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    Re: Roundness accuracy on PCNC 1100

    Thanks, very helpfull video !
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    Re: 5C spindle modification for Tormach mill ?

    My motive for a 5C spindle is for using the machine as a vertical lathe. I have an ongoing job of creating quantitys of a gearblanks ...its just under .750 diam, I am doing it on a manual turret...
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    5C spindle modification for Tormach mill ?

    I am getting back to my Tormach 1100 and am still interested in the idea of a 5C spindle for the main spindle. I cant seem to find anything on this, wonder if anyone ever went ahead with this...
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    Retrofiting a Table Lock on an 1100

    Have been doing runs of several hundred phenolic gear blanks, and stacking them 5 high to drill, ressulting in stack heighth of about 1.250

    The top one or two have a hole dia at least 2 or3 ...
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    WOW awesome....are you able to make any extras to...

    WOW awesome....are you able to make any extras to sell at this point ?
    Thank you
    Dave Lawrence
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    I have been considering a second oiler too. How...

    I have been considering a second oiler too. How about mounting the second one high up so it actually rides on the head , even slightly higher above the distribution points ?
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    I like the idea of the rotary valve ,like you...

    I like the idea of the rotary valve ,like you showed in the video. The great thing there is the idea of getting a timed feedback on EVERY oiling point, to detect if one is clogged ( slow piston...
  8. Thread: Cheaper ATC?

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    Re: Cheaper ATC?

    I like the concept this guy is using. Sometimes just to change back and forth between two tools would save loads of time

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIR3XWdIA7s
  9. Re: Tormach's deprecation of advanced gCode features

    Fenichel , you are really taking things where they need to go. Currently available conversational is like buying a diamond, and getting mixed in with your diamond a whole big truckload of dirt,...
  10. Re: Tormach's deprecation of advanced gCode features

    Another area to move into with this work is the development of Tormach vertical lathe .....Every tormach owner that doesnt have a Rapidturn or freestanding CNC lathe could make use of it.
    ...
  11. Re: Tormach's deprecation of advanced gCode features

    You have expressed about what I have been thnking.....Geez who would want 20,000 lines of hard or impossible to modify code when it can be done in 20





    I would pay money for a better...
  12. Thread: MACH 4

    by DLawrence
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    Re: MACH 4

    I am so glad to see your post ! I went from Mach3 tormach upgraded to the $800 pathpilot loaded computer which kept crashing and not booting up, Tormach gave me several "fixes"

    which each...
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    Threadmilling with right angle head ?

    This has probably already been covered , but I couldnt find anything on it yet.

    A guy wants end of rifle barrel threaded, and insists on not removing barrel from the stock which makes it harder to...
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    Re: bmp and png files dont show up for loading

    Thanks SignTorch , on first try File >New then when a clean slate opened File>Import opened a submenu with the >import bitmap option greyed out......but after closing the Vectric pgm and...
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    bmp and png files dont show up for loading

    IN vcarve desktop. 8.0 I am trying to
    use the trace bitmap tool to create vector outline but in local files where the xxxxx.bmp should show up in the windows file structure vectric sees...
  16. Hiamier 3d needle doesnt come back to zero

    I have been using the larger body TTS 3d "taster" about 6 months , love it.

    It has NOT been dropped or crashed, but now the needle stops consistantly half a thou short of the zero point.
    ...
  17. Accessing the help file directly, where is it need to get it on my non windows

    Hello All,

    . When I am running Vcarve 7.5 the pdf help file (239 pages ) can be accessed easily.

    However now I have a chromebook ( this is a NON windows os) I would like to get the help...
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    Re: 3.23 KW Brushless motor as spindle.

    Hummmmm ....thinking ...... ? ? ........ short the three stator wires to what ? Each other ? the case ? Then where would the scope leads go ? My guess would be short all three stator...
  19. Re: Foot Pedal for PDB ... how where does it plug in ?

    kstrauss thanks for the picture and MF thanks for the pointer.... turned out by plugging in like yours worked for mine

    Thanks
    Dave
  20. Re: NYCCNC open house yesterday....I will go back next year early and stay all day

    GL thanks...... you put well into words........... what I was sort of thinking


    Thanks,
    Dave
  21. NYCCNC open house yesterday....I will go back next year early and stay all day

    I attended the NYCCNC open house yesterday, It was well organized, well put together, high energy, fun and informative.

    Learned several things just by watching an 1100 with ATC operate, meeting...
  22. Re: Closing the loop with Path Pilot. Possibly dual (global) closed loop?

    A build thread where it all could be pulled together from a multitude of researchers would be great,

    Thanks
    Dave
  23. Foot Pedal for PDB ... how where does it plug in ?

    Received thefoot pedal kit for the PDB on my 1100 a while back , just now getting around to plugging it In . Cant seem to find docs for Pedal or PDB ...

    Tried unplugging the little black...
  24. How to return to origonal Conversational screen after posting it to file ?

    Several times after creating a pgm using a PP 1.9.3 concersational screen I have wanted to go back to the

    conversational screen to either tweak or finnally append the file to another....but...
  25. Re: Conversational Stepover of zero in pocket tab not creating a single profile pass

    What is the procedure for taking a screenshot ?

    Thanks
    Dave
  26. Re: 50w Laser Issue - Reduced power, advice needed

    Did you happen to be using the laser with a Tormach ? I 'd like to hear a success story of a Tormach /Laser combo.

    I set up an oxacetylene torch with a bracket extending off the Tormach table...
  27. Re: Referencencing Z axis on my 1100 it finds LS and kicks out the onscreen reset

    Found that after a reset I could move Z anywhere I wanted and when it stopped...it kicked out the reset.

    Shoving the Z upper switch limit in very hard to full depth of travel "fixed" the...
  28. Referencencing Z axis on my 1100 it finds LS and kicks out the onscreen reset

    Had always worked OK but this morning when I tried Referencencing the Z axis,

    on my 1100....... head goes up..... it finds LS and kicks out the onscreen reset button......

    Last week the...
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    Re: We are moving to the USA!

    Glad to see you are moving......on. I am interested in Novakon and came here to see if you guys would be at the NAMES show.....tomorrow.

    Obviously not ,,,with the big move and resettlement...
  30. Conversational Stepover of zero in pocket tab not creating a single profile pass

    In the documentation for the "pocket" it states that a stepover of zero creates a single pass (or rectangular slot) around the perimeter (inside) of the pocket.

    I am getting the rectangular...
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