The Resurrection of an Old CNC Machine

[@gadgetnightmare]

I have been running Trax mills and lathes on and off for the last 25 years. I have always been happy with them. The first brand new one I got to run was a DPM5 in 2003 with the SM controls. Watch out for that y hand wheel, I have dropped myself to the floor a few times

[@Mcgiever100]

I could hear that endmill praying, then nothing. Poor little guy gave it his best. An old/cheap Machinist hand book has a lot of info, diff material speeds n feeds to give starting points.

[@bcdesignco8013]

You're going to love this machine after getting more familiar with the controller!

[@c.harris7823]

I bought those WD-40 EZ-Pods after you mentioned them in a previous video. They work great! They are economical and are easy to mix up! Thanks for the suggestion. 👍🏼

[@procyonia3654]

How do they taste tho

[@MakeEverything]

@@procyonia3654 the forbidden gushers

[@nathaniellangston5130]

6800$ or whatever it was sounds like and INCREDIBLE deal. I've seen those mostly come up for sale at 12-20 grandish. Great video!

[@rexmundi8154]

I have a 1996 bed mill Prototrak at home and a 2022 Prototrak bed mill at work and I love them both. I’m an instrument maker / prototype machinist.

[@GOAP68]

Bought a 2001 Prototrak few years back. Theyre great to work with in keeping old machines working.

[@Steelcrafted]

One great thing I love about those DPM Mills is that the quill and the Z servo are tied together. So you can jog the Z down close to the work, then unlock your quill and bring the cutter down against the material, and then zero your z, and then when you go up with the quill, it knows how far above the work you are. You really don't need to use the 3D probe to set your Z with that feature. Very handy.

[@richardjones1022]

Loved the video! Thanks for sharing with all of us. I also love the Prototrak line of CNC machines, they are what we use everyday in our toolroom. 👍👍

[@Hogzsnotzv2]

Can appreciate the clean up process you went thru. Looking forward to more vids on this rascal👍

[@kyronnewbury]

Very awesome! Pumped to see what you do with it in the future

[@joemcgarry1106]

Good score. I am looking forward to more videos about this project.

[@LorenP]

Nice video. I have a 92 DPM with the original MX3 controller. I love the machine and would really like to update the controller. My machine has the Acu-Rite "mini" glass scales, so taking my table off is a little more complicated, because I do not want to damage the scales. I did make some of the alignment clips for the Mini Scales, so I should be OK taking the table off. Thanks for sharing all of the info. Thumbs up from Toledo, Ohio

[@BenNawrath]

Sweet mill! Looking forward to seeing what you do with it. I talked to Corey the other day, sounds like you may be paying us a visit out on the island soon? Can’t wait!

[@carlhitchon1009]

Looks like a decent machine, hope it works out well.

[@BKepple85]

Nice machine and even nicer restoration! That thing looks awesome!

[@colinstu]

Great restoration job! Looking forward to seeing it being used in projects.

[@gp_fabrication]

Great cleanup job. Hope I have the space to get one of these machines one day

[@Steve-pk9ok]

Cleaning it up and changing ball screws is a good start but if you don't re-surface/scrape the ways and re-bore the quill you're going to have accuracy and chatter problems.

[@sheep1ewe]

I realy looking forward to follow this project!

[@keithbaker8212]

Wow excellent job man awesome machine

[@davewallace.8303]

Great video, and an expensive lesson on the test piece!

[@kevind1865]

I'd hardly call it an expensive lesson. Its a $2.50 janky eBay cutter...

[@smplyizzy]

Looks amazing! Dam nice!

[@louisspataro278]

Dude! At time 17:07! 2112! Rush rules!

[@procyonia3654]

You can use fresh coolant to break up the old stuff then pump out the slurry of gross

[@jacobwatts1824]

need to centre that tailstock

[@temper9993]

Hello: The link for the steam cleaner is dead. If YOU READ THIS, PLEASE let me know what steam cleaner you used. P.S. THANK YOU for the great videos. You get right to the point. It's a pleasure watching your videos.

[@Oldtimeytools]

Great video 👌👌

[@tooljourney]

been waiting for this👍👍

[@rudedogg6331]

CAD = Cardboard Aided Design 😉

[@MakeEverything]

It’s my specialty!

[@8BitLife69]

jibs.

[@colinstu]

Voice sounds different, hope you're ok

[@MakeEverything]

I used a different program to enhance the audio to sound clearer, did it sound better or worse?

[@colinstu]

@@MakeEverything sounded maybe a little less clear, kind of like if your voice was rough after yelling all night, or rough from after a cold/flu. At least that was my first impression and hearing your usual recorded voice. Maybe it wouldn't be as obvious if I was new to channel. Also kinda seemed to take the dynamics out, sometimes you speak louder or quieter and this seemed a lot more level, which I guess is a good thing but I thought it sounded less expressive / more subdued.

[@mikev.1034]

😄

[@davidhall8874]

CNC "computer numerical control" can refer to any number of machines, including whatever the hell this one is. To use CNC as an exclusive designation for a specific machine is as offensive as those idiots who called wireless ear pods a as "Bluetooths" IDIOTS!

[@NigraeLegiones]

Lol he stated it was a cnc mill and mentioned multiple different examples of cnc machines throughout the video. Since the subject of this video is the cnc mill then just shortening it to cnc or cnc machine within the video makes sense. Its simple grammar.

[@davidhall8874]

@NigraeLegiones I did not, nor am I going to watch a video with an ambiguous title. People are constantly misleading us with titles!