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The plugs are Speakon jacks and are used for Pro Audio speakers. The smaller ones have four connectors and are to connect the stepper motors. The larger one has eight connectors and is used to input the limit switches and E stop. The jacks can handle 20 amps and are a lot nicer than the cheap...

Here are a few pictures of my D&M mill. It had a 386 computer built in when I got it and some chopper stepper drives. I originally removed the computer and put a breakout board inside to run it with Mach 3, but soon found that the original drives and motors were pretty weak so I replaced them...

It's been a few weeks and I finally have my CNC control box done and ready to power up. Tonight I ran a new 240 volt outlet to the machine so I'm all ready to power it up and test it out. I ended up adding an outlet to the bottom of the control box which is controlled with two digital relays...

They are ok machines as long as you get them for the right price. Basically your getting a Sherline milling machine that has been converted to CNC. The trouble with these machines is the hardware will only work with the original D&M software which is totally out dated and will only work with a...

Glad to hear you got it working. It's amazing how much time it can take to work out the kinks and get things running. Today I scored a really nice VFD inverter from E bay. This model sells for around $500 from parts suppliers, but I got this one at auction for $150! It's brand new and seems...

Yes! My package finally came!!! Post office must have lost if for a few days because it just showed up even though the tracking # said it was undeliverable as addressed. There was absolutely nothing wrong with the package and address label. I was hoping to move forward and start working...

Just seems like a lot of steps to get a license code up and running. I know it's to prevent people from stealing their hard work, but in the end its the customer who ends up having to do a lot of extra steps to get the product that they paid for. Just a bummer that software companies have to...

Ok, got Mach 4 to work. What a pain in the butt. It took two days to get my coupon code after I paid for it, and then I had to jump through several hoops to get it my license from New Fangled Solutions. Not a fun process. Now I just need to find out about the missing package. Dale P.

Trying to get my Mach 4 license and it has been very stressful so far! The coupon code process has many steps and I think I just messed up. I hope I didn't just throw out $200. As an added bonus, $400 dollars worth of motion controller cards was suppose to be delivered to my house Saturday...

Thanks for posting this! I'm in the middle of a CNC conversion my self and plan to use the same motor on my mill. Keep the pictures coming! It's really nice to have something to reference when building something. Dale P.

So a few things have changed. I really been thinking of up grading to Mach 4 in the near future and came to the realization that this USB controller will only work for Mach 3. I really like the motion control boards that PMDX sells but they only work with Mach 4 so if I get one I will...

Thanks for all the replies! It's nice to get a second opinion when working on a project. I was happy to hear from the seller that the motor and drive were originally designed for a CNC milling machine and that they are already sized to work with each other. I think the Tormach machines...

Just talked to the guy on the phone about the motor and drive for sale and he said he works for Tormach and this combo was used on their machines for several years before they moved up to digital drives. So I'm glad to hear it's been proven for use on milling machines with hours of continuous...

I would love to go with a brushless motor but they cost too much so I'm probably going to pick up a 1 to 1.5hp three phase motor and VFD. I found this one for sale locally on Craig's list, what do you think? http://madison.craigslist.org/tls/5384143178.html Here is the spec sheet on the...

Blighty, I love your control box! Looks great and everything is easy to work on. I wan't going to get wire ducts for my build, but after seeing your system I'm going to order some tonight. Thanks for sharing the picture! Dale P.

My original plan was to convert this one to CNC and then get the G0759 to use as a manual mill for squaring off stock and doing secondary operations, but there are two things that I don't like with this machine. The largest problem is that the spindle motor is too weak, and the second problem...

Your absolutely right about Parallel ports being dead. I don't know why breakout board manufactures still make them for parallel ports as they should all be ethernet or USB based. I have a Sound logic combo breakout board in my lathe and went with the smooth move controller because it was...

My CNC lathe runs off a parallel port, but last month I bought a new computer for the shop and had to get an ethernet smooth move board to connect it. To me it seems silly to have two boards to connect a machine to the computer so I decided to try one of these newer USB breakout boards. I'm...

Santa brought me a new mill for Christmas, and last week I started making the parts for a CNC conversion. I just have two more parts to make and I will be ready to tare the mill apart and install everything. So far I'm really happy with how things are going and I think this is going to be a...

I see I missed the boat and Grizzly no longer sells this lathe due to the lack of sales. I really wish I would have found a way to buy one, but funds were tight last year. I'm really sick of messing around with my 9x20 lathe and want something better. Thanks for posting all the picts and...