Pm30 Y axis mod

[Livnpaintball]

Has anyone cut the mill base to extend the Y axis travel? I’m doing a CNC conversion and just installed the y ballscrew and see where I could gain some travel but want to know if anyone else has hacked on theirs and if it is actually worth the effort.. thxs!

 

[RJSakowski]

Has anyone cut the mill base to extend the Y axis travel? I’m doing a CNC conversion and just installed the y ballscrew and see where I could gain some travel but want to know if anyone else has hacked on theirs and if it is actually worth the effort.. thxs!

I did so on my mill/drill many years ago. I gained over four inches of extra travel. I made an extension (lower picture) for the left hand crank, since removed when I added a DRO. The aluminum in the foreground is the y axis DRO scale mount.

 

[Livnpaintball]

I did so on my mill/drill many years ago. I gained over four inches of extra travel. I made an extension (lower picture) for the left hand crank, since removed when I added a DRO. The aluminum in the foreground is the y axis DRO scale mount.
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Thxs RJ, I went ahead and made the cuts. Gained 1.5 inches of travel which is more than I had !

 

[jbrown97019]

I've seen the youtube video on this mod, and I'm wondering, does this apply to CNC conversions with ballscrews only, or could the conventional y axis leadscrew allow for the same additional travel (or perhaps a new longer leadscrew be turned?

 

[Livnpaintball]

I've seen the youtube video on this mod, and I'm wondering, does this apply to CNC conversions with ballscrews only, or could the conventional y axis leadscrew allow for the same additional travel (or perhaps a new longer leadscrew be turned?

After hacking on mine I believe you can do the same to the factory set up and gain additional travel outwards. Before doing the mod the quil would not cover the entire table and now it will go over the edge of the table on one side. I don’t recall if it would do that before I changed out to the ball screw, this conversion is going extremely slow.