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Precision Matthews PM-940 CNC with LOTS of extra tooling for sale.
I am a self taught, home shop machinist. Everything I buy from my shop is top of the line.
If you want a COMPLETE CNC milling...

Thanks everybody who chimed in.
The job was to drill a 9/32 through hole down the center of a 1/2-13 x 3/4 hex bolt which are M8 hardness.
Since there are 500 pieces, I thought I could save wear...

Hi,
I have a repetitive job on my cnc mill.
The code from Fusions stops the spindle at the end of the cycle.
I would like to keep the spindle running at the end of the cycle while I swap out parts...

Take a look at my DIY power drawbar for the PM 940 CNC VS. I already had a Milwaukee right angle impact tool which I used for the drawbar. I can get quite a few tool changes on a single charge. There...

Hello, membership.
I may have exposed this Ebay seller named cncmachinesupply of possible bait and switch tactics, and they blocked me from further sales.

I was shopping for some Kurt soft jaws...

I'm researching different bench type cnc mills.and narrowed it down to 3 models.
If anybody has any information pro and con about the 3 mills, please comment.
If you know of similar cnc mills that...

Ben,
First, thanks for your help with this.

I calculated the x and y steps per unit using the mach3 feature. My ball screws were a ebay purchase, so I dont know the exact pitch or threads per...

Hi,
I just a bit confused why my circles are still not round after using a test indicator to find my backlash.
Right now it is .003 for x and .002 for y and this is what I entered into Mach3.

I...

Ger,
I never thought to look into the Toolpath tiling feature. Didn't know it existed.
Sorry for the double post. I would have posted to the Vectric forum first, but my new registration to the...

HI,
My cutting area is only 24x40 and I have a carving that is 36x36inches.

I purchased a complete 3d model from VectorArt3d.com that can be scaled to my desired size.

Is there anyway that I...

Gerry,

You are right about the 189 inches per minute. I was setting it at 80 mm/sec in Aspire and thought I was cutting at 80 inches per minute. Both ipm and mm/ses translates to the same speeds....

HI Gerry,
First of all, thank you in advance for your assistance.
Here is the small segment of the tool path I mentioned.
Any help to explain how I can manage the rapids would be appreciated.
...

Gerry,
I can post the gcode later today.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Rod

Hi,
We are cutting 100 straight tools paths that are 24" long in plexiglass. The material is .500 and I am routing down to .400 with a 1.00 dia 90 degree v bit. Cutting speed is 80 ipm.

Without...

I just heard from the guy with the Youtube vid.

He thanked me for my comment and said that he built it himself! Too bad. I would have considered buying one for Xmas.

Rod

No problem. BTW, my mailbox is now empty.
Rod

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W1000 8mm End Mill - YouTube

Hammer W1000 is what is on the side of the amazing machine. Google search brings up nothing. I think the poster is from Hungry

Anybody know anything about this...

Hi robotex,
It's almost 2 years since I installed the complete DMM servo kit. All I can tell you is that it works. Once installed correctly, you don't have to worry about it. The guys at DMM are...

Thanks to everybody who chimed in so far. Lots of great ideas. I will give all of them a try a make a attempt to report back.

Rod

Mactec,
Thats a good lucking enclosure you have there. Nice and neat. A real "made in the USA" finish. If my hands, fingers and thumbs weren't so big, I might have used a smaller case. Yes, as I now...

Al,
Good point.
I'm glad I went overboard with the size and cfm of my fan. It's powerful enough to blow a little boy away if standing too close.
Rod

Azam,
Look right above the far left power supply and you will see a terminal block where all the wires from the 3 power supplys tie into. This terminal block distributes the power. I may have miss...

Azam,
The metal mounting plate came with the enclosure. I used a dremel tool to cut out a circle for the fan on the door. The fan was wired to the terminal block which came from the 3 power...

I want to make a "one of" vacuum clamp made from MDF. I don't want to use any of my HDPE material for this up coming job

I read somewhere that some type of spray or coating can be used on the MDF...

Here is a picture of my electronic enclosure for all of my DMM components.
I bought the enclosure on Ebay and its 20x24x7". You should always plan on having extra space to add a 4th axis. As you...

I saw this video and wanted to know if anybody has any experience with Raptor nails. Good or Bad. I did a search on the zone but did find anything.

RAPTOR for CNC.mov - YouTube

It seams like a...

Thanks Gerry,
I really meant to say "as slow as 20ipm"...........

I guess the mister I just bought was for not and a shot of wd40 now and then would have been enough.

I can always transfer the...

Like the title says,
I've watch many videos of cnc routers cutting AL without any type of coolant. Wood routers and high end spindles were used and the cuts appear to be just fine with out using ...

Thank you to whom ever uploaded the corpo human.dxf.
It will be prefect for Halloween this year.

Only issue is have is that I didn't go to medical school or have watched enough episodes of...