Quote Originally Posted by Joshi View Post
Hi there,

Looking for a Mach3 (or similar) converted machine for producing prototypes from Aluminium and ideally harder materials such as Mild and Stainless Steel.

Looked at ex-school Boxford machines that look great, but something with a 4th or even 5th axis would be ideal.

Not looking to spend a fortune, but budget can run into 4 figures if need be.

Thanks

Josh
I recently bought a Denford CNC machine with ATC. It looks smallish in the pictures but its a large lump. A few months later and a fair bit of cash invested, it can cut aluminium and brass easily. Ive done a small bit of stainless on it.

http://www.mycncuk.com/threads/8800-...Conversion-Fix

Those small desktop type of machines will struggle. You need something more sturdy. What type of size things are you looking to machine? What endmill size (diameter) are you looking to use?

I am 70ish miles from you if you wanted to come and look at the machine and what it can do. I may be selling this, depending on my work / contract situation over the next few weeks. It may be out of your budget but worth a look to see anyways to set expectation on whats out there and what the options are.

This is a Triac VNC Auto Tool Changing Machine.
I have replaced the old PC controller with a high end Ethernet controlled - CS Labs - IP-A
All the servo motors and controllers have been replaced with new, modern servo motors. Servo motors are positional and typically a lot more accurate than stepper motors (but cost more too).
The machine runs on Mach3 which includes full control of the Auto Tool Changer.
I have also bought a small vacuum table for it and it comes with numerous tools, collets, bits etc.
I could also include the 100L compressor for a fair price if you were interested.



Chaz