1987 engraving machine recyceling...

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18 Sep 2015 03:49 - 18 Sep 2015 03:50 #62730 by gobo38
Hello ,

want to show you my milling machine made of an 1987 Gravograph VX.

I changed the power supply, the controller board and the engraving spindle to some own build parts.
The machine can work at 300x200x60mm and runs with LinuxCNC absolutely perfect.

regards Guenther
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18 Sep 2015 06:26 #62731 by tommylight
Nice setup, you can do a lot of things with it, just let your imagination run free, and do not be hindered by small size, you can divide work into 2 or 4 or more parts.
Regards,
Tom

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18 Sep 2015 14:40 - 18 Sep 2015 14:40 #62740 by Rick G
Looks good!

Thanks for sharing.

Rick G
Last edit: 18 Sep 2015 14:40 by Rick G.

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20 Sep 2015 02:04 - 20 Sep 2015 02:06 #62793 by kornphlake79
That looks very similar to my machine, built from a Hermes vanguard 7200. I removed the engraving head and made a custom bracket to hold a trim router I can reposition the router in the bracket manually to get an effective z axis travel of about 4 inches. I had the power supply and stepper driver from the original machine that I used instead of making one. It was a hassle though, if I had more money to invest in the machine I would have done something more like you did.
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08 Sep 2021 10:49 #219922 by daboom01
I know this is a longshot replying to an old thread, however my dad has 6 of these machines we would like to get going and i am wondering if any of you could share a bit more about what you did? any help would be amazing.

thanks in advance.

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08 Sep 2021 16:42 #219970 by gobo38
Hi, first i made a steel cylinder with two ball bearings and a ER11 axle(from aliexpress) that is fitting in the holder where the engraving spindle is. Then i made two very simple circuit boards, one as power supply, the other for controlling the machine. If you want i can send you the eagleCAD files. the whole electronic fits in the right side of the gravograph. It is designed for parallel port only! you can also try a cheap cnc board with stepsticks (also from aliexpress).
regards

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