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Rhino 5 is an amazing upgrade from 4 ---I'm really happy that I upgraded from Rhino 4-5

I moved a MTW mill of the same type with a similar hoist . I lowered the head as low as it would go to make the machine as short as possible then used lift straps on the 4 big bolts that stick out...

I was at Grizzly tools a couple of weeks ago and their new catalogue says that they are now shipping to Canada .

I just bought a machine from a place in ontario , just starting to import into Canada . Was a lot less hassle than dealing with the border , and duty . ...

It took me a while to figure this one out too . I finally got my pc to find the G100 by plugging the G100 into a network hub . and later used a " cross over cable " ----I could not get it to connect...

I ordered 2 - 3axis boards two years ago , and had them mailed with no problems. I've never used , or powered them up , and would consider selling them along with an enclosure and 27v power supply if...

I'm looking for a suitable foam to machine carburetor floats from . I;m trying to make replacements for cork floats from antique engines . Cork has a density of 16 lbs/cu ft. The foam could be...

I upgraded from 4 to 5 , and I think it was worth it . I didn't need to produce a reciept . You have to use your old dongle and email mecsoft for new site codes to run the new version . I wrote down...

If you're trying to export curves from acad export them as .dxf , for solids export as .stl --- in VM open solids as .stl , for curves import regions .

Hi Bob : I'm using the dc motor to replace the existing ac motor. It just drives the existing pulleys on the machine that drive the spindles . The shaft on the treadmill motor is 17mm , I bored out...

Hi Julio
Thanks for the reply . I used the treadmill motor that you mentioned as well . At the moment I've just hooked up the motor to the lathe part of the machine . I had to make a shaft...

Hi I bought one of the minarik drives that you mentioned ( NRG10–115AC–2Q. )I've hooked it up to my 3 in 1 machine , and am quite happy with it . I've read the manual , and the board from surplus...

I do silicone molds, and use an old milking machine pump that i got for $20 at a junk store . For a chamber I use a presure cooker pot with a 1/2" lexan lid that I made . The clear lid alows me to...

Not quite as good as a deal , but I bought mine from wholesale tool : $22.88
http://wttool.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=0307-0108&Category_Code=
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I was at the local 80/20 supplier a while back and saw a neat gizmo that they had for tapping the extrusions . it was a piece of extrusion with the umhv pads to hold the extrusion to be tapped , and...

Thanks for letting me know how to do that . ---I'm attatching a file of a boat bottom surface . There are reference lines on the base plane where I wanted my frame curves . I used CURVE / CURVE FROM...

I have a jpeg , but I'm not sure how to attatch it ?

The easiest way in rhino would be to use " section " on the " curve from objects toolbar ----or you can find it on the bottom of the curve dropdown menu . set your grid snaps to the distance that...

H Swede . one thing I forgot to mention , that occured to me when viewing your web site , is that importing 2 D DXF files into Rhino is a good place to start making solids . Take your THK rail...

I find the most usefull tools in rhino for making parts to export to visual mill are from the solids drop down list . you can extrude curves and surfaces to whatever height and also taper them...

I'm in the planning stages of building a cnc router . I like the idea of servos and have looked at the clifton cheap servos . --Next step is the power supply and driver . How many amps would be...

Thanks , but my text setting is alredy set to " largest "

The new server seems faster but the text size just got so small that I almost need glases to read it on my 20 inch monitor ( 1280 X 1024 ) ---the text was three time larger before

I use Rhino and VM5 . In VM 5 you can do v carved text . If you create the text in rhino then export it to VM5 and then create a tool to represent your engraving bit angle . Then using the engraving...