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well i had planed on making the motor stationary but i don't know how else i would do it. i intend on using a 3-5 hp single phase variable speed indexable motor. maby im over doing it. but if i...

ok cool im still havening problems with the spindle design. i like the idea of mounting the motor in a fixed location and having just the head move, but im confused as to how to have this happen. i...

ok so the linear encoders are what make it so i don't have to home the machine every time i start it up ?
now i did a Google for rails for a cnc and came up with a tone of different types. do any of...

a little history about me before we get started. i have been a machinist for about a total of 5 monts now. i spent 3 months at a shop that was in shelton wa before they laied me off due to finacial...

well im interested in this as well. have a total time in this trade of 4 months now (worked for one shop then got lade off moved got another job at a different shop). still kneed to buy a tool box...

well it looks like i will have to put my plans oh hold for a while science i got layied off last friday :(

well while stumbling around the internet loking for a how to diy cnc converson i stumbled here. i am live in tumwater washingto adn have been working as a cnc operator at olympic tool and engineering...

lol i could keep going but not going to keep flaming this post
(so what happens if you are a home shop doing this on the side with no real larg scale production?)

this is true unless you only have the 1 machine :)

i just got into this traid my self but i have been asking some of my coworkers on what it takes to get a full size machine.
one of thy guys i talked to (who him and his 2 brothers have their own cnc...

well im not a total noob, but a noob here. i have posted on a few yahoo groups to little sucess.
a little history about me. in high school i went to a vocational school for half the day to learn...

basicly you wold be able to make money just sitting there and reading a book :)