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Wow! Nice deal. Absolutely, that is enough power.

From what I've observed, those who hate it had problems assembling it and would likely have problems with any kit.

I bought the non-Pro kit for myself and got it partly assembled before life got...

If you want to read about all kinds of methods of making PCBs, head on over to Homebrew_PCBs on ***********. I started the group specifically because the information was fragmented all over different...

I can't believe no one answered.

I just bought an old Logan 850. The bull gear (I'll have to trust you on the name) in mine had several teeth broken off and the previous owner brazed in and...

It is true, Union Gap is about 2-1/2 hours from Tacoma. And every year about half a dozen of our Klingon club travels 4 hours to Pasco, WA for a convention, and almost that far to a one day UFO...

I've been having one of those weeks, too. I apologize for the rude response.

It is simple enough to just type in four extra characters: ", OR" rather than leaving those of us without encyclopedic...

Thanks for the snotty response. I'm sure you'll give your visitors as warm a response when they ask where your bathroom is.

Newberg... WA? OR? CA? Timbuktu?

You should know that nylon absorbs moisture and changes size when it does. So your nut may tighten or loosen if the humidity changes.

I recall reading about someone who'd made his own stands for...

I went to my local plastic supplier for Delrin, told them what it was for, and they recommended UHMW. I was warned that it is a little more difficult to machine than Delrin but that it would last...

At least one of the "heat transfer inks" -is- MIS Pro ink.

In fact, it has been my experience that you can use the inks in a much wider range of Epson printers than listed. I think the difference...

Crankorgan.com seems to do exactly this with some of his designs.

Steve Greenfield

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showpost.php?p=517858&postcount=492

Enco lists some 1/2-10 Acme leadscrew for $10 US for 6 feet, but I have no idea what shipping is on that or what is available for the rest of the world.

OK, so how about allthread?

This...

Lowes had some of the painted downrod marked down to 1/4 price, and while I was staring at them an employee came out and offered to take another 3/4 off! So I bought a bunch from 2 to 6 feet long. I...

Doh! Yes, I meant hydrophilic.

You can't assume anything. The average person will assume you mean that you just used isopropyl rubbing alcohol to maybe fill a cartridge, or squeeze through the...

It won't dissolve the heads, but it won't dissolve all the ink, either. And it will make some of the dried ink into permanent dried chunks. Alcohol is hydrophobic, it will suck the water out of the...

I've had excellent luck with ammonia/water/alcohol mixture on pigmented inks, too.

Patience is a virtue. You aren't unclogging a drainpipe. The nozzles are small enough that the droplet size is...

No! Do NOT use acetone. You will most likely destroy the heads. Acetone is -not- a universal solvent.

All it takes is water with a little ammonia in it. Very little, like 1 part nonsudsing clear...

We're still in the planning stage. I'm drawing up the design in AutoCAD and need to have a BOM ready by next Friday's club meeting for approval so we can take it in for approval by the college and...

I can't get drill rod at a hardware store. Yes, downrod is the stuff for ceiling fans, it seems very straight and stiff. Why do you think I'd be wasting my time? I've seen black gas pipe used in some...

Is this the end of the Hardware Store Design CNC Router? I've just read the entire thread... no final design. :'(

I'm president of The Maker's Club at Bates Technical College. We make stuff that...

It took me a bit of visualizing to understand that there is no sliding motion at all between the inner ring of the bearing and the acme thread.

It would work with a suitably coarse threaded...

If that is the stuff I'm thinking of (used to sell by a different brand name) then it may turn hard and brittle in a few years.

Friendly Plastic is the stuff I'm thinking of. Seemed like a wonder...

Do a Google for "nylon humidity" and you'll see why you don't want to use nylon.

But that means it has less backlash -only- when the humidity is high. If it were an issue of it swelling and staying that way, it isn't a problem. But it will shrink back down when the humidity goes...

Hm. Yes, I think you can, if you use isolation diodes between the supplies. They may not be necessary, but it is a good idea. Use shottky diodes for low voltage drop.

Otherwise if one supply loses...

Incorrect. The common line of PS2 is at 12V, so the 5V line on that will read at 5+12 = 18V above the ground/common line of PS1. The common line of PS3 is at 24V, so its 5V line will read at 5+12+12...

Epson printers (probably other makes, too) use an optical encoder strip for head positioning. It looks like a greyish plastic strip, the stripes on it are very fine. Look just above and behind the...

I'm going for ultracheap, too. UHMW is only $3.00 US per pound, which is a lot of UHMW. Of course that requires you have a friendly plastic supplier within travel distance who'll sell you scraps.
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