This is astounding that it apparently works just fine. It is a 3D printed part that adapts a stepper motor directly to a Sieg X2 mill. Just one part is required for the X and one part for the Y. It will require 127 grams of PLA plastic which costs $2.47 My printer will take 9 hours to make this. If I start printing right now it will be finished in the morning.
The question everyone asks is if this will work well enough to make a copy of itself in aluminum. I don't know but I think you would need a four axis setup to make this in metal. And the mill would have to remove $100 worth of chips. A better way is to use "lost plastic" casting and pour aluminum in then machine the working surfaces flat. But maybe no need as I've been told the weak link is the lead screw, not the plastic. In any case I'm now spoiled by my printer's ability to make complex rounded organic shapes. CAD software makes drawing these shapes very easy. I'm going to have to learn to cast metal. Even if CNC is not wanted, this has to be the easiest way to add the X-axis power feed. In any case making milling machine parts with plastic is such an outlandish idea that i am going to have to try this. Not much to loose with price of price of plastic at 2 cents per gram. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2446297 -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
