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^^^^^^ Aluminum is .032" thick.

Just a little bump for those interested in the difference in cycle time of a proper machining center versus a hobby grade machine I have video of doing the same...

Rigging seems like it should be $1200 or less. Machine would likely go for $10-12K if its in great shape for the right buyer.

similar questions here: Hurco VM1 consideration? To buy or not to buy?

No more Red Bulls for you.

It depends of course. Each person has to do the math for their situation, for me it's in the hundreds of parts, not the thousands.

Great test. Thermal growth in the Z axis related to the spindle is an issue most machines face. Even machines with big price tags confront it. Most people mitigate with a proper spindle warm up...

Good luck with the sale. It took me about 3 months to sell my machine for what I wanted for it. Similar in setup, tooling etc. You gotta find the right buyer.

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Your spindle can grow with heat, and see changes of .001". Try warming up your spindle before you set your Z height and see if that helps.

These sorts of awareness are what help to start doing the math on whether a proper VMC is a better fit. Tormach is a perfect fit for a lot of applications. When you start running repeated parts you...

Still think there is something wrong with the machine. 2500mm/min feed is under 100IPM, that should be no problem, there's plenty of video of Mini Mills cutting at that feedrate and making good...

CLR. WD40 and very easy use of the scotch bright pad.

Check Girodisc as well, 2 piece rotors are their wheel house...

Stuff I design for all the normal expensive guy hobbies. Then other dudes want it and I sell it to them, that's the business model. I have a day job that is pretty sweet, so all this happens in my...

Its just a motor with a wire and plug. You get to determine how you turn it on and off.

Make sure your sawdust and clean up aren't contaminating your coolant.

That looks like real 3D work, just with small tools. You could stick an air turbine spindle is your Haas.

Regardless of the coolant, you should do what you can to keep it out of the air in a small space.

I put a MistAway on my machine, it turns on with the cycle start command and keeps the room and...

Get a mist collector installed on your machine. I installed one on mine, also in the garage, before i made a single part. It keeps the mist problem from existing. I use Qualichem xtreme cut 250c,...

That California Airtools compressor will not run at anywhere near 100% duty cycle. I bought one for my Tormach sized machine hoping it would also work for a VMC. It was fine for mist collant and tool...

Could you just switch to laser marking and outsource it?

Maritool is awesome for ER holders and Endmill holders, they are all I buy in those types. I do find benefit in running better holders for roughing at warp speed.

I run a VMC in my garage and...

Sure, but what he's talking about seem to be an actual problem.

On topic I actually was suprised to find controls to be less user friendly than Mach 3. Mach with its PC interface is actually pretty nice. Being able to use an actual name for a program is nice in...

You can do them all in one program and you dont have to call the seperate move programs. The programs are really just varible inputs for macros. So all you do is add the axis callout like X+ and tell...

Here's a good video of probing on a Haas. They have done a nice job with integration to the control. Overall function, process and number of button strokes is similar. But the GUI is better than...

That's the probing process, which is what I use for work offsets. The Brother/Blum integration works off of programs, Haas uses a probing screen, but you need to enter some values. With a single...

The 4th on a Brother is more like double a Haas, and even more if you opt for direct drive. I've heard mixed things about the Haas rotary being repeatable over time.

Here's a video I made show...

You need to get the ethernet communication going. Send code to the machine with a few clicks, no more usb stick.

You should make some aluminum "test holders" that are proper weight. Tool changer is looking good mounted on the machine, it looks happier than on the living room floor.

Trim 585xt is a pretty popular all around coolant. May have issues with form tapping, but good otherwise. Lasts forever, clean in the machine, ok smell.

Brad, why not outsource and mark up the parts to Bud? Thats a nice waterjet to rough, machine to finish part.

Brian, your parts would go fast in production on something like a pallet changer...