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Now making the spindle "flip" 90 deg is a fantastic idea...

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Love the idea of using one plate with several radii v grooves. Excellent.
I'm still going with your orientation, with the shell facing upward; only keeping the indexer off the table itself. So the...

Good thinking there. Really good. I have one shell-holding fixture figured out, It's kind of a jamb chuck setup. Would it be a nightmare figuring out the degree rotation of the "susan?" - The indexer...

Hi Guys,
Anyone have ideas for a rotary indexer addition to a small 3 axis machine? (Excitech 2'x3' table) My hands are crapping out on me, a side-effect of MS. I'd like to drill drum shells for...

I had a similar problem, but mine was constrained to the Y axis. The gantry would move along then stall while the stepper was making a sound like the screw was at its limits. I solved this by mapping...

Hi Everyone,

I use a 3D mouse (Logitech Space Pilot) in Rhino, etc. I don't think I could go back to "mouse/keyboard only" navigation if I had to. I was told by tech support that 3D mouse support...

Someone has this figured out, I'm sure:

What about making the final pass... the "cleanup" pass at full part depth to eliminate the step-down marks on the part. I machine MDF and wood. Assuming...

Hey,
I tried shells, but gave up after weeks of brain damage. The staves are easily made on the table saw w/ proper bevel geometry figured out. I went back to buying my shells from Keller. Focusing...

Uhm... Left cut. I prefer it due to the fact that I do quite a bit of bevel ripping.

I have been using Integra Tooling for about 6 years, now. Brian is terrific, and knowledgeable. He will work through any issues you have and drop ship if need be. They are just great. The quality is...

Why not build yourself one? Birch ply will work fine, you can even go acrylic on the lid so you can see what's happening.

I am about to do the same, if you like, I will email you the code when I...

Hi Guys,
Traced it all down to the controller board in the main box. 1/2 of the signal had very low voltage. Of course, I did this over the weekend, when Tigertec was closed. A drawn out experience,...

I'll reserve my amen until after my 2 HRS of training that I just purchased are over with...

Well, perhaps I am too late with the air chuck... I actually used to blow off the housing quite frequently! I'm going to test the cable lead-for-lead tomorrow, praying that there's a short, and that...

Ok Shannon, heres what I found:
All wires in tact and retightened, etc.
Pulled the stepper, same running issues.
Switched the inputs so the X was getting the signal from the Y, duplicate problem....

Thank you very much. I will take the box apart again this evening and hope for the best!

What does it mean when the arrow jog keys stop functioning properly?
Specifically, the X is fine, but the Y axis, both arrows, up and down, move the gantry the same direction. This happened out of...

Would like to stretch the bed on my little Taiwanese router. Any source for longer rails and ball screws? Advice on pulling it off? Was intending to fab a new base, add vac table and a longer screw...