The WAZER doesn't seem economical at all. If you look at their feed rate, it can cut (max) .1875" mild steel at .4 ipm. It consumes .33lb of garnet per minute at ~$1.1 per pound.
Imagine a...
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The WAZER doesn't seem economical at all. If you look at their feed rate, it can cut (max) .1875" mild steel at .4 ipm. It consumes .33lb of garnet per minute at ~$1.1 per pound.
Imagine a...
I am considering develop a website that will (at least somewhat) automate the quoting process for CNC plasma work to facilitate rapid turn around on low-med qty. plasma cutting. Basically a...
Thx.
My alignment setup on a 3600mm rail was almost identical; one question: I was only using it for a vertical plane as I couldn't find data for wire sag that I was confident in; I was able to find...
Andrew,
Thx for the reply.
Yes I am tired of making cabinets. Mainly I am tired of dealing with people constantly changing their minds, contractors always demanding the moon yet don't even...
As I suspected I have really limited the market that would be interested.
I have no idea what kind of expectations I should have, but even if I could run it 5 - 10 hours a week that would...
Georgia; about an hour from Atlanta.
Hey lcvette, I follow you in Instagram and noticed all the pics you have posted lately. Is this the Chinese mill being discussed in the thread? If so, will you be updating here?
Thanks in large part to CNCZone, over the past couple of years I built a 5' x 10' steel framed, profile linear rail, stepper driven CNC router. I have been using it in my cabinet business.
Due to...
Tested the board as you described and everything checked out.
After some trouble shooting and more than a few curse words it (most were uttered once I figured out what I had done wrong in the...
Tom,
Thanks for the response.
I haven't checked for damage, but I wired a separate power supply @ 24.3v and put V+ to Com0 on connect. I connected V- on the power supply to my central ground...
I recently bought a Konnect board and what to know how to wire a touch plate. Two questions:
First, while I had the board ordered I temporarily wired a touch plate into JP4 pin 15 per this...
Just checked. The world record for a line pump is ~2000m. So it's possible....but I wouldnt want to see how much it cost. Call Cherokee Pumping out of Atlanta (that's who I used to use) and ask them...
I used to own a concrete finishing company.
First, mixing it yourself with bags is completely out of the question.
Second, anything involving a pump truck isn't going to sniff 1/2 a mile. The...
Fluxion,
Nice build. A couple of questions that I didn't see asked earlier.
How did you align the long axis rails?
And after alignment how did you locate the mounting holes accurately?
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I had more problems with the Mach3 post.....so I checked out the LinucCNC.cps file. Night and Day. Code commenting is better, much easier to understand, etc. Spent about 3 minutes adding dwell and...
I will look into LinuxCNC.cps. I agree the CPS file for Mach3 is difficult to follow.
I know this thread is a little old but I came across when I was trying to get my first F360 CAM files to work on my machine.
I have a Dynomotion KFLOP and use KMotionCNC and there isn't a...
Thx. I have done some shopping on AliExpress and had a good experience; looks like I will be doing more in the future.
Are you the guy that had DMM servos originally and replaced them with the Leadshine EL5? If so, I have seen several of your vids; nice machine.
I have been eyeing the EL5's for a prospective...
Nice build. Posting to subscribe.
+1 on profile linear rails; it would be a crime to save a few bucks considering the amount of work you have put into that beautiful frame.
Ok, then you should be able to do it. If you have any experience with C or C++ that would be even better. The Arduino libraries are pretty straight forward, but you will need to know some programming...
Also, you will probably find much better advice on the Arduino forums. You should add some information like what type of motor drives the motion, if it has encoders, any info about motor drivers, and...
Since you have to ask if a micro controller is suitable, then I would first say this isn't exactly a beginner project for a micro controller. (depending on what skills you have)
Having said that...
After talking with people who have used high frequency start plasma under PC based control I definitely wouldn't walk away from the E stop button, nor would I be surprised if the G Code isn't...
Price depends largely on who you are targeting imo. At the prices you have listed that is on par with ClearPath and Leadsine Easy Servo's; only you have greater than an order of magnitude better...
You need to tell us what the machine will be used for. Everything flows from that.
Depending on what it is, 16" can be a lot of Z travel. Remember your Z acts as a lever. Relatedly, your gantry...
If you are doing 10-25 parts per 4 x 8 sheet then vacuum cleaner motors should do fine. I have four ~2000w motors I use to secure a 4 x 8 area for cabinet parts. Anything less than 1 square foot is...
Well I checked YouTube to see if anyone was doing what OP was claiming and I came across his YouTube.
Vid
You should upload a new vid where I assume you have a little more experience with the...
I have been milling 6061 with a substantially stiffer machine than a 6040, a 2.2kw spind with a smaller D end mill, slightly less aggressive feeds, and smaller step over. I too would like to see a...