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Hey Michael,

Out of everything make sure you document the alignment of the machine to get it square. That was one of my biggest issues and I might still be fighting a small squareness issue still....

Good evening Kevin,

Good points about the screws. Fortunately where I bought mine from it was kept in very good condition.

Unfortunately I have had other projects in front of it so it stands...

Spindle motor will remain for now. It has plenty of power for the size machine that it is.

I have thought about getting some sort of vfd for doing constant surface speed machining but that's lower...

Not as much as I would have hoped.

My HobbyCNC board is built and tested.
I have all of the parts for the power supply.
I have a pc all set and ready to run both Mach3 and EMC2 depending on what...

w00t!

Got my C11 board from CNC4PC today! I need to see if Fry's carries any bridge rectifiers. If not, time to go to Electronic Parts Outlet down in the Galleria next week.

Other than the...

Just ordered a C11 breakout board from CNC4PC today. Now all I need to do is build a power supply or use the existing EMCO power supply and I should be able to get this thing spinning under pc...

For getting accessories for the Compact 5, is there a similar lathe, for example one from LMS, that parts could be swapped back and for?

For example: I would love to change out the tail stock to...

That would be the ultimate goal sam. I didn't count but I would guess that it is 200 indexes plus the one notch. I should have enough I/O to get the signals back into EMC or Mach3 whichever I decide....

I went ahead and ordered the HobbyCNC Pro Chopper board today:
http://www.hobbycnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/hcncpro_1.jpg

I should be receiving my 100oz steppers and the driver board about...

I figured I would go ahead and start a build thread.

I recently purchased a gently used Compact 5 CNC that was at a tech school. The machine appears to have seen little use and I discovered why:...

There is an EMCO Compact 5 CNC group on Yahoo groups.

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Emco_cnc_users/

They have manuals, pictures, and a lot of knowledgeable people that contribute to the...