Rebuilding My Elu 860

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Design Summary:

Design Contact:

Joe Holewski

j.holewski@gmail.com

Hi Im joe, im a designer working in calgary designing packaging, I just moved here from the UK where for the last 5 years since university i have been designing and machining custom flight cases and protective foam inserts.
back in england i was in the right place at the right time when a friend who was working at a school was throwing out an ELU 860 to make space for their new laser cutter,
The story Goes that only one person was ever trained on the machine and after he left the school, it has sat unused in the school for quite a few years
From what i can see this machine has had minimal usage,
Im rebuilding an elu 860 for my personnel hobby use, and hopefully make a little cash!!
My plan is to strip out all existing electronics and motors and spindle and replace them with new equivalents……………..this is my progress so far,
If anyone has any questions ill try my best to answer them, ive worked on CNC routers for the past 5 years but ive never tried to build one, so any advice anyone can offer me would be greatly appreciated.

My Rebuild

  • Avatar Image JOE HOLEWSKI said 1 year ago:

    Over the last couple of weeks i have been slowly adding parts to the cnc, its all gone together so far reasonably easy. the way the Elu 860 is built is surprisingly sturdy, most parts line up to a stop, so there is no room to allow for parts to not be correctly installed. i have the main frame complete the last main item to install is the gantry, however. i have came up to my first hurdle.
    As i cannot use the 240v spindle easily, im planning on replacing it. So this week i removed the existing spindle, from the gantry the spindle itself is mounted using bolts that bolt onto the front face (the business end) of the spindle, and then onto the carriage,
    As Elu are no longer in business, i cant get a like for like 110v replacement,
    Does anyone know if i can find a replacement spindle that has the has bolt mounting on the front face? or do i have to look at designing a new/or adapting the carriage?

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  • Avatar Image admin said 1 year ago:

    Nice work! I’m going to be very interested to follow this. Thanks for the contribution!

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