Taig diy conversion new to me!

[Cb750r]

Hello. I've recently acquired a taig diy cnc hybrid. It looks like a taig mill with a makita 1/2 router mounted instead of the stock motor and pulley setup.

Its run on mach3 and I need to get tooling and adapters for the 1/2" collet. Anyone else running a home brewed setup?

looks like all wood bits are 1/2" or 1/4" so I'm going to have to make some adapters, unless there's a solution I can purchase.

 

[SEK_22Hornet]

Would like to see some photos! As far as adapters go, some routers have a collet that allows you to use either 1/4" or 1/2" bits by changing the collet. Taig mills are pretty small and the router would be too fast to cut much of anything but wood - what are your plans for this machine?

 

[Cb750r]

Really my goal, is to learn the process of CNC, and perhaps make the adapters required to retrofit a larger hobby mill, for my own uses. my friend used this setup to teach himself the principles before he invested in a larger production machine.

Will be milling small aluminum widgets, engraving, said widgets, and perhaps ultimately making the brackets required to fit the steppers onto a new mill!

Pictures to follow!

 

[bloomingtonmike]

Its more than the size limit of collets, its speed (or lack of slow speeds) of router you will deal with. Maybe try investing in some Onsurd O flute bits designed for aluminum and start there.

Precise Bits may make a set of collets for your router too - which model is it?