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Your "Job Opening" heading is misleading! Sad way to generate sales. I notice your location is China...enough said.

Hey guys, could use your help!

I've got a laser scanner that creates .dxf and/or .igs drawings from a flat part. It also checks a flat part against a drawing you put in the computer. Also does a...

Huah, I agree. The focus length still has to be set, however, I never used the red dot as the sole means to set the length. I was supplied with a piece of plexiglas that was 41mm square (1/8" thick)....

Skip, thanks for steering me straight....many thanks to glintid for a very enlighting writeup about "gap" settings!

I have the red laser mounted at an angle as well. I was thinking of taking it,...

Hi Skip,

Firstly, let me say thank you for your in depth response!...it's much appreciated. (and it helped me out!)

I should have mentioned what I have: it's a Rabbit HX1290SE laser with...

So then.....how do you make it (LaserCut5) do either vector text or engraving text? Is it when you have to select whether it's going to be TrueFont or SHX when the dialog box pops up?

Also, on a...

Company: Syil

CNC Lathe: Model C6 (it's a standalone lathe)

http://www.syilamerica.com/product_C6.asp

Hope this helps, best regards...

careful of the PVC! It's a health hazard. Creates hydrochloric acid: bad for you (and your machine). Also, stay away from Kevlar: makes cyanide gas.

Do a search on the internet, it's full of...

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Hi Paul,
(CNCadmin)

Do you have pics of your servo machine on this site? And if you don't mind me asking, did you "build" your electronics or buy in a preassembled package of motors, drivers,...

Rick,

I'm in central Ontario, about an hour drive north of Toronto.

I'd like to be able to cut steel, however, that requires RF laser, such as Synrad or Coherent metal tube types. From what I...

Rick, I'm a Tool and Die Maker. I have a shop as well, only it's set up for metal. It's too bad we didn't live closer together...could've brainstormed a great machine I'm sure....

Thanks for the...

Hi Rick,

Yes, I have my eye on a laser machine by www.emissiontechnologies.com as an alternative to building one. I would build but the only thing that stops me from building is the wiring. I'm...

Hi,

If I read your post right, you want to have several power levels at your disposal for lasering, so your aim is to have several (Co2) tubes to pick and choose from (and combine) to achieve...

Hi Ricswika,

Do you have any of the mechanical part done for your cnc laser machine? (ie. table) If so would you consider posting pics? (unless I've missed them already somewhere on this site???)...

Hi Paul,

Care to share your experiences regarding artworldcn? How was the ordering and delivery? Silly question, however... is this the same outfit as the tube you showed malfunctioning? Did you...

Thank you Smartcut. It now works. I appreciate this.

Take care,
jmg

Hi Smartcut,

I'm not able to open the link. Would you mind checking the link spelling? It's probably me, however, that would eliminate one less thing for me to troubleshoot.

Thanks,
jmg

There's a lot of info happening here...
"your best consumer is the best informed consumer" (somebody else's quote)

Thanks Peter for your efforts to find out what the scoop is! It certainly is...

edo,

Make sure you set up like Ken Shea's pictures. You should infeed with the compound (not crossfeed) when set up at 29 degrees.

You mentioned that you never disengage the lead screw, you...

Peter,

Thanks again! I also look forward to hearing about your trip and thoughts.

Sidenote: if I understand correctly, Tormach has 640 oz-in steppers, and Smithycnc is much more (can't remember...

Hi Smartcut,

Good question!

I was thinking of running it part-time for some extra cash. Not even sure if that's do-able, however, thanks for the link. I've never seen that site before.

A...

Runner4404spd,

Good eye! My mistake, no gears just belts!

Would you happen to see any logic why Tormach has 640 oz-in (this number came from an email from Tormach), and Smithy1240 has 1700...

Tormach: 640 oz-in steppers.
Smithy1240: 1700 oz-in

Why the big difference??? The Smithy1240 is 2 hp, Tormach is 1.5 hp, would that make the difference?

jmg

Haven't checked seriously into it, but isn't IH servo with gears? So...what about backlash? (I'm impressed with their claims of strength on the axis, but who cares if there is slop in there?)

jmg

After doing some Internet reading, and following the posts here fairly closely, it doesn't take long to see that RF lasers (metal) such as made by Synrad and Coherent are excellent choices BUT...

Hi pjenson,

Thanks for the invite of asking q's on our behalf.

I'm with Jeff re: how the Tormach would stand up against the largest Smithycnc (1240).

Also, the Mach profiles for control...

Hi Nupeswv,

Smithycnc 1240 claims 1700 oz-in steppers for xyz.

For a comparison, Tormach PCNC is 640 oz-in for xy and 1200 oz-in for z. Tormach claims the 1.5 hp spindle will stall, or the...