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Conroe, TX (near Houston).

Need someone SMART. Must have very good mechanical skills. Electrical skills will help as well. If you know what PLC, CNC, VFD, G-Code mean you are probably the right...

Have you gotten on his IRC channel or tried calling him on the phone? He is noted for NOT answering emails and insists on phone or his IRC channel.

It's is a very nice spindle. But the year and a half I waited for it I moved on to other things and have lost interest in putting it to use. So right now it is just sitting on my bench. I may get...

Yes, I have mine. Have not installed. Thinking about selling it actually.

Does the Saddle move 0.005" in the Y direction? Not the table, the piece below it.

This thread is for anyone who has bought one of Dale Walsh's CNC spindles.

It appears that the first sets of these spindles were shipped to a large customer and he is now within a week or so of...

Likely will stain only if you heat treat afterwords. Test it on some scrap.

Skyfire: What is your website?

I have a vast amount of experience with and Emmegi Satellite XL and programming using CAMPlus.

Unless you purchased the G-code (or ISO as they refer to it) code option you are stuck using their...

Seems to me you want to use 4 blocks, not just 2. 2 per rail, spaced as far apart as your design will allow.

Elumatec and Emmegi make machines that can easily take this. They are also 5 axis.

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Started on the oiler system. Replacing the oil cups.

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I purchased the new saddle because it is so much better than the old one. Many new parts going on this. All new screws and nuts as well.

Tachometer on Spindle

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Oil Cups for X and Y

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Tonights Mod. Gas strut to balance head. 15lb force.

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It was always servos, but these are new ones, I burnt up my Y axis (long story). I am putting the belt drives on all 3 axis to shrink it's footprint. New optical home switches (which can be seen in...

Here are some pics of the Z axis going together and some of the mods I have made.
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Drock hit it. It is a risk thing. Some stuff is OK (never great) and some is absolute junk. Grizzly is one of the big boys. I have a G3103 that I really like, but I went to the Grizzly store in PA...

Maybe, have any pictures of the way surfaces on your machine? I have never seen one that did not have tool marks like that, the one looked pretty extreme and may have been beyond help, but some of...

Taig MASSIVELY greater than any X2 Based machine. It is more rigid, smoothe as silk, and has more travel. Not to mention the quality is not even comparable.

umm, that's typical of ALL chinese made machine tools such as this... You need to grind, lap, or scrape the ways to make them worth a damn.

No way. Even on Hoss's own web side he talks about the leadscrews being at best .002 to .005 backlash. Taig is closer to .0005 as delivered. Not to mention the pitch accuracy. Runout on that r8...

Sorry, but I stand by my statement about the TAIG being a better machine out of the box than any chinese mill. Unless Daniel, or whoever has owned both then their opinion on the matter is moot. I...

For working on small plastic parts the TAIG will absolutely blow away that G0704. No way the Grizzly will be as smooth or have less backlash. All chinese made machines are kits that take a lot of...

I have a machine that has been running hard for almost 10 years now. It has G320
Servo Drives. I am using HEDS encoders. Years ago I got advice from Mariss who
suggested I put a tiny little blue...

I turned down the outer case by around .015 to remove the remnants of the welded-on bracket and to remove corrosion.
Also turned the flange to match my custom mounting bracket.

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Need some lathe programs created. Willing to pay for on-site program creation.
email [email protected]

I have need for some Mazak (Mazatrol) programming of some lathe parts.
Drawings to be provided for those interested.
These are Fusion controls.
If in Houston area you get preference if can do...

Parallel ports are the standard on machines of this size. It is a cheap and reliable way to go. USB is not real-time and you must have the pulsing hardware on the controller if you want a machine...