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Finally automating my 1998 Lathe/Mill/Drill which was built for CNC

alastair-youngAlastair Young 08/12/2021 at 00:130 Comments

I'm using a large PC case that was the last of it's kind display model purchased at Fry's Electronics just before they shut down. $80?

It has:

After a bit of Tetris and thought, I installed an 3mm aluminum sheet "mezzanine" on 50mm standoffs over the "floor". This gives

The other two PSUs fit end-end in the PSU tunnel, screwed to the top of the case.

Around the three drivers there is two strips of DIN rail with the other component (see image).

Seems to work...

The 5V supply is 10A as I want to use it to power the Raspberry PI and monitor too.

Fun fact: the 3mm aluminum sheet has been knocking around since the late 80s, originally a blanking plate for a Sun 3/180 server rack, which I used to make redneck motorcycle panniers out of. (Sun shipped way, way too much hardware for those racks)

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