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Where are you located? I have one with the turret and the elusive tailstock assembly. It is practically new.

That is completely ridiculous to compare the two because when lapping a parabolic shape with a concave lap, the lap will slide over all of the surface of the part. it isn't a a controlled...

Is your Y axis gib too tight or too loose? Did you try playing with the motor tuning settings in Mach3?

lol. OK.

I bought some dovetail slides from Gilman a few years back, and the ways looked exactly like those in the picture. I thought I would have to scrape them in, so I put a straight edge on them and they...

I see. I wasn't being critical of anyone who chose to buy from him, I just wondered, with all of the options at that price point, why someone would buy from him. I contacted him early on about the...

Did you check your gib adjustment and make sure that the gib locking lever is not tight?

Based on his pictures alone, considering nothing else, I cannot see a reason to buy from him. What was it about his product that motivated you to send him $$$? That isn't rhetorical - I am genuinely...

The flow control valves are from eBay. You can find them for a few $ each. It is best to find valves with nitrile parts because Vactra 2 won't destroy them. They are for pneumatic applications, but...

The flow control valves are all meter-out, and come off of the manifold in the picture. The adjustment screws are hard to see in the picture because they are recessed. They are needle valves and...

Hi Joe,

It is photobucket.

What is the appropriate forum for a question like this?

There is an extra step involved. The head trams against the side of the table, then you indicate the right angle table straight. I love those machines. I had no idea someone still made them.

Either will work. That stuff from Grizzly turns really black, though, and makes quite a mess, if I remember correctly. Vactra #2 is usually the way to go if you have a choice. You can always switch...

I pretty much completed the Z axis now. I have only one small part to make or the gib adjustment screw. The lubrication on the Z is done. I used 1/16" ID tubing that fits over barbs since the...

The heat sinks are awesome. I have seen those on the stumpy-looking servos on knee mills in the past. Neat. Someone should bring those back. Super cool.

That is going to be one nice looking...

A large milling vise is a good platform for a mill with linear rails. You can get an 8" width vise for a few hundred, and the bed is ground flat, ready for rails.

That is a big pile of parts. I love it when you can start on a project like this and not have to scour the internet for parts along the way. Those are some pretty awesome looking X/Y servos. What is...

No, as there is no need since the screw is very straight. Ground ballscrews are very straight and balanced, so often have no free -end support. Also, the screw is so small and so short that there...

Get a smoothstepper. It uses USB.

I had a few hours today to work on it, and in that entire time, all I managed to get done was the Z axis bearing block. It sucked to make, and if I had to do it again, I would make it out of...

The best thing to do is to buy some of those cheap Chinese scales on eBay with the remote display and make your own mounts. Like these here:

12" Digital Readout Scale Bridgeport Mill Lathe DRO...

...Also, if you can find preloaded rails, you will be much happier with the result. The preload (radial clearance) is in the part number after the sealing/dustproofing designation and will be "C0"...

You will need HSR rails/trucks. 15mm would work for under the table, but for the saddle, you will need HSR20 or larger (hsr25). The base will need to be flat and perpendicular to the column,...

Just in case anyone needed a reason to prefer the Novakon.

The Novakon will definitely mill wax. They sell it on the website. So there's that.

It's good to hear that you have access to someone who can do that for you. Good luck - I hope it works out!

I have 2 TAIG mills sitting around and as awesome as these little machines are, two things I could never get past are the backlash in the leadscrews and what a pain they are to lubricate. I love the...

Get a BF20 style if you are considering that machine. For the same money, you can have a better machine.

That is awful. Honestly, I cannot see an easy way to fix that if you aren't good at scraping. Scraping a surface flat and fixing geometry problems on a dovetail are very different levels of skill....