My Grizzly G0619 mill

This is my grizzly G0619 3 axis mill. When I bought it it was a manual mill with a 2 axis DRO. A lot has changed since then
and soon more could change as well. I am currently looking into doing LinuxCnC instead of the Mach3 that it currently has
This is only one of a few different candidates that I am looking into with LinuxCnC. Another one is a pick and place machine
were I work and possibly an old Centrum punch press. Feel free to Check out my YouTube channel to see how my project has progressed

I have a Seig SX3 still in manual mode with DRO's. A friend in my street has one as a CNC that he bought new from Syil who now make CNC mills in their own right. They are a nice mill and I love the tapping. I bought it at the same time as a Chinese lathe and I have to say the Seigs are a very well made machine by comparison. The company I bought it from gave up Seig not long after that and took up Optimum. The Seig is waaay better in my view... My friend has done a power of work on his as he does a lot of small prototyping work.

Thanks rodw .Even in manual configuration they are a nice machine. I also really love the fact that Z is right there in front next to the Y axis instead of way up top on the column like other machines. If I was to do it over again and buy a machine to convert straight to CNC I would probably have gone with a Precision Matthews PM30MV though I don't have direct experience with that machine.

So some small progress has been made on this build as well as my lathe build. I had switched to a more compact
Dell Optiplex 9020 micro for the lathe and decided I will use the same model computer for this conversion as well.
It may still be awhile before I can fully focus on this build but I haven't forgotten it nor the Manncorp ECM 93 pick N place
project. This is unfortunately how things go it's the- and then, and then, and then that always get you .

some more progress I now have Mesa 7i76e card coming . I figured I better get it now before the Chip/Silicone shortage affects that too.

Some more progress The 7i76e card has arrived from Mesa electronics and according to Fedex the other
Dell Optiplex 9020 micro will arrive tomorrow. So much to do so little spare time.

The Dell Optiplex 9020 micro for the mill has arrived and will be utilized soon . I already have a Crucial MX500 SSD to
install into it . I have to get the Lathe operational first before I tear out the currently in use Laptop / Smooth Stepper
Mach 3 system on the mill.

tommylight wrote:

my1987toyota wrote:

So much to do so little spare time.

So true.
Welcome to my world !

Wait you mean that isn't normal ? LOL.

Well as I am sure everyone knows the price on everything has, or is in the process of going up . Today I went ahead and ordered
the new electronics enclosure before they get anymore expensive. It's a Bud Industries SNB-3752. It measures 24" x 20" x 8.34" . I guess it will soon be time for another update video.