Originally Posted trevorhinze
Y travel?
Sorry to hijack your thread, but in his responce to your question Bubba stated that he had 7" of Y travel, and I wondered what he had to do to get that much travel. I bought one of these mills allreado converted to cnc (cnctools.net) and I only have 5.75 inches of Y travel, and I would love to be able to get closer to the 7inches bubba mentioned. As for the mill I love mine, but as I said I took the easy route and bought mine allready converted to cnc with ballscrews/servos/geckos etc, much the same setup that most of the conversions here seem to turn out with. The price was about 5700 delivered for the macine and controller and Mach2, but no computer. Good luck if you decide to get the mill.
you Know that HF has two sizes of these mills. I have the smaller one and had to do what bubba did to get the travel. but the bigger one (the one he listed on the original post in this thread) has a listed y axis travel of 7.375"
# Drill capacity: 1-1/4"
# Face mill capacity: 3"
# End mill capacity: 3/4"
# Swing: 15-7/8"
# Spindle stroke: 5"
# Column diameter: 4-1/2"
# Spindle speeds (RPM): 120-200-250-290-400-465-820-1090-1245-1520-1820-2500
# Spindle taper: R8
# Longitudinal table travel: 19-3/4"
# Cross table travel: 7-3/8" <<<<<<<<<<<-----------------------right here
# Table: 8-1/4" x 28-3/4"
# Motor: 1-1/2 HP, 110 volt, single phase
# Angle vise capacity: 3-1/2"
# Height: 43-1/2"
# Shipping weight: 706 lbs.
its kinda silly they way they sell them I think the total price difference is like 200.00 dollars but the machine is way bigger than the normal bench top mills you see. Makes mine look like a wee midget!.
thanks
Michael T.
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