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Here's an image of what I've been using to test cut. I designed this so that a 1/6" endmill will work. In this part, when I tried cutting it last night, the horizontal grooves were stepped. It's...

Right now I've got the X tight enough for my needs. The Y is giving me issues. I believe the root of the problem is the cast nuts on the ends of the leadscrews that connect to the stepper shafts. ...

So can someone recommend a machine that would be able to do what I want to do and how much I would need to spend? I need something that can provide very fine repeatable accuracy on large files...

Thanks wizard, this is sort of what I'm looking for. My thought was because I'm working with such small parts it didn't make sense to buy a big honkin mill. One thing I considered was buying a...

Excellent! That counterweight is interesting. What is that clevis lookin thingamabobber just below the oiler on your z axis screw? Is that a lock? I do like the oiler lines etc. If I decide to...

Ok, Well I don't know if it will be a permanent solution yet, but I've got the play solved. I took it all apart and adjusted the nuts so their tight to the retainers that are screwed to the table. ...

Yeah, I'm pretty much "F'd" really. I basically have a manual mill at this point with bad leadscrews. So I guess I need to buy a cnc conversion kit and start over. The more I've talked through it,...

Thanks for replying! Yeah, the "washer' is screwed to the table. The problem is, there's a gap between the back of the toothed nut (for lack of a better term) and the face of that washer. So I can...

Thought I'd post some photos of the mill in case it might help explain what I'm talking about. This is really a horrible design for connecting the leadscrews to the steppers. The cast (zinc?)...

A few more details. I'm running the latest version of mach3 on a dedicated pc (3ghz w/ 4gb ram running winxp stripped down to nothing more than mach3 and all auto updates etc. all turned off). I'm...

Hi all, I'm a newb to cnc milling and have several questions. I recently picked up a used sherline 5400 cnc mill on ebay for cheap. When I got the mill unpacked and setup I realized I didn't have...

I forgot about that gearotic site. Thanks! I remember seeing it a while back.

Yeah, if you look at what George Daniels started out with and what he was able to do by hand, you gotta believe...

Yep, that's the same info I've seen elsewhere. Finding cutters small enough for what I want to do is one of the issues. Actually cutting them via the Ivan Law method or any other more accurate...

Thanks guys. txcncman, that's one thing I was thinking about as well. I actually bought some tiny end mills and might give it a try. Since they're so small, the tooth profile is somewhat "mushy"...

Total NEWB here with 2 questions and I hope I'm in the right place.

While this isn't necessarily a cnc related question, I plan to use a cnc mill for the project.

I understand that the only way...