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It is locked CW.
The notch hits one of the V's and passes it at least 1/8". If I make go forward some more, the notch on the pins would be sticking out way past the face of the backplate. They will...

GOT IT!
THanks HFLD.
You should write the manuals for these Chinese factories.
The manual was dead wrong.
The instruction was spin the cam lock till the notch goes between the two V's in the...

Still wobbling.
Change the allens with 16 MM long, ground the bottom so the head does not stick out too far to interfere with the faces mating flush.
I think the tapered spindle and the tapered...

I think you nailed it right there bud.
In order for the cams on the spindle face to rotate about 5/8", I had to spin the cam pins on the face plate 5 times to the left .
If I lock down the allen to...

Mine doesn't even come close to that.
I have Bison Set Tru 6-jaw on a 13 by 40 Birmingham lathe.
It wobbles .

Congrats on the machine Jim.
What kind of tolerances can this machine hold?
Thanks

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WOW!

Why not Inventor 2010 if I may ask?

You can also import i-features from the content center.
One of them is slots. You modify that feature as well.
Easiest way to revolve a cut is to draw that part with the cut, then revolve that...

Thank you guys.
Here's the CNC taperer my friend made for me and I have upgraded.
It now has THK actuators for the XY axes.
Edwin would have been really happy.
I'm getting a thicker/shorter ...

NICE Rick.
What's the travel distances?

Thank you Al.
That is Guy Smiley Edwin, my mentor and very good friend and a world-class cuemaker artist.

Guys, if you are wondering why Guy Smiley ( real name is Edwin Reyes ) no longer posts here, it's not because he quit his CNC projects.
Edwin has left us for good on April 18.

It's mostly fish oil.
I'd use graphite powder .

I like that Taus.
Here's a pic of my humble cnc.
It's just a taperer for my pool cue.
I like the Colt b/c you can lock the spindle while changing bits.
I also like the variable speed . I slow it...

Y leadscrew end

x axis leadscrew end

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I'll let the pics do the talking.

Sounds to me you will need a lot of power.
A Colombo might be your ticket.

What a pain in the jazz!
I want to hook mine up too but it has the male parallel hookup in the back.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=330274305901
I...

Wow!
That's a major spindle.

Great looking machine!

double post

Widgit can you do something like the 39 by 25 K2 machine too?
http://www.k2cnc.com/Machines/CNC-router-KG-3925-GTHK_detail.asp

It's free, can't go wrong.
Thnx.