WM16 Advice

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Or maybe John could be persuaded to exchange his modded base with yours?

[Gary WoodingParticipant @garywooding25363]

Just to underline John's excellent posts. A friend of mine converted a WM16 to CNC. His first attempt was a disappointment 'cos he thought he could economise by using the original lead-screws and compensate with Mach3 adjustments. It didn't work so he purchased ball-screws and then found what John has said, there wasn't sufficient room to fit the ball-nut on the table. Luckily we have a mutual friend who has a Bridgeport, so an afternoon spent measuring and milling solved the problem. The conversion works very well and noise has never been an issue – but it is in a shed away from the house.

[Tim StevensParticipant @timstevens64731]

Apart from the mill itself you do need to think about the floor and walls where it will be running – how well insulated are they? – and the mounting of the machine – can you use some sort of rubber mountings for it to stand on?

And, of course whether your neighbour is a retired riveter who is into heavy metal, or a piano tuner with hysterical tendencies.

Cheers, Tim

[Luke BladesParticipant @lukeblades15879]

Haha Jason, I can only ask so much! Really though i'll probably manage, my real issue is getting the big chunks of metal to and from the uni workshop.

Gary, interesting to know your friend had the same issue on the WM16, i thought this was only on the SX2P. Thanks for the confirmation though!

Tim, something i'd though of, although not sure how i'd do it on the cheap. I'll probably get the thing going and assess the situation from there. Don't know my neighbours as i've only been in my new place for a couple of weeks. I'm not keen on leading of with "so i'm going to be running some loud machines upstairs" though.

Cheers,

Luke

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

The posts on CNC'ing the SX2P have been moved to a stand alone thread here.

http://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=119335#2039600

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This is to split it from the WM thread and make it searchable.

No posts have been deleted, only moved.

Edited By John Stevenson on 27/07/2016 20:33:23

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