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A few years ago, I introduced our Geckdrive G540 interface board (V1.0). I have since revised it to make the 2.0 version. We took in all of the suggestions and feedback to make it better. The new...

I have attached a CAD drawing in both DWG and DXF format for a simple milling job in a single aluminum extruded housing. Only one side needs to be milled. The material thickness is less than 2mm. ...

Actually, I didn't show that process, but I remove the 1/16" endmill/collet and replace it with a tapered center finder and use that to find 0,0.

I know I am preaching to the choir here, but I did a video tonight for my company YouTube site and thought I would share it here. I am showing how I use MDF to create a milling jig for holding a...

I couldn't imagine what I could sell my X2 for. I did a spreadsheet up a while back on the total cost of parts and it was well above what anyone would reasonably pay for it.

Sorry for the...

Thanks! I'll keep that in mind. I found that plunging didn't seem to be the problem, but when I started to X-Y, that's when the cutter would break. So, obviously my DOC was the major problem.

I just saw another post on a different forum that mentioned 0.005" (0.127mm) is a good place to start. Looks like my idea to go down to 0.25mm is not nearly shallow enough.

Sorry, I just saw that you responded. I'm at work right now, so I'll have to wait until I get home to see what I set the feedrate at on my tests. I honestly do not know the speed right now, but I...

I am getting pretty comfortable with Cut2D, but engraving is still giving me a fit. I managed to break four brand new engraving bits on my first four attempts.

I'm using 1/16" "spoon" engraving...

Thanks for the responses! I think I'll just stick with my calibration method everytime I have to reboot the computer. That seems to work fine, it was just kind of a pain. Maybe somewhere down the...

I have been using Mach3 with my X2 mill for about six months. Learning the basic functions to get up and going was a bit of an uphill climb, but I feel more comfortable with it now. However, there...

I actually use the wrench that I use to loosen the collet. I just tap two or three times on the top of the drawbar nut and it always pops loose. I'm not exerting any major force on it, just get a...

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This is just a thought, but maybe if you have a couple of 123 blocks or even enough parallels that you could stack into two equal height stacks, then lay the gib across the 123 blocks or parallels,...

In all honestly, it's really doing 99% of what I have wanted to do so far. With just getting started in this, the easy and rapid capability to produce solid toolpaths was really the attractive...

That's correct. The tool is plunging and retracting at the same point. I am only seeing this when I machine metal, not the ABS. Also, when I machine metal, the holes are always too small and don't...

I completely forgot to mention that I milled the same file in some similar thickness ABS. The results came out perfect. No notch or any sign of missed steps/backlash.



OK, I'll run this test...

Yeah, I figured oversized balls were not going to be the only single, simple solution to the problem. I guess I was hoping that it might take out enough that I can live with anything left over. I'm...

Up until now, I have been doing 99% ABS plastic machining. This weekend I started into doing thin (~1.5mm thick) aluminum panel milling for some of my products. I think I have found some backlash. ...

I have been using Cut2D for about a month now and so far I love it! I do have one suggestion though. Can a default project folder option be added? I don't know how others work, but I find myself...

I watched this whole series of MIT Machine Shop videos when I first started with manual milling and they helped me really get a jump start!

This is the first video in the series, but you'll see in...

I'm having a blast with the mill!

Only took me a week to start cranking out milled cases for my own products. I have been working with various outside machine shops for the last 10 years and now...

Having just completed converting an X2 over, I did a short spreadsheet to go back and figure out (roughly) what I spent. I also included links to all of the places I bought each item (Public...

Ah! I didn't even think of doing it that way. You have to forgive me, I come from an electronics background where I am always thinking of tying every to an individual input (I guess it comes from...

Now that I have my machine going, I am looking at adding limit switches to my X2. However, I used my available inputs (only four) for a homebrew jog controller and still only had enough for X and Y....

I have a center finder, but I don't have an edge finder. I'll pick one up.



Thanks, I'll watch this.



OK, so that means my original assumption that I center the tool over the 0,0 point...

Thanks guys! Joining the vectors in Cut2D did the trick! Looks great now:
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I agree! That is how it looks, but I have checked my toolpath settings a hundred times to make sure I am not doing something stupid like that. Also, I made sure the tool diameter is correct, since...

As soon as my buddy found out that I got my mill going, he made a request for a milled aluminum cross. I drew out a basic cross in Draftsight and it looks right:
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Vectric got back to me and told me the same thing. I had to go back and find the link in the license email. They don't make it very obvious. Plus, I don't understand why they bothered to add that...