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Hello all,

I am working on collecting up all the parts and pieces I need to put together the electronics package for a highly upgraded xcarve machine (screw drive reinforced rails, etc).

I am...

What are your thoughts on this one

CNC milling machine

This one has the AC servos but it does not say if they are brushless.

How does Bolton tools M4A 3 AXIS CNC MILL | M4A stack up against the PCNC 1100?

Do you ever see PCNC 1100 for sale used? I was looking on ebay and did not see anything but ebay may not be the best place to find used CNC machines ...

Thank you

Does anyone have an exploded view parts catalog of the tormach that shows exactly how these things work. Or a really good technical resource that shows colored pictures along with detailed...

Why couldnt you run a tormach/pulsar purely with a high end lap top which would serve as your jog handle, monitor, computer, etc?

To me it seems the only things that are crtical that cant be...

What is ATC?

I was looking at the mini VMC's and they are quite significantly more expensive than the tormach or pular, are you saying the few add ons add tens of thousands?

So the tormach comes with a tool changer and the pulsar you have to buy one for an extra $4200 ... ouch.

I know but my hope is that everyone can be objective ... :)

Thank you guys again for the great information, part of it is if I can get a higher end part like a AC brushless motor for a machine I will likely only buy once why not have the better part ......

Thank you for the great advice, the reason I am worried about loosing steps is because I was trying to mill things on the xcarve and lost tons of steps and the entire machine and projects I was...

So this is one of the parts that I will want to make which will be made out of a 7" aluminum disk and some of the stubs will be threaded (NPT male threads) but I am thinking about just doing the...

So I was just reading an article - We've all been seeing ads for Tormach Machines, here in PM. - Page 2

They are talking about VMC machines (which it sounds like are the house down payment type...

How leveraging is the tormach stepper motors over an AC brushless system?

I think I will just buy a working system once I save up and I can find other uses for my tig welder later on.

the sheet metal cutting is a secondary project, the primary work is smaller dense blocks of aluminum, copper and possibley Inconel. So it sounds like I need to stick with a standard cutting mill...

Good point on the stainless (I could probably get regular steel locally too which would be easier, possibly scrap off a big project). I looked at Novakon's website and that looks like a nice machine...

Tormach 770 spindle head - 31758 - Complete PCNC 770 spindle head
AC brushless servos -...

Hello Jalessi

That looks awesome, can you replace the plasma cutter with a drill bit, I have some parts that I dont want burnt all the way through but only remove some material on the surface.
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Hello,

I desperatly need some help on the details of building my own CNC machine. I love the lay out of the xcarve but the materials of construction are lacking and the Z axis clearance is way too...

I agree

Thank you so much for the help. I can see me standing in my garage with a pile of stainless steel to weld up and then have to find a runner for the motor to actually move on lol. The stainless is...

Hello,

Here are a list of the projects I have in mind to this point:
Milling down ~8" diameter, 4" thick aluminum disks into specialty flanges with stubs then threading the stubs to add swaglok...

Hello Steve,

Thank you so much for your insight. Less than 10k for a full on metal milling CNC is awesome. Have you ever done sheet metal with it, it looks like it would be hard to secure sheet...

How do you crash your tool if the tool path looks good in fusion 360 and you set your zero point?

Hello everyone, this is my first post and I am looking for a new desk top CNC machine. I have been using an xcarve and it is an epic failure when it comes to machining aluminum. I have looked at...