I am an engineering student at Oregon State and I am in my second term of Solidworks and I start MasterCAM next term and I was wondering about the practicality of making a Precision Mathews PM-45M CNC controlled in 3 axis. I have played with the CNC mills at school but the thought of spending that much money on a full cnc machine in my position isn't happening. I have an extra PC I could use for this project and was toying with the idea of using a touch screen monitor for the interface (cnc controller?). Are there any how to guides for things like this? Also suggestions for quality component lists would be great. The end goal of this would be to make non critical dimensioned parts like camber plates, motor mounts, shock dyno adapters etc where I would want to hold tolerances as close to the original design as possible +/- 0.002?, IF it's possible to do so for say under 4k total (prefer closer to 3k, but I know quality costs more)? Meaning including purchasing the PM mill and all the bits to convert it to CNC. I am aware of the mass of the mill, 1000 lbs is manageable, but much bigger wouldn't be. Also if you have a comparable machine from anther MFG suggestions are welcome if you have experience with an alternate.
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