You could use a Gecko G510 for a tidy little package. You could use a NEMA17 to drive the spindle as well as X and Z, then you could have a C axis and amaze people with tricks like machining offset lobes on a cam, or use a flex-shaft Dremel-type tool for live tooling.
-- Ralph ________________________________________ From: John Stewart [alex.stew...@crc.ca] Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 4:55 AM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: [Emc-users] Cecil Thomas - CNC'd Watchmakers Lathe Cecil Thomas mentioned in another thread that he'd cnc'd a watchmakers lathe. I'm looking for ideas here. A Unimat SL1000, MK1 landed on my desk last Saturday. It's mine if I want it. Have been thinking of taking some of my CNC parts kicking around home and using them, but I don't think using a 5i25 + 7i76 + Nema 34 steppers is great. So, with a little lathe like this, if I go with NEMA 17 "3D Printer" steppers (think Reprap or one of the Thingverse machines), what would be the best, least expensive way of driving these steppers from a LinuxCNC setup? Do the "C10" boards, as shown in www.automationtechnologies.com's stepper motor kits work with LinuxCNC? I expect this little lathe to be a "toy" or "demo" lathe; take it along to shows, etc, and have it run making little brass swarf piles. I do have a computer put together with 5I25 and an Intel D525MW motherboard waiting to sit beside my larger CNC lathe build, so I could use that for computer horsepower. Thoughts? Thank you; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the Employer Resources Portal http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
