Turn any cnc mill into a lathe: Successful Mill-Turn. CNC12 Lathe on milling machine, no hardware changes
Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2021 4:27 pm
by CivilCNC
I posted a youtube video explaining how I went about this. Id like to figure out a way to add some sort of switch to go back and forth, vs swapping the step and direction inputs around.. if anyone has any ideas.
This should work on anyone's milling machine, Enjoy.
Re: Turn any cnc mill into a lathe: Successful Mill-Turn. CNC12 Lathe on milling machine, no hardware changes
Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2021 2:19 pm
by cnckeith
I've seen users install a manual switch box to swap drive axes cables for stuff like this.
great video, thanks for posting.
Re: Turn any cnc mill into a lathe: Successful Mill-Turn. CNC12 Lathe on milling machine, no hardware changes
Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2021 7:19 pm
by CivilCNC
cnckeith wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 2:19 pm
I've seen users install a manual switch box to swap drive axes cables for stuff like this.
great video, thanks for posting.
Thats exactly what Im looking to do, i dont know the best way to go about it so any information towards that would be great
Thanks
Re: Turn any cnc mill into a lathe: Successful Mill-Turn. CNC12 Lathe on milling machine, no hardware changes
Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2023 11:51 am
by lavrgs
What about using Y to change position so multiple tools are available? There are some great videos about doing this but I haven't seen it using Acorn.
Erik Colvin has a great video that shows what I'd like to do https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EOENs38kCo