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Another new toy
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 10:55 pm
by Adrian Harris
This popped up on eBay recently and I couldn't resist it, as I've been looking for one of these aluminium cutting capable machines for a while.
Travel is listed as 575mm x 352mm, so I
think it will have enough reach to machine the internal supports for a Tiger.
I only picked it up on Friday and haven't had a chance to do anything other than play with the manual controls. I have ordered some carbide bits and ER20 collets to get me started.
Adrian.
Re: Another new toy
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2016 10:28 am
by Graham Ord
Hi Adrian
An interesting buy.
I have a Colchester Master from the 50/60,s era converted to CNC with a vertical slide and rotary table i.e 4 axis.
The software I use is Mach 3 which has its problems but works 99.9% of the time faultlessly.
Best of luck with your buy.
Graham
Re: Another new toy
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2016 6:27 pm
by Adrian Harris
Thanks Graham.
What do you use to generate the Gcode ?
For the lathe I usually roll my own programs but that does mean quite a bit of trial and error and hence wasted stock before I get it dialled in.
Adrian
Re: Another new toy
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2016 7:21 pm
by Graham Ord
Hi Adrian
Same as you mainly but Mach 3 has simple wizards to do straight forward milling and turning built in.
Graham
Re: Another new toy
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2016 7:23 pm
by Maarten Schutjes
Adrian Harris wrote:Thanks Graham.
What do you use to generate the Gcode ?
For the lathe I usually roll my own programs but that does mean quite a bit of trial and error and hence wasted stock before I get it dialled in.
Adrian
Deskproto is a great and affordable 3D CAM program with wizzards to help you to the process
http://www.deskproto.com