Converting Hobby Mill to CNC

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Converting Hobby Mill to CNC

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Over on Brian Enos' forum there's a thread by a guy that took a small mill and converted it to a CNC. It's pretty lengthy, but... worth admirin' the toys he's made on it. Maybe I'm easily impressed, but... ok, I am, but I'm also a 1911 guy... Here's a teaser:
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He describes what he started with and his processes pretty good. Lots of pictures for us visual types... :P :P
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Re: Converting Hobby Mill to CNC

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My friend John did it to the same size mill I have.
Everything was " off the shelf "
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Re: Converting Hobby Mill to CNC

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Cool stuff. I was planning on doing something like that. But now I'm leaning towards a 3 D printer. I can do proto type stuff with it or real stuff if it needs to be plastic.
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Re: Converting Hobby Mill to CNC

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I have the UK equivalent mill on order, together with a set of digital readouts.I might convert to CNC at some point but I won't be building a 1911 - 10 years in the clink doesn't appeal.

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Re: Converting Hobby Mill to CNC

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Over on Brian Enos' forum there's a thread by a guy that took a small mill and converted it to a CNC. It's pretty lengthy, but... worth admirin' the toys he's made on it. Maybe I'm easily impressed, but... ok, I am, but I'm also a 1911 guy... Here's a teaser:
That gun really impressed on me also. The picture also tells that it can really impress anyone.
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