by the time I'd stopped I was up to axeseseseseses and said the heck with it.
I had the old school erector set and used to lock up the motor and watch it smoke.
Can someone give me input if its worth converting it into a belt driven cnc, meaning the stepper motors drive the lead screws with belts? What are possible drawbacks beyond the higher rpms the motors run art?
I understand the impulse to degrade people who ask questions such as the OP has.
But imagine what his/her position might be. Might be a person who is attracted to machining, and enjoys making/building things. This might be a person who has little money, and is not in a position to buy/place a full size vertical in their garage.
Most times, people excel in the very things they enjoy most. Reason is they give it their full attention and by default put every ounce of drive they have into it.
I do realize this forum doesn't allow hobby machines, and i agree with that.
But with the amount of "I can't find good help/employees" threads popping up. You guys ever think being total dickheads and discouraging people such as the Op contributes to this? We all know money isn't the main factor most of us got into manufacturing.
Can NOT understand how you make the leap from pointing out the "tool" isn't a fit to what PM's community own and use and work to keep in running order, to considering that a criticism of a person or even his economic limits.
Pointing him to hobby forums will actually get him HELP! Useful help. Appropriate help. FASTER help!
That's where the machines ARE discussed. That's where those who have them do "clever stuff" to and with them. Hooking-up with the right resources is a "win" for his being able to make the best of what he HAS (or is about to acquire.. whichever..)
Up to him what he learns next and what he does with that.
For all I know he may be sitting left-front-most seat, my next ride on a Boeing, doing heart surgery.. or writing me a speeding ticket. Wasn't intent on pissing him off.
The machine choice does not define who the man is.
Everybody know that only pickup-trucks can do THAT!
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