I don’t know about the rest of you, but I start a lot of projects that don’t reach completion. I’ve become emotionally attached to the parts that I dragged around with me so I’m loathe to part with them, but I thought I would start documenting them.
Back when I lived in San Francisco and had full use of my arms I bought a Rong Fu RF-31 Mill/Drill from Enco:
I was having a blast with it and lusting after making it CNC. But then I got a repetitive strain injury and lost the ability to wrench the bolts that hold the head in place. The mill languished for a long time at my studio at the Cataclysmic Megashear Ranch. When I moved to Seattle I left the mill behind in the care of Jamie Nasiatka. This was back in 2004, I haven’t been a great friend and slowly lost touch with him. But a quick search just showed that he finished what I always intended: converting the mill to CNC.
I’ve since purchased a Mini-Mill that fits my shop and arm capabilities. Due to my CNC lust back in San Francisco, I purchased a number of the parts needed to convert the mill to CNC.
The parts are totally useless for my Mini-Mill.
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Mini-Mill, small but easy on the arms. |
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36V 20A Linear Power Supply for the Motors, also from Dan Mauch |
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Old Servo motor drives from Gecko |
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Servo motors with encoders from Dan Mauch |