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General Mach Discussion / Re: retrofitting machine
« on: May 16, 2013, 03:47:05 PM »
well, it looks like this smithy is not a good candidate for ball screws. i took off the y part of the table and i dont think there is any way to fit a ball nut in there.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: retrofitting machine
« on: May 09, 2013, 03:56:39 PM »
thanks, i will check that out.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: retrofitting machine
« on: May 09, 2013, 03:43:25 PM »
parts im havoing trouble with are the parts used in conjunction with ballscrews. if you look at the link i posted, the guiy that built that one says you should know what the parts are.....

im guessing the ballscrews just come with the long screw and the ball part that is enclosed on something. but at the ends where it goes into the machine...i dont know what those parts are called or if they come with the ballscrews?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: retrofitting machine
« on: May 09, 2013, 11:40:17 AM »
and the other thing im worried about is will i lose my threading capability or will the mach3 software be able to do that?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: retrofitting machine
« on: May 09, 2013, 11:34:17 AM »
didnt think there would be a specific section for my machine, just want to make sure i dont post question in the wrong forum. so far i ordered my stepper motors and controllrs. the big thing i have to figure out is the ball screws.

i know i need ballscrews, but figuring out what fits, where and what to measure, and what parts go with the ball screws and more importantly the names of parts. if i know what a part looks like but dont know what its called i dont think i will ever find it.

here's a link to a retrofit someone did that is very similar to mine and i want kinda use this idea but the way it was written, the guy assumes you know what the parts are called.
http://novalab.org/cnc/

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General Mach Discussion / retrofitting machine
« on: May 09, 2013, 12:10:16 AM »
im going ot try to retrofit my smithy 3 n 1. is there a section here for info on that? or am i in the right section?

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my name is leon. im new to maching and i bought a smithy 3 n 1. im going to try to convert it to cnc. so im here to see what i can learn.

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