MYFORD VM-E CNC RETROFIT 1

摘要

This conversion had its beginnings in various articles by Dick Stephen. I make clocks in a rather less skilled manner than he does and appreciated the idea of making some of the chores easier. I also have long had an interest in modifying tools and enjoy attempting something new and as I am retired I can afford the time to learn by experience. Hmm! The milling machine in question is a Myford VM-E which shares a lot of external similarity with a range of imported vertical milling machines. Photo 1. The detail will be different in each case but I suspect that several of the lessons I learned would be relevant to these other products. I have become very appreciative of the qualities of my Myford mill over the five years or so during which I have been its owner. It is accurate and rigid and the variable speed is very handy too; so it was with some trepidation that I began to plan a CNC retrofit. In view of this I set a design criterion that any change should be fully reversible.