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I'm new to autocad. I have watched tutorials where when as they are drawing a line, little boxes pop up that show the length and angle of the line.

Also, I have seen where they have a little box...

Can anybody give me some sources for gears and spindles for a rack and pinion machine. I need something like the one in the picture I am posting. That one is from CNCrouterparts . com I just need...

You can do one for $200.00 not including the electronics pretty easily. You might look at the Solsylva 25 x 37 or his updated version the 25 x 25.

The electronics is going to blow your budget

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Can anybody who has the Solsylva rack and pinion plans PM me please. I have the belt drive table plans and I was curious as to what the differences are.

thank you.

I see the consensus here is that belts are great for rapids and cutting soft substrates, and that rack and pinions are better for cutting hard substrates. Will the rack and pinion machines still...

Thanks for comments.

Do you know what the difference is between the N model and the W model?

I have been wanting a lathe for sometime. I can't really justify spending a lot of money on one. I have heard good things and bad things about the Harbor Freight type lathes. So I thought I would...

Tell her this isn't a hobby. It's a tool you will use with all your other hobbys.

I have downloaded cabinet parts and I will probably upgrade to pro.

However, I don't think it does cabinet faces. Is there any software that does. I realize that a gantry router is probably not...

That's a nice machine you made. What thickness metal did you use? The orginal uses 1/4". Yours looks to be thicker.

I thought about tapping the C channel on the gantry instead of using the...

Nicolas,

Why do you say X=26", Y=48", Z=12" (approx. cutting 24"x38"x9") is a mistake and to make a smaller one.

I suspected that most people would want a a 48" travel on one side. That way a...

I'm curious about the size of machines people are building on here.

What's your X,Y and Z axis.

Do you wish you had a made it bigger or smaller?

What type of work do you do with it?

I would look in to a silicon mold and clear casting resin

How do I bond anything to polyurethane? In particular, I want to bond fiberglass or carbon fiber to it.

I have been using polytek 74 series polyurethane. This is good stuff. It gives my mold...

Is this a good program for creating 3d objects or is it just for generating tool paths and such?

I have been planning to build an enlarged version of this router.

In the instructions, it says that if the machine is made larger, then larger belts needs to be used.

Can you explain how you...

Where can I find a Chart or other information regarding the strength of various composite fabrics?

I realize this would depend on the type of resin used and how the part was made, but I'm looking...

There's not any welding of the pipes in the plans.

The tolerances are for the diameter. I'm just wondering what the tolerances for the black pipe are.

I'm getting ready to start on a Solsylva Belt Drive table. I'm making my metal order up now. I'm going to be ordering most of the metal from Metalsdepot.com.

I noticed that they sell a variety...

I received my plans from David Steele a few days ago. My plan when ordering them was to build the belt drive table. I'm still going to build it, only with a slightly larger gantry than he describes....

I really want a free set of plans and I owned a printing business for 12 years. Since the response hasn't been that great, how about amending the rules to allow more than one entry per person?

It...

On their website they list it as a 27.5 x 64 Table. Is this the cutting area or the total area of the table?

I need something that will cut really close to 27.5, certainly not less than 24...

First, I think only one of you realized that this is a mold plug so its a negative. Think about filling your sink of with jello and letting it set up and then pulling it out. I'm trying to cut the...

I'm just about ready to build my CNC router. I do have one problem. I need a really long z axis, like 18". I realize this will introduce alot of potential flex into the machine. I will be...

I'm brainstorming about a gantry router I hope to start building soon. I hope to make if with a 4' wide gantry and either 6' or 8' feet long. I know this size poses alot of problems.

To minimize...

I hope I'm posting this in the correct forum. I'm confident I can build a good router. What is troubling me is the software. I download progeCAD and I have had very little luck using it.

What...

Great stuff High Seas, but I'm a pilot not an engineer. I am very handy with building things and I have built a few race cars, so I know what a long project I'm getting into. The airplane I want to...

Thanks for the link. It appears as though they are talking about casting a composite part. I'm talking about cutting the part out of foam and then appliying multiple layers of bi directional...