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Taus, I tried to tell you two weeks ago. You don't need to curse to say the machining looks worse than first year trade school students. What a joke.

I don't know what they are doing, but its...

Taus, for the money you spent on the machine...I think you have every right to be upset...even extremely upset. If I made a part like the mounting block at work, I would have to eat the cost and make...

Jorgensen Metals sells a lot to my shop.

Hey Todd - I take delivery of a Liberty CNC router at the end of this week...where are you?

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Doh??? (nuts) Chandler...

Get ready for the heat fellas! Whooo-Hoooo!

Tom,


Although I don't have any experience with Blacklabs machine. there are some others you should be aware of...

Full disclosure: I'm taking delivery of Liberty CNC's new 18 x 16 x 4 machine...

I joined the site three weeks ago, and browsed through the projects... all 8 or so of them...

I went and looked again today, as I'm home sick, and the same CLOSED projects are still up...I saw one...

Anyone here?

No doubt its some nasty -ish! Gotta do what you gotta do I suppose...

lots of votes... but no comments..c'mon guys spill it! (group)

No money here yet...I've got something good being shipped on friday next week! :devious:

Try Coastal and Jorgensens

We use Hangsterfers CF-500. Its good and doesn't give people rashs like some other crap we used. Its Pricey, and it smells bad after a while.

1 yes. 275oz/in at least or set-up with gear reduction.
2 doesn't matter. You need to figure out how fast you want to cut/jog/etc... You already know that ballscrews are the most precise...so, go...

I would say its a go! However, you can't neglect to consider the hidden costs Ie. Shipping, unloading, and setting-up. Diesel is expensive right now, so tack a little extra for shipping. We were...

How much money are you willing to spend?

A Little. You still have to verify each tool during the first run. Then you need to check the part for accuracy. Make adjustments... check part...and then let it rip until you have enough of whatever...

No, not unless you want a bunch of scrap. Set-up for one operation is (not nessisarily in this order);
1. putting the tools together that are needed for the operation.
2. Determine how the work is...

Ok, I'll have a crack at this... I work in a small CNC shop and I have been dreaming of starting my own shop since I walked into this trade. The only thing holding me back are my skills(time in the...

I think you need to pin down what type of work you want to do. My buddy has a 4' x 8' CNC plasma cutter that he built for about $8K, and he makes about $30K a year with it. If I had the space I would...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/nonoriginal/mountinglocation.jpg

I used the bigger piece as the base and the smaller piece as the adjustment locater. If its not level for any reason I can...

Made little headway thus far (it's still early, but my Cats just won and I'm going out to Celebrate!)...Having issues with pay pal so I haven't been able to order Ron Steele's plans yet... :mad:
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Once I'm done CNC'ing the mini, I'm going to have a crack at the router thing. I got my x-axis slides for $60... I hope to find more deals like this...

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I have to agree with the last couple of posts. Although I may not carry much weight with my opinion, thats what it is. Yahoo is a joke. I tried using the search function with the mach2 group and it...

After battling with myself for a month I decided to buy the HF Mini-Mill! It was an extremely difficult decision to make for me. Like many I'm sure, I had to really search and understand the...

I don't want to flame or degrade any one...however...

Billet wheels are weak. Cast are a little better and FORGED are the best. Contract an Engineering firm to conduct a FEA analysis on a design...

At work I would do something like this...

M03 G54
G00 G90 G41 G43 X1.25 Y1.5 Z.01 H1 D1
M08
G01 Z-.125 F10.
G13 I0.3125 F20.
G00 Z0.1
M05
M09

Dan,

I've been reading this thread witha keen interest, as I'm planning on using the same motor/driver/powersupply that you employed. Automation directs 276oz/in. Xylotex board, and the Mjpa...

Anyone know the dimensions of the screws that K2 uses?

TPI and Dia.

Thanks,

Michael

I have a full seat of Gibbs CAM 2004+ to program a Haas VF-4 and I use Solidworks 2005 to model my parts at work. I have one of those transferable License's so that I can take work home to program...

RJT and Miljnor have it right. Clamp a some scrap or whatever into the vice at an angle that looks right, mill it. De-burr the thing, lay the flat on the bottom vice, clamp your work piece while it...