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    Mold making

    One good web site to check out RTM (Vaccuum INFUSION) is my bud Tony at www.corsair82.com Consider your molds should be using some sort of RTM, Tony's methods are the cheapest around.


    Some...
  2. Jim My name is Steve. I am also trying to...

    Jim

    My name is Steve. I am also trying to build a foam cutter. I have many parts and not enough time. I also live in the greater Cleveland Area. I woould like to show you what I have. My number...
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    No plans, just an old machine to get larger.

    I have a machine I bought on ebay which is too small for my needs. I bought a 24.75" travel z-axis from ebay. I made a frame from 80/20 and I plan to move the electronics and motors from my smaller...
  4. Driving one axis with two stepper motors?

    In a 3-d mill, assuming the y-axis is the gantry, is it advisable to drive the x-axis with two stepper motors, one on either side of the gantry. My application is the x-axis is five feet, and two...
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    Can I conclude that each side should have an...

    Can I conclude that each side should have an independant gear height adjustment and that the lond connecting rods act as a torsional spring? Inquiring about driveing my x-axis with two steppers is my...
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    Duel Rack and Pininon.

    Belt Driven from the center. Can I get a picture or two.
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    Duel Rack and Pinion Drives

    I've decided, due to cost and the fact I have two five foot racks, to dirve my gantry from both sides. This is necessary as I expect that my plunging z-axis will break the x-y plane. They are from...
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    Foam Milling

    What type of tool head are you using with the dremel. What sort of feed speed are you capable of. Does the foam frament or melt at such high rpm.
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    You poor Slob I baught a foamlinx and dreaded...

    You poor Slob

    I baught a foamlinx and dreaded the day Tel was born. Send it back for the $300 assembly fee. Believe me I gave up on a $1700 investement and started to design my own. I...
  10. I'm In a suburb of Cleveland, Will travel on...

    I'm In a suburb of Cleveland, Will travel on weekends
  11. Hi i went to ebay and bought Delrin Acme...

    Hi

    i went to ebay and bought Delrin Acme Flanged Nuts 1/2 - 10 RH. He sells them constantly. Item number: 7588292174 at the time of this posting. They are $3.00. They are cheap and self...
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    I too would like to know the center to center...

    I too would like to know the center to center bolt pattern and bolt diameters
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    Drop my table?

    ViperTX

    I am sorry, I don't understand. I need to have 16 to 24 inches in the z-azis.
    This might mean that I increase the hight of the machine by putting taller, 48 inches, aluminum extrusions...
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    Thanks Still looking for the ball screw. I...

    Thanks

    Still looking for the ball screw. I have another reason for asking about belts and gear racks though. Although I am currently using a screw for my x-axis, it is not a full cantry. the screw...
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    Belt vrs. Ball Screw vrs. Lead Screw

    Hi

    I have a small wood mill that I am trying to expand in one direction. The current ball screws have a pitch of 0.2 (5 tpi). They are driven by Nema 23's with 250 oz-inch holding torque. I have...
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    Don't know

    George

    I am an absolute begineer. The only thing I hever had that worked was purchased from someone who knew. I just upsized my existing screw using the same pitch as the one that is currently...
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    Source for Rebuilt Ball screws and nuts

    Hi

    Newbee here. I have bought a homebrew cnc machine built with 1" ball screw with 0.2 ptich. It is driving a wood router's x-axis. I want to expand the machine but I must replace the screw and...
  18. Thanks to Mike @ CNC Fusion I recived a DB1V2.0

    Thank you very much Mike at CNCFUSION. Mike help me out by selling me one of his spare Axxus DB1V2.0 cards. I want to thank everyone at the CNC Zone for really helping out. To quote Tiny Tim "God...
  19. Axxus DB1V2.0 CNC Parallel Port Interface

    Hi

    I'm new to cnc. I recently bought a machine with a Axxus DB1V2.0 CNC Parallel Port Interface. http://www.members.shaw.ca/axxus/db1v20.htm

    Although I've been trying to order a spare, I am...
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