Hello everyone,
Here is my little lathe that I put together with stuff on hand. I had a variety of components lying around and the cnc bug bit me in the butt so I sort of slapped it together. The headstock is a right angle gearbox housing from an old Hytrol conveyor, the bearings are new surplus. I got the Idea for the tool plate from Ian Ralston in a previous post. The spindle is 5C. I may get a small chuck for it. All I had to buy was a BOB and pulse card from CNC4pc and of course the license from Artsoft.
This is my introduction to the world of CNC. I'd read a bit about it but wanted something to self teach with hands on lessons. I get a better grip on things if I can make some chips fly. (Luckily, none are from the spindle... YET !)
I hope I don't "BUG" everyone too much in the forums, I'm eager to learn and have many questions. I DO search first but haven't picked up the language proficiently yet, so please bear with me.
I have run several of the wizards with surprisingly GOOD results and have hand written several simple codes.
I'm a little bit more amazed every day.
Mach, IMO, is a fantastic product. Even though I have nothing to compare it to.
Bye for now,
Thanks