Hello,
I'm from Romania, in 2010 I started to reuse an old type CNC FANUC. I removed all the engines are using a dodgy control system, and we replaced them with three stepper motors. If this equipment consume over 12 kW per 8 hours, now only consumes 4 kW to 8 hours.
You can see
www.einstein.ucoz.com, and some instant with this machine work. Space is 2m / 2m / 50cm. Routing engine is a 2.2 kW with frequency control. X axis is driven by a stepper motor 8 Nm, a Y-axis stepper motor 11 Nm and a Z axis stepper motor 11 Nm.
But I ran out of work due to employer. He also must pay my salary for 3 months, but he is hiding and he hung up phone.
This is the situation. I am proud of the machine that I made it, which I'm sure it will rot, with no one able to use.
There are currently required to reuse a wood lathe.
The wood lathe is pretty old, uses a programmable memory card with an EPROM.
Because I found a solution to reschedule this system, I thought to use MACH3 Lathe.
I found a supplier of materials needed to build a CNC, I chose the guide rails and ball screws with bushings and ball nuts. The price is rather high, but I think it's worth.
I started my build a CNC, but I do not know how to do transmission.
My CNC is small, about 500mm / 500mm / 200mm x / y / z.
Stepping motors we use are about 4Nm, belts are too expensive and hard to find, I am plan to use screws, and M6 screws I have <metrics> M8.
Is can be used?
I greet and wish you Luck.
Ionescu Florin (florin2901@yahoo.com)
Campia Turzii, Romania