Hi all,
Some years ago I have worked as a fitter / machinist for a profession and still do the occasional manual machining job at my current occupation as a marine engineer, but have completely missed the boat on the CNC front. So have been looking at getting into CNC for a few years now as hobby at home and am finally getting close to a first setup with a lathe, an Optimum TU2807 with the ball screws already installed. Originally, after a fair amount of research over the years, was planning on a vertical centre mill. Was seriously looking at a Syil, nearly bought a Tormach half way through last year, but when going through the logistics of getting it here ( Portland in SW Victoria ) and into my shed along with the cost of everything, power supply and etc. the idea was seeming to be always just out of reach.
Anyway, maybe..probably, I babble on, long story short, I found an option in a DIY setup. Done some more research, found Masso and that really ticked a lot of box's so bought a G2 back in August and ordered a Bf46v and over the months accumulated the parts to do a CNC conversion on it. The mill took a fair while to get to Australia and due to a bit of a miss understanding I drove to Melbourne to pick it up before it was actually there and ended up coming home with the lathe instead. Well I did want to get a lathe eventually after anyway. So will be doing 2 conversions in the not too distant future.
Looking forward to it and to talking with you all about Masso and CNC stuff.
Cheers,
Sam.
Some years ago I have worked as a fitter / machinist for a profession and still do the occasional manual machining job at my current occupation as a marine engineer, but have completely missed the boat on the CNC front. So have been looking at getting into CNC for a few years now as hobby at home and am finally getting close to a first setup with a lathe, an Optimum TU2807 with the ball screws already installed. Originally, after a fair amount of research over the years, was planning on a vertical centre mill. Was seriously looking at a Syil, nearly bought a Tormach half way through last year, but when going through the logistics of getting it here ( Portland in SW Victoria ) and into my shed along with the cost of everything, power supply and etc. the idea was seeming to be always just out of reach.
Anyway, maybe..probably, I babble on, long story short, I found an option in a DIY setup. Done some more research, found Masso and that really ticked a lot of box's so bought a G2 back in August and ordered a Bf46v and over the months accumulated the parts to do a CNC conversion on it. The mill took a fair while to get to Australia and due to a bit of a miss understanding I drove to Melbourne to pick it up before it was actually there and ended up coming home with the lathe instead. Well I did want to get a lathe eventually after anyway. So will be doing 2 conversions in the not too distant future.
Looking forward to it and to talking with you all about Masso and CNC stuff.
Cheers,
Sam.
