How easy for newbies?

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I have searched for that board and it is nearly around $1000 here
 

WOW. That is one wild tariff placed on that board. I have only done conversions using Mesa boards, but if you can keep looking through this site
their should be plenty of parallel port conversions that have been done. That, however is way out side my level of expertise.

A thou... I'd take two. If only they would be available here, to begin with.

On the "How easy for newbies" part, good luck, all I'll say. I hope that patience and perseverance are ranking high your strong attributes!

bharath12 wrote:

@Slowpoke
Can I have some details of your machine and any photo to share here?
 

Mill is a 1989 A1S knee mill, purchased used it was puke green and covered in grease but not sloppy at all, painted it silver-grey.

• Changed motor to 3-phase and added a VFD
• I replaced the leadscrews with ballscrews.
• Added: ac servos, linear scales. Ditron D80 DRO.
• Mesa 7i95t so I have room to grow, so far I have only installed drives for X and Y, so two more required for the quill and knee.
• Repacked the spindle bearings and was happy to find upgraded made in Germany angular bearings, run-out is now < 0.0002"
• Kijiji Vevor enclosure two for $50 so gave one to a friend and made a window in the one I'm using.
• Kijiji used HP PC $50 based on advice from Mesa
  
  
  
  

That chair has some stories to tell ...
Very nice, thank you.

tommylight wrote:

That chair has some stories to tell ...
Very nice, thank you.
 

The monitor that will be used for LinuxCNC is actually the one attached to the mill and turned near 90 degrees, however while doing development a larger screen is helpful, I used the 100MPH tape to keep it from falling off the stool.

I actually want to find a touchscreen that's about the size of the one presently attached to the mill, I just used what I have and it's not a touchscreen. In the end it might be fine when I make a control PCB with real buttons for all the common stuff. That project is slated to begin as soon as I close the loop with the linear scales (WIP).

Thanks,
Jeff

It looks very beautiful and 4 axis is really great for you. I am looking to purchase an old type mill to retrofit
I planned to use steppers but servos are more precise aa people mentioned.