Hello, my name is Mike Freeman and I am new to metal CNC. I have a RF25 round column Milling machine and have recently converted it to CNC. I have fitted ball-screws to both X and Y axis. I have CamBam, Mach3 , Cutviewer and Alibre 3D cad.
18 months ago I built a Sumpod 3D printer and spent some months learning how to print. It was this experience (and poor health) that convinced me to convert my mill to CNC. The mechanical side caused few problems and I checked the web for various issues I had at that stage.
I am covering the conversion on 2 websites I have
www.mike@mikes-models.com and
www.mike@mikes-models.com/blogI am a retired firefighter (retiring from Bedfordshire and Luton Fire and Rescue Service) and now live in my home county of Devon (more specifically in Brixham, part of Torbay South Devon).
I have just registered as I am now at a point where a problem that my research has failed to resolve but I will list that in the right place. I look forward to being part of this forums community.
