Hello Everyone, Has anyone on here CNC'd one of Arc Euro's X1 mills, or am I wasting my time, all my other stuff is on the large side i.e. Archdale & Bridgeport millers, Mascot and DSG lathes etc. I only want this small mill for doing small steam fittings or am I going to be disappointed on its performance, noise, poor machined slides etc. Any comments welcome. Regards Stan
Yes, check out htp://mill.gaspode.co.uk Ill prod him to update it a bit, it is finished and working fine
Dave
Nice writeup.
One point - he used DIN plugs for the motor connections - nowt wrong with that except they are a PIA to wire up without getting pin-to-pin shorts and the plugs don't lock into the sockets (disconnecting a powered stepper motor can fry some drives). 4-pin XLR plugs/sockets are a better bet.
Regards, Tony
Yes I did mine some while back and it works fine. You can see the details here:
Many Thanks to Dave, Tony and Alan for pointing me in the right direction. I will pop over to Arc Euro this week and get myself one. Kindest regards. Stan
Yes they are DIN plugs, but they are the locking sort. cheaper that 4 pin XLRs i think, and not much trickier to solder. I you look in the photos you can see the locking collar. My (Professional Sound) experience with XLRs suggests the locking mechanism could be better (leads pull out on stage, sound goes off...), these have a screw collar, which I suspect might be a bit better. Then again, these leads dont get plugged and unplugged many times a day.
Dave
Apologies - hadn't spotted that they were lockable.
Regards, Tony
I prodded Andy and he's done a minor update to show some cutting results.
Dave
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