TEP educational CNC machine using TechCAD

[ian823478]

Well after much phoning, emailing and generally chasing I managed to find the maker and as they no longer make or sell this machine they posted me a reg number, software and manuals all free. Good service methinks :)

Just need to get it working now, seems not to like USB <> serial devices.

Hi How are you getting on? Have you got it working yet?
Cheers
Ian

[Mjolinor]

All working fine now but major changes. It would not drill holes because of the on/off Z axis, it just snapped the drills.

Picture of it now.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dknpower/tep2

That is during the changes, finished now and all good.

[ian823478]

All working fine now but major changes. It would not drill holes because of the on/off Z axis, it just snapped the drills.

Picture of it now.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dknpower/tep2

That is during the changes, finished now and all good.

I have the chance to buy one of these machines. It looks like you've done a lot - could you give some details, what have you had to add, are you running on the original or different software? Was it a useful base machine to start from?
Cheers
Ian