Re: [sudo-discuss] sudoroom precision CNC machine

agreed on the effort for the small one, I hadn't envisioned anything more than simple bolts/risers. The only mod I'd be thinking was just using larger hardware. Anywho, lets dig in Tuesday. On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 12:16 PM, Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote: Yes I will be there too on tuesday. The other CNC mill is on permanent loan, and we can do whatever we want to it, however I recommend against putting too much effort into it because it is such an extremely cheap thing that you might be wasting your time. its bed has a number of threaded holes (6-32 thread) so clamps/holders can just be things with holes in them, and a better assortment of various length 6/32 screws, or pieces of 6-32 threaded rod, washers, and nuts or wingnuts. If you have energy to improve CNC machines it will go much further with the nice one (which is located in the center of the room, on the border between CCL and sudoroom) or perhaps even on the giant robot, which is actually a CNC machine itself in the sense that you can give it a job in XYZ coordinates (g-code through a converter) and it can weild whatever tools you mount on its hand. -jake On Sat, 5 Sep 2015, Morgan Allen wrote: Into it! I'll be around for Tuesday hack night, hopefully using the other CNC mill, we should talk then. And in fact, in related discussion, I'd wanted to make a plan for better clamps/holders the other CNC. If I remember right, that was on long term loan, can we make improvements to it? On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote: does anyone want to get together and get the really really nice CNC machine working? we have a CNC machine with about a 500x500mm work area which is made to microscopic precision. we could literally machine microfluidics with it. the controller it came with is really old, and runs Windows 95, and doesn't allow us to load gcode or anything comparable, and afaik can't be reformed. the good news is - we have a Mesa Electronics 5i23 board which is supported by LinuxCNC and would make a great replacement controller! so if anyone wants to get this CNC machine going, let me know and we can discuss steps toward that. -jake On Sat, 5 Sep 2015, Marc Juul wrote: On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 3:27 PM, <hol(a)gaskill.com> wrote: hi folks, looks like the spindle needs to be tightened a little bit but it's working! i brought in some tooling, enough to make cuts and learn. anyone interested in using it can easily learn the basics of lathe operations and how to grind lathe bits online before operating. this lathe is also capable of cutting threads - just swap out gears as indicated on the inside cover of the gearbox and use an appropriate 60-degree bit. the lathe and all the tooling I brought in are a donation to the space but once there's a place for the tooling I'll grab the toolbox back. Awesome! I was playing with it the other day. This is a great addition to sudo and the perfect size lathe for our current space! -- marc/juul _______________________________________________ sudo-discuss mailing list sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/sudo-discuss [1] -- http://ithoughtyouweretherobot.com [2] Metal and Wire http://nolonelyguineapigs.com/ [3] Wandering and Rambling http://morglog.org [4] Old and Neglected. -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: OpenPGP.js v.1.20121007 Comment: http://openpgpjs.org [5] xsBNBFG3btUBB/9+/WJNOSIuc/praKPaPOweqXV5s7PGRD+HAnNWF/19YAY3 AFtfeoelhhY4sMJoobTaJzcZojznZ1kl/7UuuYCnbJO3Z9kaSMVrVxEZMSLe YmW8Hc4ZsTnl9f05DQFy8ABpAvMLmXJQXh63BbfzjFqNbSWQfLhrubSM2Elq xmN6EsmRyAuEeYlSnal+Di2MlViohpCbbagE2D6AZTUECIamTib6+DuLG4XO b4GGKHR9TXu2qS1VH6hqcvdEz2MDE5OqZzAnBgcF2dvcOdTk9gAOoR1T+qKj IJtg2X0ETbxcPqEXQoXE8VrxN0MLT5JQKTg26+csU4P2w0rEWsUsJombABEB AAHNJU1vcmdhbiBBbGxlbiA8bW9yZ2FucmFsbGVuQGdtYWlsLmNvbT7CwFwE EAECABAFAlG3btwJEG9pFLKaVEfeAAD7hwf+K8LN/kfgi8GTRLiTcuM+hSbm uAeiBY+VaJIQFLzoFlt8A0hBlLNPFNNmUDxdPrMErdHgZ7HtJW/6RANuBTti 5hr3EBguH1GQyK7BbUqJGvaEX4UNRej3uyX3ufXDsIB/3NsKaTyyu+SO0+Hv Cn2DwmlfSXcPhoarx6Turizn/WwgtTN3tqrMWxxiCKWydLH5xYuz+23BLMdc oF/zkbF+7ddFhmyfiFh4Ej9//tsfwPj2cACU3uLTrcwCo7IxUtkrqMF/fhlm LEqjhzDDjq9v7GNWb/5xB2xgTaucJ7/ljuS8nPlZqwCI8NlTgSqC8nyVLyjS yVtOzkItcS0UqyW1Mg== =V/Ia -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----