Re: Hello from Cheshire, UK
Welcome aboard John.
I was born and raised in Cheshire (Wilmslow to be exact) but have now ended up in Tasmania. I too am a retired electronics engineer who has fallen down the rabbit hole of building a CNC router.
I'm sure you'll find what you want here.
Kit
Re: Hello from Cheshire, UK
Hi Kit, welcome to the forum Deema,
Deema, don't over look retro fitting the machines you may already have to cnc control :)
Re: Hello from Cheshire, UK
Thanks guys, I had wondered about a converting, and looking at the costs and also what the secondhand value would be when I come to sell the machines it does seem to be a costly route. I’ve been looking at Toolrroom size lathes such as the XYZ1640 and secondhand that are about 10~15 years old they seem to be around the same price as the kit to convert (selling my existing machine plus cost of conversation kit) so, I’m looking at going down that rabbit hole. I put a thread up about it hoping for the benefit of peoples experience (good, bad and the ugly) with a few lathes I’m looking at, unfortunately so far, it might be that nobody has.
Re: Hello from Cheshire, UK
Hi Deema
I have read many of your threads about restoring old green cast iron machines on ukworkshop, always a good read.
Hope you find the help you need on here.
Ollie