My friend and I have a 9x49 Sharp knee mill that we want to convert to CNC, and we want to put a 4th axis on it in the form of a Rotary Table powered with a stepper.
We'd like help with sourcing the parts and direction with which way to go.
I am looking to get ball screws, maybe servo drives, and would like suggestions as to which cam software to use. Right now I am leaning towards EMC2, I can make solidworks files all day long but would like to know of a decent Gcode compiler that I can use with STL files or the like.
Thanks, Bill H.