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    help with 1605 chinese ballscrews

    Hey guys, so ive had my cnc running for a couple years and last week the z axis ballscrew locked up, when i went to take it apart i didnt realize the ballscrew balls would fall out and lost some. no...
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    Help with Chinese 1605

    So a couple years back I bought a zaxis assembly from China that has a 350mm 1605 balls crew assembly. Well it locked up the other day from sawdust buildup, I didn't realize when I took it apart that...
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    Re: Help with inside corner cuts.

    yea i didnt think so but i figured id ask just in case. I cant remember the software i saw that could do it i just remember it was on youtube lol.
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    Re: Help with inside corner cuts.

    This is the original but the problem is when you cnc this out of course the inside corners all have radiused corners from the cutter so i usually go in and do what you see in image two in order to...
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    Help with inside corner cuts.

    Hey guys,

    Been messing around with camworks lately and im wondering if theres a way to over cut into the inside corners so when I cut the pieces out and go to put them together i dont have to...
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    Re: noob to camworks, help needed

    Thanks ill take a look at it tomorrow, my mill controller is mach 3 and i can use a artcam tool path and its exact so im sure its something in camworks just not sure what it is yet, ill check that...
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    Re: noob to camworks, help needed

    ok wait that seems to have fixed the holes and slots however the profile was already set on 0 side allowance. hmmm
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    Re: noob to camworks, help needed

    thanks so much harvdog42 i believe i found it. the side allowance was at .03 which i never even noticed til now. i put it to .001 and will recut and see what happens. thanks
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    noob to camworks, help needed

    hey guys, been playing with camworks here lately, ran into a problem. used solid works to make a simple part that had a few hole a few slots and a profile cut, went to cut it out using my home built...
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    noob to camworks, help needed

    hi guys pretty new to camworks, i created a simple piece with some holes some slots and a profile cut, everything in the software looked good to me, but when i cut it the holes were small the slots...
  11. Re: partial 80/20 build using some easy to find parts

    Thought id share a few things ive been playing with on my cnc machine, still learning and what not but a good start.

    First is a plasma cutter template i cut out while designing a four link...
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    Re: My Cnc Router Is 95% Complete

    Thought id share a few things ive been playing with on my cnc machine, still learning and what not but a good start.

    First is a plasma cutter template i cut out while designing a four link...
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    First Cuts on the CNC Router. Getting Oh So Close...

    First Cuts on the CNC Router. Getting Oh So Close Lemme know what ya think


    http://youtu.be/bI6FYmd7Fn8
  14. dont get discouraged. this project has taken me...

    dont get discouraged. this project has taken me almost 7 years from the time i started talking about it and gathering stepper motors til this point here.
  15. http://youtu.be/ATRpZg3_Bus

    http://youtu.be/ATRpZg3_Bus
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    My Cnc Router Is 95% Complete

    Finally getting close to finishing my Cnc Router. Heres a quick vid of it dry cycling

    http://youtu.be/ATRpZg3_Bus

    The build thread can be found here, needs to be updated but most of the...
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    Its Alive!!! Kinda...... 80/20 Build

    Finally Getting somewhere on my cnc
    http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af273/RNation0001/El%20CNC/20130723_150921_zpsb9fd4a33.jpg

    Build Thread:
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  18. Its Alive. Kinda,got the x axis to move, ...

    Its Alive. Kinda,got the x axis to move,

    http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af273/RNation0001/th_20130728_234320_zpsdf9ab9d7.jpg
  19. some vids ...

    some vids

    http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af273/RNation0001/El%20CNC/th_20130723_150939_zps02e98124.jpg
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  20. Hey guys I Know Its Been Forever!!!! But i...

    Hey guys I Know Its Been Forever!!!! But i Finally am Making slow process on the CNC im designing, and im pretty thrilled at how everything is actually coming together just as the 3d model I drew in...
  21. well havent got much done since the holidays...

    well havent got much done since the holidays hoping to get back on it in the next week or so

    heres a pic of the completed machine for the most part
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  22. been working on the z axis stuff, heres some...

    been working on the z axis stuff, heres some pics, also the last pic is a possible counterweight idk lemme know what u thinnk
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  23. heres what i have so far ...

    heres what i have so far

    http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af273/RNation0001/table_with_torsion_and_pegboard_zpsbbff7935.jpg
  24. also its not a full torsion box as i left about 4...

    also its not a full torsion box as i left about 4 to 5 inches on each side open due to having to access bolts, do you think this will b ok my table is about 1.25" thick
  25. i got some more drafting made today, going with a...

    i got some more drafting made today, going with a torsion box style table, however it will not have a bottom until i get everything done, then it will be a removable bottom, think on two sides ill...
  26. Huh???? Lol

    Huh???? Lol
  27. got a little progress done, working on the gantry...

    got a little progress done, working on the gantry uprights trying to make sure there as stiff as possible.


    ignore the off center holes i was using a scrap piece of aluminum. then right before i...
  28. heres some renderings of some of the gantry...

    heres some renderings of some of the gantry brackets ill b using

    http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af273/RNation0001/Gantry_Brackets2.jpg
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  29. well got some progress today, went to my fathers...

    well got some progress today, went to my fathers work and played with there multicam 3000 cnc, cut out my table, and drilled all the holes for the rail supports, and acme supports. was a neat...
  30. and also i cant get mach3 to turn anything lol, i...

    and also i cant get mach3 to turn anything lol, i dunno what the problem is is there a way to check voltage from pc to c if the computer side is working then mayb e i can move on to seeing what is up...
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