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Hello everyone, I have an order on a PM-728VT and is due to deliver within a month. I will do a CNC conversion (with the PM mechanical kit), and will document it here, while also posting the myriad questions that are certain to come up. I am planning to weld up a base for it that will incorporate a toolbox that I already have. I am garage hobbyist and plan to mill aluminum and mild steel mostly.
My experience is with an Avid CNCRouterParts 2x4' extrusion based router that I built, using a 2.2kW air cooled spindle driven by a Delta VFD. The motors are NEMA23 and the controller is a Warp9 ESS; I got the electronics boxes already assembled by Avid. Then I added a THC and a Hypertherm PM-45XP with a water table. I use Fusion 360 and Mach4 with SheetCam for plasma.
For the mill, I have already bought an Acorn with their CNC12 software (paid version).
My experience is with an Avid CNCRouterParts 2x4' extrusion based router that I built, using a 2.2kW air cooled spindle driven by a Delta VFD. The motors are NEMA23 and the controller is a Warp9 ESS; I got the electronics boxes already assembled by Avid. Then I added a THC and a Hypertherm PM-45XP with a water table. I use Fusion 360 and Mach4 with SheetCam for plasma.
For the mill, I have already bought an Acorn with their CNC12 software (paid version).