Has any heard about an upgrade kit for a S3 to M status? Or at least the spindle pulleys to get more rpm from my 1100. I already have 2hp and 11" of Y.
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Has any heard about an upgrade kit for a S3 to M status? Or at least the spindle pulleys to get more rpm from my 1100. I already have 2hp and 11" of Y.
Is there one? I thought it was already said there was too many changes to have an upgrade path (though there will be from M to MX and possible beyond...)
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I’m still running my 1100 Series 2 on Mach 3 and it does “everything” I ask it to do.
I’ve said before, my Tormach will do anything you can do on a Haas or any of those other high dollar machines, it’s just gonna take a little longer and my Tormach didn’t cost $75,000.00.
The upgrade path for a Tormach PCNC 1100 series 1, 2, or 3 to the PCNC 1100M or 1100MX series consists of selling your existing Tormach mill and buying a newer one since there are way too many changes between those two series.
I asked Tormach about an upgrade path when the M series was announced. At that time, the plan was to make a partial upgrade with closed-loop motion (servo conversion). Sounded very much like the bipolar to 3-phase stepper upgrade. There was no plan to upgrade the spindle. Tormach said that they were a year away from offering any upgrade.
Spindle bearings on the 1100 are spec'd for more rpm than currently used (I think it was 10K rpm). A shop mod to change pulley ratios is certainly possible, within reason.
A closed loop motion control might be worth it, for some users, on the old platform. My take is that the M series is a qualitatively different machine, and an attempt to upgrade will simply miss too many features.
The bigger question seems to me to be whether the M series has hit a sweet spot as the original 1100 did. Tormach thinks so.
Out of curiosity, how did you increase the travel and up the HP on your S3?Quote:
Originally Posted by R.DesJardin
Motor swap, New VFD to match, it's been described on here by someone else. Found a longer ball screw nut unit, I had 10"+ before the swap, just moved the stop to get all the available travel. This seems to vary from machine to machine. Had to modify the front bellows mount with a spacer. There is plenty of way support.Quote:
Originally Posted by SquibLoad
When asking about a upgrading a Series 3 to a 1100M spindle, I was told the spindles were different cartridges and the head castings were different.
Maybe its 'possible' if you replace the head of the mill, but I can't imagine the headache that would cause their tech support.
Is there any pdf, doc file instruction about it? It must look like this https://au.edubirdie.com/do-my-assignment. I really need it for my business services. We are writing educational materials.
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