Hi From Notts

**Sparks** · 25-05-2009

Hi To Andy, Kip, Jim,Tom + everyone else

Thanks all for the friendly welcome.

As regards the machine I think mechanically it's well put together and nicely finished off, however my own opinion is that the controller is not put together so well and only a cheap design. Having said that it works ok, only played with it though up to yet. I bought it with the kress 1050 which seems excellent. I will be using it to make circuit boards and make front panels, engraving etc, my projects are designed around Atmel AVRs and I program in C.

Jim, I don't use Eagle yet, but I will be soon due to the plug in you mentioned and yes I love BBQ's!

As for mods to the machine I'm looking at replacing the controller with Gecko drives either the 540 or 203Vs haven't decided yet. I would also like a HF spindle.

Andy, looked at pictures of your control box, very nice look like you've done a bit of panel building before, out of interest what is the pcb top right doing?

Tom, had a look at your construction, looks like it's coming along fine, I may have a go at building one if all goes to plan with this one.

Dave

**John S** · 25-05-2009

Dave, You going to be using the Win PC with it or move to Mach ?

**Sparks** · 26-05-2009

Hi John,

Mach 3 I think, seems to be a lot of help and support for it, and I like the look of the interface.

Dave

**audioandy** · 26-05-2009

Originally Posted by Sparks

Andy, looked at pictures of your control box, very nice look like you've done a bit of panel building before, out of interest what is the pcb top right doing?

Dave

Hi Dave

Not a lot at the moment, I have fitted a new BOB with the 10volt output for the spindle,the one I think you are referring too is the old BOB which will be used when I have finished upgrading the machine and fitted the second port to the computer.

Andy