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Wow, some real nice mods there. I will be very interested to see how well the RPM sensor works.

Who's is the Green machine???

Thanks. I chiseled my way through the 1/8" of paint and apparently bondo on that portion of the machine, and found the pin. Once I get through my next production run tomorrow, I'll start on the...

Bloy, I see you have removed the threaded rod that was the drill press depth stop. How did you do this? I can't see how the rod is attached to the arm.

I have decided I should move my Z-axis DRO...

SO I need to find a boring bar that will work on my toolpost so I can move it offcenter, right?

I don't have any experienced machinists local to me, so I am coming to the pool of knowledge here to get a question answered.

I have some experience with milling, and a little with my lathe. I...

Well the motor that the machine came with is a medium quality Metric framed motor. It is set up as a washdown motor, so it is completely enclosed.

We believe there is a problem with the clutch...

Well, after a slow decline over the past month the 1hp motor on the mill head of our Bridgemill finally got bad enough so we can't run it anymore. With the help of shoptask on the phone we haven't...

Overall the experience has been "ok". I think that we got a "dud". When we speak to shoptask most of the problems that we have had are isolated to only 4-6 machines. The customer service is good...

Let me asure you that even though I never intended on ripping my machine apart, I have come nearly as far as you in just fixing the little issues I have had, including pulling the whole mill head...

I havn't gotten around to solving that. It hasn't really been a problem yet. I will most likely just go with some shorter belts.

Ours was the cadillac, with the CNC, balscrews, DRO......and we payed the listed price for everything.

I am still up in the air over if it is a "good" deal or not. We have had to do LOTS of...

Bloy,

I just noticed that you have remove the z-axis crank on the right side. are you only going to use this machine in CNC format? Or have you removed the spring return on the drill press...

I love the placement of your DRO, I think we may be moving ours from the factory position. We just installed an emergency stop button on ours to kill either the mill or lathe. All kinds of little...

They are 1/2"

Well I started using the lathe on my bridgemill today only to realize that the toolholder is too high. The included cutting tools when put in the quick change toolholder sit .08" above the center of...

Ya, we got the Shoptask as a CNC, and just decided to step up and get EVERYTHING. So it has the CNC, Ballscrews, DRO, all the toys.

We finally got the machine up and firing on all cylinders. ...

Here are 2 pics of the interference we have with the top plate of the quadra lift and the pulleys.

They are rather large pics, so I am not posting them directly.

http://fareast4x4.com/shop1.JPG...

Well we have had our Eldorado in the shop since the 18th of Dec. Hopefully tomorrow we will be able to actually get some chips cut by it. (These will be the 1st chips!!)

We have had a string of...

Wow, after some searching, and some head scratching.......a great light dawned on me. I am almost ashamed to reveal my particular problem......

We had been using a MAXNC to do work, and...

Anyone have any ideas? I have just started using my new Shoptask with master5 and an having the same problems. I can't seem to make any dent in the feed rate. I am used to running a MAXNC where...