You should have welded studs to the cabinet so you could mount things on a base plate, would have made it easier when you switch to servos
Should have got some of these and mounted your power supply to a din rail
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I will however ask somebody who's fitted a few of these if he's used the software.
Good to see you have left plenty of space for the MPG moduleSo, now fastened down. Mains voltage down the right hand side, low voltage and signal down the left. Few more bits to stick on but I can start wiring now.
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Good to see you have left plenty of space for the MPG module
I've found a mill to convert, but will have to repair the knee casting first. Pics when I have it here in bits.If you are converting or building a Mill, it is almost a prerequisite to have four axis available to you. The fourth axis on my mill was an afterthought and was one of the reasons for me going down this rebuild route. Even if you have no use for one today, if it crops up in future you are going to regret not having it.
Good answer, thanks. The machine I will be modifying has an mt3 quill, I would say as stiff if not stiffer than the bridgeport.Quill is the normal route people take, even the knee mills built as CNC's it is usually the quill, think Bridgeport Series 1 CNC, most Series 2, Beaver NC5 etc, all quill.
Downside is limited travel and less rigidity. The travel can be problematic if swapping tools of varying lengths within a programme but most times it is fine. Rigidity depends on the quill, the Series 2 Bridgeports and the likes of the Beaver NC5 have much larger dia quills than a series 1 Bridgeport so it is less of an issue with them.
The advantage of doing the knee is rigidity and tool length differences not an issue but it does have the disadvantage of needing bigger motors and possibly a bit trickier to do but that last point just depends.
Some people have actually done quill and knee. Quill for cutting etc and knee for tool offsets positioning.
Hmmm, you looking for a job at my place?
I think you've got that red wire in the wrong place..
I have actually seen a lot worse.