Do you have a z-axis? You need steppers and drivers, a power supply, software to drive the steppers, a cad program, a cam program or Rich's Wizards. You will also need to be able to fabricate brackets to hold the motors and switches.
Biggest problems you face with using the stock setup. Excess backlash from the leadscrew and split nut and slow rapid speeds. I've never heard anyone say what their rapid is on the standard machine but I would go rack and pinion drive. Member "chainlink" showed a conversion of his machine using a pretty simple wood bracket. Search the google group for the details. It would be good to hear if he continued using this machine and what he would do differently today. Curt is right about it not being the best bang for the buck but I can understand not being able to afford a budget of $9000 plus but the reality is you are going to spend $1500-$5000 for something that might only be ok in performance. Finally, go to cnczone.com and read all that you can and decide if DIY CNC is for you. If you make a go at the conversion, please share your results and the build as you go along. -Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: regal...@juno.com To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Cc: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 6:21 AM Subject: Re: Legacy Parts I would like to convert my Legacy 1000ex to a cnc machine. I guess this is the term. I would like to add a couple motors (stepper) to automate the movement. Cranking is not the way to go. Does anybody have experience with this,and if so what do I need as far as equipment? I live in Culpeper VA. Thanks Gene regal...@juno.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en.
