I'm been crunching some numbers, and since I have to buy all handles, and the table is worn out enought that is like a U (barely) is it worth it to restore it or is it best to upgrade it? I was thinking in a CNC upgrade, with some nema23 (would they be enought to move the table?) its impossible for me living in Uruguay to buy a premade or finished CNC kit to adapt, the price would skyrocket and go waaaaaay over 10 times what I payed for the mill itself.
Anyone has done a cnc conversion at home with linux using gecko controllers or anything alike? Is it worth it?
My idea is to do steps, first get the motors and controllers, and adapt them to fit the mill table. After that is working, add the head motor to get the z movement and that's about it. Then get it to do what the PC says instead of just pressing a buttom and have linear movement. Apologize for my bad english maybe I'm misunderstood in what I'm writting, hope I explained it the best.
Anyone has done a cnc conversion at home with linux using gecko controllers or anything alike? Is it worth it?
My idea is to do steps, first get the motors and controllers, and adapt them to fit the mill table. After that is working, add the head motor to get the z movement and that's about it. Then get it to do what the PC says instead of just pressing a buttom and have linear movement. Apologize for my bad english maybe I'm misunderstood in what I'm writting, hope I explained it the best.