Happily, I found a cnc mill that someone was going to throw away. A school was going to just toss a nice mill in the trash. I picked it up! I'd love to get some help identifying this machine so I can get a manual or parts for it from the manufacturer.
The mill is a BAM-100 3-axis cnc mill. Model # is BAM-100. That is all I know!
I plugged the machine in and the belt-driven spindle worked like a charm.
I dusted off an old parallel cable I found at work and plugged the sucker in my comp. Downloaded a trial of Mach3....and I'm lost. I got nothing. Not sure if I need to set something up or it just doesn't work. Any help is GREATLY appreciated. I can post pics if that would help, just let me know.
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01-23-2010, 02:39 AM #1
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CNC identification
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01-23-2010, 04:48 AM #2
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Pictures, pictures!
Many CNC machines are refits of other mills, a visual ID would be nice.
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01-25-2010, 01:33 AM #3
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Here is a link to a flickr set of the machine.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9984513...7623145981023/
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01-25-2010, 02:47 AM #4
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That's a MAXNC 10 you got there. Can understand why they threw it out.
Hosshttp://www.hossmachine.info - Gosh, you've... really got some nice toys here. - Roy Batty -- http://www.g0704.com - http://www.bf20.com - http://www.g0602.com
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01-25-2010, 03:03 AM #5
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Is this a piece of junk or something? Why do you think they would just throw this out?
Originally Posted by hoss2006
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01-25-2010, 04:26 AM #6
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Have never heard anything good said about those mills on here but hey, it was free.
I would certainly have grabbed it too though. Just don't invest much in it.
If it still runs you'll have a cool toy to learn with.
Hosshttp://www.hossmachine.info - Gosh, you've... really got some nice toys here. - Roy Batty -- http://www.g0704.com - http://www.bf20.com - http://www.g0602.com
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01-25-2010, 06:08 AM #7
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It looks like it'd be fun to mess with, kinda reminds me of a slightly bigger, and blue, Sherline mill. The spindle motor doesn't look like much, but it's in a better spot.
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01-27-2010, 03:43 AM #8
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Got this thing running now! Not that I really know what I'm doing, but the motors were turning. Read around in the forums and found the MaxNC mode within Mach3. Now to figure out what sort of things I need to do PCB and acrylics.
Suggestions welcome. Keep in mind I'm totally new.
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01-27-2010, 06:27 AM #9
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just spend a while fooling around with the machine. I would read through as many cnc conversion threads as you can fit your head around (check out hoss's cnc x2 conversion)
what software are you using? sorry if its already mentioned
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01-30-2010, 02:54 PM #10
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Any news? I'm interested in your progress.
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