Legacy milling machine conversion
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Wood Mouse
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Legacy milling machine conversion
Has anyone tried to convert a Legacy Milling Machine to CNC? I would like to add a stepper motor for the 6' models long axis and rotary axis. For starters what size motor/gear box should I use?
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joecnc2006
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Re: Legacy milling machine conversion
Gc3m, that's a link to an indexer addon, I believe he was wondering if anyone has convered a legacy mill to CNC.
http://legacywoodworking.com/products.cfm?product=5
Thanks,
Joe
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Joe
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dealguy11
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Re: Legacy milling machine conversion
Legacy sells conversion kits for some of their machines, or they used to. You might try contacting them.
Steve Godding
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Wood Mouse
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Re: Legacy milling machine conversion
They use to sell an AC motor with limit switches prior to thier CNC line but not any more. This was a simple start button and it ran to the limit switch. It would be easy to put a NEMA 23 stepper motor on it if I knew the torque requirement. After that the controller part is simple. Yes it is the 1200 series per joes link he placed.