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I took my old 9x20 apart today to start cleaning and converting it to cnc
I took a few pics before i took it apart and noticed the camera said something " no memory card" duuuhhh!!!
So i included the pic from Harbor Freight. this build is going to be bare bones as cheap as possible with parts scavenged off of the mill and what ever else i have around. the motors for this were here on ebay( http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-Axis-Nema...674?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2575668faa) and the cost for the lathes parts are $484.00 less 1/3 the motor driver and power supply i used for my zx45's 4th axis comes to $319.44. most everything else will be from leftovers from the mill build.
this poor lathe has had an abused life with an owner who had no idea how to even turn it on when he got it " me "
it has been crashed several times and still turns out nice work, but it is starting a new life and probably all new crashes:lmao:
I dont care for the way most 9x20 lathe conversions come out looking with everything cobbled on the front so i'm going to see it i cant find a nice way of doing this without it looking like a box of rocks gobbered to the front of it.
steve
I took a few pics before i took it apart and noticed the camera said something " no memory card" duuuhhh!!!
So i included the pic from Harbor Freight. this build is going to be bare bones as cheap as possible with parts scavenged off of the mill and what ever else i have around. the motors for this were here on ebay( http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-Axis-Nema...674?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2575668faa) and the cost for the lathes parts are $484.00 less 1/3 the motor driver and power supply i used for my zx45's 4th axis comes to $319.44. most everything else will be from leftovers from the mill build.
this poor lathe has had an abused life with an owner who had no idea how to even turn it on when he got it " me "
it has been crashed several times and still turns out nice work, but it is starting a new life and probably all new crashes:lmao:
I dont care for the way most 9x20 lathe conversions come out looking with everything cobbled on the front so i'm going to see it i cant find a nice way of doing this without it looking like a box of rocks gobbered to the front of it.
steve