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Thank you!

Hey, how do HiWin rails actually work? Are they holding rolling balls against the dovetail rail or something to make it so swiftly?

Oh all right I'll stick to the loctite ;) Just curious, why not thread the shafts? Just a little you know and put longer set screws so that they hold both pieces together better.

I thought these...

Hey, thanks for the advice guys. I'm gonna get me this loctite ASAP. The shafts have a flat but I'm considering drilling a little and threading. I think I get what you mean 109jb. They're more...

Alright, it was actually the motor pulley. Those little set screws that came with the CNC kit are pissing me off. Apparently you gotta tighten them as much as possible, yet if you go too far the...

Hi,

After some minutes into the program run I heard a bad squeak and saw how the Y axis had drifted about an inch. I checked the motor pulley as this has already come loose a couple of times in...

Beautiful. Looks perfect and shiny.

Awesome! Specially the speed gain, considering how heavy that spindle must be. Do keep us updated. I'm specially interested in those automatic brakes you mentioned and how exactly you performed the...

Looks really good! I still want to see it working with the spindle on though

Glad it helps.
Actually I've had another sort of problem early in the day with another axis and I've found what the possible culprit was. When you're sitting the widest side of the pulley against...

Aha, that was my concern with rigidity not the column itself. Thanks for clearing it up. I want to see it working!

I like it, but don't you think this will be a less rigid setup?

Yup, that did it. Hardest part was to find to-the-point info on gcoding and figuring out things like goto command not supported in mach3 and how to exit gracefully from instead-used subroutines. I...

Nope. That brass ring was still on the old leadscrew. Anyways I did as I said.

I made sure the ballscrew block is tight against the bearing part:
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I installed the pulley up-side-down and...

Beautiful. I have no idea but I have this feeling it'll slide smooth like butter. I'm watching. Good luck.

I think I've solved the mystery among bad dreams. First, to solve the belt level issue, maybe the pulley needs to be installed up-side-down. And secondly I can barely recall having left a thin brass...

Hi,

I have the MK F20DP kit with steppers, housings, belts and whatnot from Optimum.
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I have recently replaced all the leadscrews with ballscrews and I borrowed one of the holding nuts...

Hey elfrench, thanks. Yes, I already found and bought a cheap micrometer. They are around 2.38mm in diameter. I bought a 100 of them as they were extremely cheap, for future replacements. I also...

Fixed. (Kind of)

Today I watched some videos on assembling ballnuts and I got a rough idea of what to do.
I first tried to pry on a wiper and it wouldn't budge. I saw in a video it should unscrew...

It just keeps coming out wrong for me...

If you're bored here's some background:


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So the ballnut is missing some balls and I can't slide it out the ballscrew. I removed all the little...

I'm 35, but tomorrow I'll be 36, past tomorrow 37... and I'll be dead before I know at this dang rate... heh

Edit: The poll graphic looks realistic. And you know, I'm happy that 1 out of 10 of us...

Sorry for the late reply! I've been really distracted lately.

Thank you all for the links. I read the first part of the History section on Wikipedia and thou interesting, it's a real shame there...

Hi Thomas,
Well I don't have any rotary axis for the moment, but I do want one bad and I'll get one eventually.
No, unfortunately AFAIK I could only leave one of the side wheels on, the Z and Y...

Hey Thomas, looks pretty neat, specially the rotary axis yum yum. I think ISO30 and 40 are serious stuff eh! Yeah I ordered a collet set already. Can't wait to get started.

LOL No, lstool is...

Oh yes I got the original MK F20DP CNC kit from Optimum
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I'm just lacking the original controller (breakout board) and driver cards, but I'll try to use the other ones I have already. They...

Hey everybody,

So here's a little update.

There was some misunderstanding between George and me, the order was cancelled, and... I'll just leave it at that. I backed off to give it a lot more...

Thank you everybody and sorry for the delay.

Honestly I was a bit shocked and decided to back off a bit, but I understand I can be a little pest at times. Although in my defense I'll just say...

Anyways, people I don't want to sound rude, but this is taking long and although I learnt some things I'm still frustrated. Can't you just tell me what to buy? That is, according to the kind of work...

I must not be understanding... Case #1 is acceptable?
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Or you mean the other way around with the nut on the motor end and the other end supported where? by the frame?

I put case #2 because...

Whatever the first one was, no matter if it did wood or metal please