got me a new toy!

[studioso]

last night a bought a 4 axis cnc sherline mill.

somehow I see this as the direction I want to take to advance my "education". hopefully I'll figure out how to make some money with it, perhaps cover the almost 2000$ I spent on it (with all attachments and shipping...)

although right now I have no idea how to use this!

from all the research I did on the internet it seems that most sherline machinists are busy upgrading and improving their sherline machines, rather than making parts that they can actually use in the real world. hope I'll be different...

then again, it looks like they don't depreciate in value too much, so I think that unless I'll be drilling a few holes too many right through the bed (a very likely outcome given my no-experience) I can always resell it to the next dreamer.

bushings, anyone?

 

[bitshird]

Sherlines are OK, they are a bit on the light side though, bad part of being made from Aluminum. And you're ar right they resell very well, The 5400 and the smaller one are always in demand. I would check out A2Z cnc, they make some great upgrades for Sherline, including some decent lead screws, I wish they had a kerk motion control screw for my Taig.
I get tired of trying to keep with in .oo1 on X and Y and ,005 on Z. but that's just part of owing a micro/table top mill.b

 

[studioso]

Sherlines are OK, they are a bit on the light side though, bad part of being made from Aluminum. And you're ar right they resell very well, The 5400 and the smaller one are always in demand. I would check out A2Z cnc, they make some great upgrades for Sherline, including some decent lead screws, I wish they had a kerk motion control screw for my Taig.
I get tired of trying to keep with in .oo1 on X and Y and ,005 on Z. but that's just part of owing a micro/table top mill.b

thank you for the advice,
I'll try not to get discouraged by the fact that I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!

 

[mredburn]

Good luck and welcome to another bottomless pit of a hobby. May I recomend you buy an aluminum work plate form A2Z, that will help protect your lathe from drilling into the bed. Be prepared to spend another grand on the extras. I probably have half that tied up in micro endmills.:biggrin:

Mike

 

[BRobbins629]

Welcome to the CNC club! We're here to help. If you don't push too hard, these machines can provide hours of enjoyment. I always say, my favorite thing about having a CNC is that you can be working and take a nap at the same time.

 

[btboone]

What really gets fun is when 4 or 5 of them are all running at the same time! Of course each has its own language different from all the others and they all start and stop at different times.

I agree with the nap thing, except for when you go back an hour later and find your tool has broken and you've been cutting air the whole time! I hate when that happens!