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Have you found this site yet? Machines - Denford Software & Machines

There's lots of info there you might need.

Here's a link to a YouTube vid using freeware to convert an image to a Gcode file.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kfNAhM_NLg

Is there a reason you build the turret to lock with air pressure? Not doubting your design, but Is would seem a fail-safe against air loss if it stayed locked until released by air pressure.

Stepperworld Current Control Tutorial

http://www.reprap.org/wiki/Stepper_wiring

http://www.geckodrive.com/support.html

Here's a little light reading for you. It's important to match the...

When it's in the shipping position it's only 33" wide if i'm looking at it right. Seems like it might fit the bill......

There are several broken links on that site. If you have English selected as your language it won't let you download. A work around is to search in English, then select the German language tab at the...

Sounds like your building a Timex for NASA to me.....

Even without the ad that site needs work. I tried to register but it won't except my E-mail and every time you open a new page it requires you to hit the translate button. It doesn't remember your...

Just a few minutes, 15 or 20 maybe.

I have a cut50. Different color, but same thing. I used it on 110v for a while for thin stuff like cutting the top out of a 55 gal. drums, etc.
It has a pretty short duty cycle on 110v before it...

Attached is a drawing from LMS.......

I've ordered coolant line, loc-line clone, from them before. Everything was fine, just took a while for shipping.

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You can try here as well: Find wire carrier at Sourcingmap.com

A little better prices because it's straight from China. Downside is shipping takes a few days.

Attached is a pdf of a tool holder.......

Does your design work with an internal cylinder to force it down on the drawbar?

I'm not sure you have a firm grasp on what you are considering undertaking. I recommend checking out this sticky about epoxy/granite:...

Anything you build is going to need to be machined and/or ground if you have any hope of it being square and level. There are a few books mentioned in build threads on the subject. If you don't have...

Sounds like a pretty ambitious first project. There are several build threads here if you look around some more. The trend seems to be cast and poured from home made molds and then machined/ground,...

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/knee_vertical_mills/139441-flood_coolant.html

might give you an idea or 2....

Thanks for the heads-up. Wow I never expected coolant to splash that far. I guess that shows with the 10" walls. Basically I was tired of squirting coolant, cutting oil, and WD40 by hand. I stumbled...

Attached are some pics of a coolant collar and an enclosure I put together over the last couple weekends. Inspired by CNCCookbook: Milling Machine Coolant Collar
The collar is a piece of 3/4 Mic6...

I used this gearmotor on a Bridgeport clone trying to keep costs down:
https://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?item=5-1719&catname=electric
It worked, but was slower and a whole lot more trouble...

I'm curious why you want to replace the servos with steppers. If they are in working order large drives will run you $180-$259 each depending on brand, encoders if needed are $25-$100 each, once...

One of the advantages to the PDB in the link I posted is that it's "remote" in that you can attach the up/down controller where it's convenient for the operator. An important feature if you are...

POWER DRAWBAR KIT

This is the power drawbar I built and use, works great.

You might want to look at the Dugong too......

CNC4PC

Most of the time when you find a good deal on an older CNC machine something went bad with the electronics. A board burnt or drive failed, etc. Most often it's not cost effective to replace the part...

Sounds like a plan to me......It has always annoyed me that nothing can be passed without playing a tit for tat game. Eliminate that and it would go a LONG way towards minimizing corruption.

I'm...

OK I gotcha. I didn't know If I wasn't seeing something someone else posted. Yeah I can see what your talking about. One looks different than the other. I'm pretty sure it was drawn to depict the...