Today I acquired...........

[Barking Mat]

Makes the mill drive itself when carrying out cutting operations, just a speed control with left and right

Sorry auto correct removed the word cnc, to and.

 

[Hood]

Power feed is old school, CNC it

 

[Barking Mat]

Yes, but I'll start by exploring the world of mill tooling and collets. And all the other excuses I have to buy angle plates, and 1,2,3 blocks and, well all of that.

But, yes powered feeds, one day, does that allow plugging into a 'pooter to do cnc work? Or do you need stepper motors and control modules?

I'll start simple with tooling....

I'll watch that video in bit, thanks.

Cracking video, yeah I've been watching him since I found Fireball Tool, he's good, a little bit irritating, but his knowledge and evaluations are excellent.

Hmm, might look into the win ding...

 

[Barking Mat]

Power feed is old school, CNC it

Go on then, @Hood , simple cnc conversion for dummies please.

Don't get too technical on me, it's day 1 with a mill, and I still don't know what all the bits do.

Obviously I'd need one of those 'pooter things to control it...

 

[AndersK]

Today's bargain, 20£, new from shop
They are 130£ full retail.

 

[Hood]

Go on then, @Hood , simple cnc conversion for dummies please.

Don't get too technical on me, it's day 1 with a mill, and I still don't know what all the bits do.

Obviously I'd need one of those 'pooter things to control it...

Servo or stepper motors and drives, controller or breakout board, preferably ball screws, lots of wiring, PC and controller software. Or instead of pc you could use a standalone controller.

 

[Barking Mat]

Servo or stepper motors and drives, controller or breakout board, preferably ball screws, lots of wiring, PC and controller software. Or instead of pc you could use a standalone controller.

Thank you @Hood , I'll start with basic conventional milling, one day I'll explore that alley, maybe....

 

[Maker]

Thank you @Hood , I'll start with basic conventional milling, one day I'll explore that alley, maybe....

Not climb milling then?

I'm not helping, I know.

 

[redlig]

I’m sure many here would concur, if it wasn’t for workshops and machine tools, we’d all be a lot richer!

Financially yes mentally no.

 

[Barking Mat]

Not climb milling then?

I'm not helping, I know.

Uphill / downhill milling, climb etc, yeah, give me time, might start with hdpe so I don't start by killing my small collection of tooling.....

Complete beginner.

 

[Barking Mat]

I’ll put some Odd cutters together for you just organise the postage.

Oh yes please, let me know. Many thanks. Very kind. Thank you Brad.

 

[Pete.]

Just post them to 'Somewhere in France' - they'll get there

 

[Olderisbetter]

Arrived today, the gaskets and bits to rebuild the Pierburg carb on the VW T25.

 

[Barking Mat]

Just post them to 'Somewhere in France' - they'll get there

Marked 'Barking Mat' and thé local village of 1500 inhabitants, yeah i got it, thanks, thé local post ladies are cracking, and know how to party...

 

[zzr1200]

About a 2 years ago I purchased a OCIM wp20 8m super flexible hose torch from AliExpress, I've been very impressed with the quality considering the price. Anything up to 200+amps, I've never had any trouble with it and its always stayed cool.

So having been impressed so far with the quality, about 2 weeks ago I bit the bullet and ordered these at less than £40.00 including delivery for both.

I thought I'd take another chance, one for use, one as spares.

It isnt CK, but neither is the price

I'm look forward to trying this.

 

[JEZGUZ]

Barking Mat, have a look at This old Tony on Youtube, he's done a CNC conversion on his mill, he explains it well with some strange humour thrown in as well.

 

[Guest 10992]

On the back of my purchase the other day of inflatable spray booth, I've just bought on eBay (other online auction sites are available) this extractor fan for £40. Not sure whether to buy a Manometer to check it's doing it's job, but I'll need to test it first anyway.

 

[selectedgrub]

Gear bag.