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Depends how "pretty" you want the kit and how much you get the ball screws, couplings, and aluminum for.

I'd expect that you got get the "material" for 300-350+/- bucks and then you potentially...

Thanks.

legendboy,

Do you have any experience with the USBCNC?

Al,

Are you associated with Dynomotion/Kflop or just providing a link?

I've had pretty good success with my 320s and mach3, but I'm working on something that needs to be more self-contained than a full pc setup. I'd like to use steppers and the G250X or G203V on this...

The c# interface dll is an exciting feature.

Thanks for the info.

Can anyone provide me a list of the currently maintained breakout or motion controller boards. (USB or network based)

I haven't been active in the CNC arena in quite some time and I have a new...

honeysupercell and permacomb are two options that currently exist, but there is room for improvement in their designs.

As for off the shelf, I don't follow. These measurements are pretty set in...

I'm a complete newb when it comes to injection molding.

Can you clarify why the tonnage of the machine matters? I thought that was the clamping force, or the injection force of the plastic.

I...

mactec,

What is the size limitations of your injection molding machine. Is this project something you'd be willing to look at doing?

Do you know much much material runs for polypro

Need to mount the machine upside down. So the wax runs out.

Otherwise, your making a candle. *grins*

Honey comb section on

medium frames are roughly 17x5.5x1"

deep frames are roughly 17x8x1"

Size would very based on the thickness of the top/bottom/sidebars.

*Side Note*

Part of the frame would be made in sections. At least the picture I posted.

The top, bottom and side bars would be molded separate.

In fact, I'd look at that option also. The honey comb...

I looked at doing that. If you plan on keeping every frame, then it should be ok.

Unfortunately, if you plan to sell. Fresh wax is very fragile. I haven't come up with a good solution yet. ...

Looked around last night.

The cheapest that I could find a 12x24x1.5" sheet of polypropylene was roughly 70 bucks.

Which hurts my feelings, since most of it would be milled away.

10 frames per super, roughly 5 supers per hive... which equals around 150 hives. Which is small potatoes compared to most commercial guys that run between 500 and 10000 hives.

You can buy "similar" frames for roughly 6 bucks per shipped. I was trying to get them made and to my house for 2 bucks per or less, which should allow me to sell them at roughly the same price with...

Oh, I forgot to mention. The frames were going to be made out of food grade polypropylene.

Pretty cool that there is another beekeeper on the forum.

I looked into getting the following frames made. Unfortunately, everything I can find is not cost effective for prototyping.

If I...

I found a link to a machine on youtube that automatically assemblys hive frames.

YouTube - Brandt Automation Bee Hive Foundation Frame Assembler

Can anyone provide links or help on how...

Instead of hijacking the other thread any farther....

Your thoughts on this TTS clone
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96156

Does anyone have any experience with their tooling? ...

I was considering chopping down a holder.

But, I was concerned that the material was hardened.

Additionally, if the novakon is worth it. The 23 bucks, is less than it would cost me for the...

The novakon er20 adapater for 23 bucks looks like a good deal. Any reviews of those? Should we assume that the aren't made by the same guy on ebay?

Thanks for the links Hoss.


Teyber12,
...

Any other options out there?

I'd love to get a quick change system for the er20 collets, but 92 bucks a pop per holder for Tormach is a little steep for me.

The Tormach set screw holders...

How do you think using the quill for your tool change will effect the repeatability.

Can't view youtube at work....

So I'm assming that you..

1. Unlock quill.
2. Move the quill down.
3....

I was curious if there are any examples of how you modify your program to not cut your fixture clamps etc...

Up until now, almost all of my machining has been on a vise with me operating the g...

FYI,

There are some of the China USB jump drives that have an embedded rootkit on them.

The DoD banned all usb jump drives. They are just now looking at going back to some "known" good drives....

Has anyone made one of these yet?

Any links/drawings?

I spent the last few days crawling all over the internet and I haven't been able to find one for the x3.

Hoss's example for his x2...

Holy Crap...

That thing is going to be massive....

G'job and keep the pictures coming.

This post is pretty old, but anyway.

I have....

Juki with quilters cruise control.
Homesteader with home brew arduino based control.
APQS millennium with their built in cruise control.
...

Looks kinda neat. I'll be curious to see how it works. Most people use the limit switches by running into them, instead of off them. At least from what I've seen.

You might see some wear from...

So I've had time to play in the garage and I'm slightly confused with this problem.

I can make a simple gcode. (Or complex)

i.e.

x0,x10,x20,x30,x20,x10,x0

I can repeat this dozen's of...