Retrofitting a 1986 Maho MH400E

Hello everyone;

After a 2nd long gap I finally have the time to begin my Deckel FP5 retrofit......... Hopefully.

Mark;
Would you mind posting a general outline of the major steps that were needed to get your Maho converted. I had done a lot of research in the past but ist now been years.
With the experience you have at this point, are there any major change you would make? Such as the CNC control boards etc.

Thanks.

Send me an email (you can get the address from the info page of my YouTube channel), and I can send you my notes.

You will need to modify the gearbox.comp, as the Deckel gearbox is little different than the Maho system.
github.com/jin-eld/mh400e-linuxcnc/wiki/...Gearbox--Description
Mark

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gernoff wrote: After a 2nd long gap I finally have the time to begin my Deckel FP5 retrofit..

Talking about Deckels, this looks like it could be a good buy:

Yea i‘ts in there a while, and if I had more time and money to spend on hobbies...

Andy, your horizontal mill fetish is showing That looks like it has done little work.
Mark

Mark
What is the next project for your MH400E ?
Bolt to the ram high speed spindle - Plate to lower table for more Z height - B axis with C axis for true 5 axis machining - digitizing the Haimer probe for direct input into LinuxCNC ?