--- On Wed, 5/8/13, Eric Keller wrote:
> Jon Elson has one of those for demos. That's a really
> good mill for
> demos. Not sure it's so great for doing any
> work. I always thought it was
> a bit unfortunate that they decided to tilt the column.
That's when you borrow the use of a big mill t
On 8 May 2013 16:19, Gene Heskett wrote:
>
> While I can't argue with the pile of junk part Andy, I do make useful
> things with it.
>
Mine can do this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhICrb0Tbn4
But it isn't a joy to use like the Harrison is.
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A Bridgeport Mill with a Boss V control?
Dave
On 5/8/2013 2:56 PM, dave wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-05-08 at 12:35 -0400, Ron Bean wrote:
>
>> John Murphy writes:
>>
>>
>>> I sold it, and for not much more than I sold it for, got a used BOSSV with
>>> a working original control.
>>>
On 5/8/2013 11:19 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Wednesday 08 May 2013 11:19:17 andy pugh did opine:
>
>
>> On 8 May 2013 14:05, wrote:
>>
>>> Has anyone any experience converting a Grizzly G8689 mini mill
>>>
>> I have converted something very similar. and a chap called Hoss (larg
On Wed, 2013-05-08 at 12:35 -0400, Ron Bean wrote:
> John Murphy writes:
>
> >I sold it, and for not much more than I sold it for, got a used BOSSV with
> >a working original control.
>
> What is a BOSSV?
>
> Google image search does not turn up anything related to metalworking.
A search for B
On Wed, 2013-05-08 at 09:22 -0500, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Wed, 8 May 2013, andy pugh wrote:
>
> > On 8 May 2013 14:05, wrote:
> >
> >> Has anyone any experience converting a Grizzly G8689 mini mill
> >>
> >
> > I have converted something very similar. and a chap called Hoss (largely on
>
John Murphy writes:
>I sold it, and for not much more than I sold it for, got a used BOSSV with
>a working original control.
What is a BOSSV?
Google image search does not turn up anything related to metalworking.
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Eric Keller wrote:
> Jon Elson has one of those for demos. That's a really good mill for
> demos. Not sure it's so great for doing any work. I always thought it was
> a bit unfortunate that they decided to tilt the column.
>
>
Here is some text and pics of my 150-Lb minimill converted to CNC.
andy pugh wrote:
> On 8 May 2013 15:22, wrote:
>
>
> To be fair, it probably depends on what you want it for.
> However, it is instructive to slap the head of one, and watch it go "boing"
>
> It may be that mine is a particularly poor example of the genre, and having
> a table that is really me
On Wednesday 08 May 2013 11:19:17 andy pugh did opine:
> On 8 May 2013 14:05, wrote:
> > Has anyone any experience converting a Grizzly G8689 mini mill
>
> I have converted something very similar. and a chap called Hoss (largely
> on the Mach3 side) has published a lot of info on similar machin
On Wednesday 08 May 2013 09:36:18 kqt4a...@gmail.com did opine:
> Has anyone any experience converting a Grizzly G8689 mini mill
>
> Richard
>
Not that one specifically, but I've done the micro-mill.
I made the motor mounts and all metal sliding joint couplings to connect
nema 23 steppers to t
On 8 May 2013 16:14, andy pugh wrote:
> On 8 May 2013 16:11, andy pugh wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/ACIERA-F1-UNIVERSAL-MILLING-MACHINE-/130902771785?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e7a69c849
>>
>
> It's one of these. Of course without the amazing array of accessories it
> is a bit
On 8 May 2013 16:11, andy pugh wrote:
>
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/ACIERA-F1-UNIVERSAL-MILLING-MACHINE-/130902771785?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e7a69c849
>
It's one of these. Of course without the amazing array of accessories it is
a bit less desirable:
http://www.lathes.co.uk/aciera/index
On 8 May 2013 15:22, wrote:
>
> > It is an easy way to sink a fair bit of money into a pile of junk to end
> up
> > with a computer-controlled pile of junk.
>
> Ask before you buy
> It would save us time if you would say what you think :)
>
To be fair, it probably depends on what you want it for
I converted one of these. Adding CNC to it just automates junk IMHO. I
would say after you convert it, its 'average' but I'm glad I got rid of it.
I sold it, and for not much more than I sold it for, got a used BOSSV with
a working original control.
1000x more capable. I wish I had not bothere
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 10:22 AM, wrote:
>
>
> Ask before you buy
> It would save us time if you would say what you think :)
>
> Thanks
> Richard
>
Jon Elson has one of those for demos. That's a really good mill for
demos. Not sure it's so great for doing any work. I always thought it was
a bit
On Wed, 8 May 2013, andy pugh wrote:
> On 8 May 2013 14:05, wrote:
>
>> Has anyone any experience converting a Grizzly G8689 mini mill
>>
>
> I have converted something very similar. and a chap called Hoss (largely on
> the Mach3 side) has published a lot of info on similar machines:
> http://ww
On 8 May 2013 14:05, wrote:
> Has anyone any experience converting a Grizzly G8689 mini mill
>
I have converted something very similar. and a chap called Hoss (largely on
the Mach3 side) has published a lot of info on similar machines:
http://www.hossmachine.info/cnc_conversion.html
It is an e
Has anyone any experience converting a Grizzly G8689 mini mill
Richard
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