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1st Post here, been searching for a while.
I have a few questions for you CNC Wizards. (group)
Here is what I have bought so far.
3900 HiTorque Mini Mill
1660 Drill Chuck, 1/2" Keyless
3489 Tooling Package, R8 Mini Mill
3131 Rotary Table, 4" with Tailstock, Dividing
(copied from my receipt)
I currently have a 7x16 mini lathe from MicroMark with QCTP and all A.R.Warner tooling so I can fabricate anything I'll need for this build.
I'm looking at going CNC on the mill, for now I've just bought some Igauging DRO's off Amazon to install so I can easily start using the mill. I've been searching on here for a couple weeks and haven't quite figured out the exact setup I want to do, so here is my shopping list questions.
EDIT: - Anyone had any experience with this - KL-5056D-48 4 Axis CNC Stepper Motor Driver Controller: $769
1. Keling 5056D Drivers, I will also be looking for a quality power supply (Keling KL-600-48 48V/12.5A)
2. As I'm building on the SX2 LMS mill I'm going to go with the CNCFusion Mini-Mill CNC kit #2 - with X-Y-Z BALLSCREWS with LMS add-on.
3. Motors will be NEMA 23 Stepper Motor: KL23H2100-35-4B (1/4” Dual shaft with a flat) 381 oz-in - I'm not sure what size Motor I'll need when I go to 4th axis for the rotary table.
4. I'm really not sure what all I need for BOB and cabling yet (Haven't researched, but want the good stuff) I believe I'll need a "smooth stepper board" for using a laptop?? Any direction in this would be helpful. (SmoothStepper USB Motion Control Interface for
Mach 3) At that price... I may just buy a dedicated PC....
6. I already have a copy of MACH3 (paid) Haven't screwed around with it much.
7. I'm looking at what you guys have found to be the best pendent so I can run the Mill in "manual" mode. (MPG2 – Pendant?)
All in all I only need everything for a 3 axis setup but will move to 4th axis so anything I buy now I will buy for the 4 axis (so I'll order 4 motors now, 4 drivers, etc)
Thanks for reading this guys, I hope to get some good info.
(I've had a long day, may have missed some things, will re-read tomorrow.)