Introduction

Hello, this is my first post in my first blog. This blog will document the conversion of my Sherline 5000 vertical milling machine to CNC control. You might learn something cool or, more likely, find something wrong with what I'm doing. I'm open to feedback either way.

Several years ago I purchased the mill and have spent quite a bit of time learning how to machine. My ultimate goal is to build robots, though I may never get there. I find I like the process as much as the result. Recently I was inspired to take my machining capabilities to the next level by adding computer control to the system. Hopefully I won't spend a ton of time doing something about machining rather than doing machining.

Anyway, here we go...