I did a trial fitting last night of all the parts and cant belive just how easy it all went together. I got the steel ordered today from speedy metals online, asked them for a quote for all of the...
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I did a trial fitting last night of all the parts and cant belive just how easy it all went together. I got the steel ordered today from speedy metals online, asked them for a quote for all of the...
I have been looking over the drawings and have decided that this will be my winter project. It has been a while since I have even visited the forum but I have been wanting to get a new machine built...
Not to get off topic but i have to add this. check out the multimedia section... www.turbokart.com
crotch rocket engine on a gokart.... cool
Jet turbine on a kart.... insane
note: the jet...
hi all, I have a set of 3 globe servo motors comming and have been looking around at encoders. I could go the usual usdigital E2 route but i saw theses and wonder if anyone here has any imput on...
according to Tom at rutex you need the R2210 to convert the encoder signals to differential signals, just ordered mine.....
hi all, just got my 2000 series drives and want to hook up my encoder. My encoders are HEDS-9140 encoders. Do i need to use the R2210 - Single ended or TTL, encoder interface or can i just wire the...
There have been a few people on the lathemaster yahoo list that have bought direct. they say tho that its not really worth it to save money, the only reason to do it is if you want a special options...
Is that $850 for the super x3?
If so that not as bad as i thought it would be.
Darren
I am subscribed to it, there is also a Yahoo group called cheaptools that the members post good coupons they get in the files section. I already used the 20% coupon twice on little stuff, if i was...
I belive I saw on the lathemaster group that Bob will be ordering some of the super x3's around christmas if ifyou want one you might want to email him, sounds like there gona go fast.
Darren
wow, I thought I have made up my mind on getting a rong fu (HF version)mill and the 9x20 hf lathe since there is a retail store intown. I really dont need the 20" length on the 9x20 so the 8x12/14 is...
yup, that what i have been using too. I use a 128meg version tho. The one i have can be found at walmart for under $20. Sure beats using floppys!
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One option to avoid the parts falling out would be to tab them. That would hold them in the sheet. I to have thought about a vertical router to save space not to mention I think it would be easier to...
just did a google search for vertical cnc router and this was another it turned up, I like this design! http://www.denford.co.uk/product.asp?link=107
kinda like this? http://www.dynacnc.com/spacesaver60120.jpg I have thought about a design like this too as a 4x8 router in a 2 car garage takes up atleast half.
Darren
Most I belive are just square aluminum tubing around the edge and skinned with aluminum with a aluminum honeycomb structure in the middle. I think they just take the dimentions of your current...
you might want to try here: http://www.gpiparts.com/prod58.htm altho they are aimed at silkscreen presses its just a basic aluminum hold down table. One press we have at work has a 6x16' table and we...
THANKS! Dustin, yes I had mirrored the half profile to make a whole one. things are working much better now. I made the profiles by using a 3 view drawing that had half profiles as a backround and...
Attached is a project I am working on but I am having problems creating the outside surface of the airplane. In the model there are several profile curves along the length of the plane and I had been...
Take a look at Balsa usa (www.balsausa.com) they have a stick series of planes. The wood in thier kits is excellent also.
Darren
After much thought I have decided to get a rong fu mill drill over the X3. For the money and the table size I think the rong fu is hard to beat plus i have a HArbor freight near by so that gets rid...
I use a Epson CX6600 Scanner printer copier... and I couldnt be happier with it. seperate ink tanks and if you print photos that look great on this printer.
a fridge compressor work pretty good for a cheap vacuum pump, http://www.berkut13.com/sucker.htm details one used for doing composite work for full size aircraft. I found this site on vac bagging...
The surface finish wasnt to bad however I was using a straight 1/4" flat end router bit not a ballend. There was some surface roughness as can be expected because of the flat end but it smothed off...
I have cut some of the pink insulation foam(just like the blue stuff) in to a simple delta wing shape for a R/C model. The stuff cuts like butter with a 2 flute carbide bit, I was cutting at 40 ipm....
I would like a copy of them! I may be able to set up a FTP server have to talk to my brother as he might have the space on his comercial web site.
Darren
Ah cool! i never even noticed the "use this file when rhino starts"
Thanks!!
Darren
how cani set the default in rhino to inches so I dont have to change it everytime I start a drawing? I have looked all over the menus and cant seem to find anywhere to set the default.
Darren
HI all, i'm very new to mastercam amd I am trying to make a tool path for the blade section of a windmill. The file is from Mr Bean's website, http://www.build-a-windturbine.com . This is one of my...
looks good to me! I sometimes still use Turbocad 2d(very old!) but have for the most part switched over to Rhino. If anyone wants Turbocad 2d soot me a pm or email. Its the full program with the...