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- Aug 20, 2017
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So after more than two years of pondering, purchasing, piddling along, in between woodworking projects large and small, piddling pondering and purchasing some more, etc. etc., I finally today have declared the 932 conversion to be operational. I reattached the way covers and powered up the CNC controller, and danged if it doesn't work! Amazing!
Haven't tried actually milling anything yet, just fired up the software and verified that all the axis motions worked. Next will come some configuration and calibration, and study on G-code and such, about which I know nothing, but then, it was the same when I bought the milling machine ... and the lathe ... and the welder ...
Special thanks to JBolt for his collection of parts drawings -- as I predicted, those saved me at least a century of development time, and his insights to some of my questions along the way, and thanks also to several others here for their insights.
It's not finished of course, but with it somewhat operational, now I think the real education begins.
Haven't tried actually milling anything yet, just fired up the software and verified that all the axis motions worked. Next will come some configuration and calibration, and study on G-code and such, about which I know nothing, but then, it was the same when I bought the milling machine ... and the lathe ... and the welder ...
Special thanks to JBolt for his collection of parts drawings -- as I predicted, those saved me at least a century of development time, and his insights to some of my questions along the way, and thanks also to several others here for their insights.
It's not finished of course, but with it somewhat operational, now I think the real education begins.