Search:

I want to build a small approx 50cm lathe using linear rails and stepper drive.

i can find models on 3d cad sites but not with real part numbers or suppliers.

Would any of you have a complete...

Hi charliex

Reading your blog you noted that you figured out how to allow load/save without the controller connected, can you share the mod required?

EstlCam

I am pretty new to EstlCam and at first did not like it, I guess it was due to the layout.

After sometime, and some success using it, and starting to realize why things are done the...

Maybe you are trying to hard, the handle is sloppy anyway.

I just cut mine down,

Cut that blasted ball of the end which chips the hell out of the ways cover plate and fixed the handle on the...

I do for the PCNC1100, is that the one you are looking for?

Any update on these, I would like one for start the spindle. Tried most of the keys and cannot fond one.

When doing manual milling, its handy to start and stop the spindle, ESC stops it.

The...

Hi John,

As CNCMAN172 wrote, it looks like you have some issue with the hard disc drive, Maybe it is simply corrupt or worse.

I would not go and install a recovery disc yet. Maybe you can boot...

Pathpilot is a linux app, if you want to make such changes you should use linux commands but everything you change will be lost if you later update pathpilot competely. Of course you could make a...

Great info there, many thanks for posting it.

My latgest issue with thread mills is notbfinding long enough ones. I need forvexample to put 12mm of m9x0.5 thread into a brass barrel but cant find...

PathPilot is now windows and will search for the mesa card. there are two types, one pci & the other pci-e, you order from Tormach the one whits you need.

Anyone know where I can buy this profile. Or even what it is called and who makes it.

I found it

Sorry if you came here for nothing.

What is creating your G-code ?

Can you post it here to see if it has any odd ball characters which are messing up PP?

Seams like you should follow this topic, its likely heading the same way
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/tormach-pathpilot-/302758-step-g-code-window.html#post1854508

Interesting, points there.

One thing I do find annoying is that if a line of code is not right, the user is taken to the status window away from the code window.

We have an error on line 200 in...

Useful info, thanks very much.

I have an PCNC1100

Thanks, what is that application called.

I've been using Pathpilot now, actually I would say more like trying to learn and understand it.

Wondering of anyone can cast some light on these.

One
(The MDI input field), after each time...

Hi,

Sorry mate, it would not be fair to share the design or sources of the parts. Tormach is a good company who stock the PDB Power Drawbar for the PCNC 1100 as a complete kit.

I just wanted to...

As part of my learning process, I decided to make an effort on my first power draw bar similar to the Tormach design. I really do not like the gas sound so I plan later to make this manual.

It was...

That does look fantastic, and might in the end be the solution to go with but I am right handed and I thinking more of a push button electronic based system to work with an ATC design I am tinkering.

Thank you for your reply, I had thought about this option but still it is required to expel the air from the Actuator which would also require routing outside and still no easy place to put the...

Well yeah, but It would mean to dismantle my PCNC 1100 mill a bit and trying to avoid that at least until I need to add the new draw bar mechanism, going off the spindle housing usual nut it is, M33...

I am working on an air-less power drawbar because the air compressors drive me nuts.

Anyone know the the exact make and model of the springs used on the Tormach Power Draw bar kit.

There is...

Looking for a CNC Mill with a budget of around 5,000 euros + VAT

X,Y,Z axis.

Able to work on 6060 Alloy parts that are the same area as an A4 sheet of paper 210mm x 297mm and 150mm high.

At...

Thanks Jeff,

I am also looking for some variations of wheels to fit on 6.22mm shafts.

I need like a 20mm OD by 15mm wide that can be fitted on a nema23 shaft. I saw some years ago but can't...

Exists reduction gears that also turns the drive of a stepper motor by 90 degrees, what I need is a 90 degree turn but without any major reduction and I searched for a month and cannot find anything....

Hi Ian,

It was exactly what I was wondering about too, as far as I know the sherline has if I remember a 10mm bore .

I dont need to work with such big parts so 10mm is kind of ok for most...

I need to work on some little metal parts like 100mm x 15mm x 15mm made from brass and lights alloys in an almost experimental way just taking small amounts of metal off each time then manually...