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That is great, saved me cash which is always nice. I just downloaded it so I will give it a whirl and see what happens. Thanks for the tip, Ron.

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Does anybody have the 'configurator' software for the mr-j2s servo drives? The mr-j2s are now discontinued and I can't seem to find the software. Thanks.

Ok I found it finally on their...

Thank you Ian, that is exactly what I needed to know. Ron.

How much small should your drive dogs be than the slot on the tool? I'm curious about machine design and thinking about making some custom tooling. I'm looking at spindle drive dogs and I'm...

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Anybody own or know someone who own one of the David Decaussin UMC10 machines? I have a couple of questions regarding the cat r8 tool holders, specially the dimensions of the drive dogs.
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rs4race, thanks that is perfect, exactly what I needed. I am also working on models, wow they take a long time. Good luck with your project and thanks, Ron.

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Question for the Grizzly G0704 owners, working on a cnc project, could someone tell me the width x height x and length of the G0704 base please? If anybody has a cad or swf file of the base...

Ok, that is good to know.

Ben,

Thanks, after thinking about it I did some googling and found various explanations, then went to youtube and looked at the Keith Fenner and Tubalcain videos where they both regrind their...

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Went looking at a lathe today, had some drill rod and a dial guage with me so set it in the chuck and started it rotating. It was immediately obvious that there was some runtout and it was...

Thanks, I did google around but didn't get anything solid. As pointed out by others it seems to depend on vendor. I'm happy to average it out I just need an amount to offset from each corner so I...

Thank you very much Winterwatchers, that is exactly what I wanted to know and can work with. Much appreciated.

Hi, I am looking for the 'official' design specifications for 6"x6"x1/2" wall chromoly tubing (4130)? I want to design a weldment in solidworks but I don't know what the correct cross sections sizes...

Thanks that is good to know, I have never bought anything from either place so I was a little concerned.

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I'm interested in purchasing a mitsubishi hc-kfs73b servo motor. Most often I find these listed from either china or south korea. Though the vendors have good reps i'm interested to know how...

That sounds incredibly sensible. I will start making a list. Thanks.

m_c,
Thanks, it's great to hear from people who have stuff working and be reassured that 'this' is what you need to move forward. There is a lot of information and is a little overwhelming. I...

Ben thanks, that was my interpretation as well, I was looking for some reassurance that I was making the right decision. Again Thanks.

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I am totally new to commercial servo drives but would like to run the Mitsubishi MR-J2S-xxA servo drivers (and respective motors) on my mill build. From reading the DynoMotion website and all...

This looks pretty interesting and that price is very good. I will have to check them out thanks for the information.

Hi, I am looking for a good new or used Mitsubishi HC-KFS43K Servo motor for a project. Anybody have one for sale or know where I can get one here in the US? I have googled and also looked on ebay...

Thanks, that is exactly the type of information I am interested in. I hope you receive it soon.

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Has anybody, or know of someone, who has bought one of the import spindles? I am starting to see a lot of Chinese made spindles for sale that have (supposedly) ATC capabilities for bt30 tool...

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I am designing a cnc mill for myself and my question is: how do you calculate the correct rail size given the size of the machine? Looking at the pdf from Hiwin it appears that you need to...

Thanks Hoss I will, I'm just waiting on getting my refund, they said 3 days as I paid via paypal so we shall see.

There reaction did surprise me and in fact they are the ones loosing out. I got the mill because I had a range of projects that I wanted to get moving on but I was (still am) in the market for a...

I actually regret not getting them measured, that is how deep the grooves were in the ways and your right I wanted to be better able to back up my claims. But as I stated in my original post they...

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I was planning and really excited about doing a G0704 mill cnc mill conversion. I bought Hoss's plans and have been bugging him with emails asking only those question a newby can, and to his...

Thanks we shall see, currently waiting for the new mill to arrive, they promised me an update, either email or by phone, to tell me when it had shipped (two days) and once again no communication from...

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