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Glad to see you got it finished

it's not a typo, there are 09 series tips. You'll only get them from boxford as it's not a size that is carried by engineers merchants. I contacted boxford years ago about this and they wanted about...

try a hairdryer on the boards.

i have 125 here, i'll dig it out later and get you some pics and info.

hi Bob, i'm also in Cardiff and I often have routers in for sale. I've pm'ed you my number.

Hot finished seamless tube - from stock. mild steel tube


A fair bit thicker, try ringing them for thinner section.

at the end of the day, you're going to cnc a manual mill for what reason. You want an accurate computer controlled milling machine that will cut metals from ally to probably steel.

The first need...

ballscrews all the way...worth 20 times the cost of the leadscrews.

I love happy endings.

A friend of mine has a Boxford 240 with an atc he's going to part with soon. 35mm spindle bore, 8 station atc, slant bed.

ok, this is an ideal lathe to convert to Mach3, which is a pc based controller.

Inside the Boxford 125 you'll have 2 stepper drives, a spindle drive, a power supply, and a motherboard.
It may...

a heated pet mat in the control box keeps the electronics safe

There are several versions of the starmill, but the standard starmill pc is roughly 700mm x 700mm x 700mm

you can use the existing drives, steppers, psu, spindle drive, relays and add mach to them. Or you can replace everything, it's your choice.

you need to interface the stepper drives and the spindle drive to the parallel port for the outputs, and the limits, estop and index on the inputs. The 125 has had a few facelifts so there's no...

Forget Boxfords old software, convert it to Mach3. It's a relatively simple conversion.

Hi there, convert it to mach3. It can be done for a couple of hundred max.

there is also a model with a cam to operate the atc fitted to the top of the spindle which will allow a direct drive motor, i'll see if i can find the link.

http://www.aliexpress.com/product-fm/540553447-EN027-Spindle-with-synchronous-belt-for-CNC-milling-BT30-ATC-steel-ball-clamp-disc-spring-drawbar-wholesalers.html

Use your own motor to suit,

I take it you're going to replace the bearing clamp nut with a thread in the pulley. If so you'll need a more positive location for the pulley, one grub screw just won't be enough. Possibly a pin...

things to consider on ballscrews over leadscrews are, better power transfer on a ballscrew, greater accuracy, zero backlash, trouble free maintenance.

Hi Jesse, i have a set of leadscrews that i removed from a working router that you're welcome to. I'm based in Cardiff as well, so you can collect them if you want.

sheet ally is usually pretty soft, and will gum up quickly. Try a hand spray with suitable coolant.

generate the cam and setup seperate work offsets for each then tag the code on after each one calling g55, g56 ect.

you could for reference go into the original config screens and print a copy of them just in case the xml didn't configure correctly, at least then you would have a record of each setting.