CNC Colchester chipmaster

[Ross77]

Ah that make sense. yes I have been al over the place trying to get up to speed with it all. I've been watching the Path pilot demos and it look really good. so quick and easy for R&D as well as production. it looks like it can be fussy on the PC used so the costs are slowly creeping up. Might just try Linixcnc and shift to Pathpilot later.

Thanks

[Ross77]

Making progress with the electrical side and think I know which route to take.

So the next major challenge is whether to use the existing cross slide lead screw or fit a ball screw! theses not much room for a ballscrew so would have to mount it to the side for the carriage.

Options seem pretty limited. any pros and cons of mounting the ballscrew off axis vs. using the leadscrew?