Retrofitting a 1986 Maho MH400E

JANNOVV wrote: All real, used in the workshop .
J.N.

I have more brochures, larger than 1.6mb, where should I upload?

Oh that would be cool.
Could you upload them to a dropbox?
Mark

If anyone is looking to do some horizontal milling on their MAHO 400, there is an overarm on Ebay.kleinanzeige (german craiglist). It looks as unused as mine!

www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/gege...-/1238067708-84-5784

I don't have a dropbox .

J.N.

fastshare.cz/12903070/maho.tar.gz

Hi,

does anyone know the standard ball diameter of the ballscrew in X ?
In case the previous owner already did some flub,
I can tell by the diameter.
Last time I ordered some hardened steel balls here:
www.kugel-winnie.de

@JANNOVV: thx

Some great pieces of kit there, thanks for posting Jannovv!

It reminds me of just how little stuff I have for my machine, though it's hard to justify the cost of getting accessories without having a concrete plan of action for them.

I still have a 1:6 spindle speeder that needs a toolholder...

On another note, if any of you guys thought about doing a control panel that's not touch-based, here's some inspiration for making your own keyboards with CNC equipment:



The cost of that little thing is ridiculous, but for the hobby machinist, or just someone who wants to have a dashing panel on their CNC mill or lathe, it would be a great project to make the keycaps and a case in the shop. I was surprised they even explained the workholding, you could make those caps on a Maho easily.

Of course, you could just as easily use the workholding method to make keys in different shapes and sizes, which might be more practical for a control panel.

Hanmon --

For a possible information source try Singer - W-3.singer-werkzeugmaschinen.de
While they specialize in Deckel , I think they also provide MAHO parts an service.
Have read that a trip to Singer is very worthwhile in just the information overload offered during discussions. Way more than E-mail or phone.
I looked for who supplied the ball screws for 600E but did not see anything in the parts list.
Am very interested in what you find and if you contact Singer am interested in how that went.
Also the usual ---- overwhelm us with Photos
Bob