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There is usually a lever on the headstock to engage the lead screw so it is not always turning, if that is not the case you might look under the end headstock cover to see if the feed drive gears...

Greetings all.

I am in the finish stages of building a(4X10 FT) 4 axis router. I purchased a 5 axis Logitrol controller (which has 201 gecko's) and will be slaving two motors on the X and another...

You may be able to solid model the prop from points at several cross sections of the airfoil and generate code from that model, save alot of probing time.

Anyone have any input on the different types of timing belts and which is the best to use for a CNC stepper motor?

Here is an interesting way to eliminate rack backlash, I thought of building one of these and then ran into it on this site,
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I am an old metalworking guy and liked to feel the cut also. There is a place for CNC but it will never replace the feel of a skilled hand as the materials and specific aplications blow with the wind...

Remember that you can create just about anything with 3 codes. G01 (line) G02 (clockwise arc) and GO3 (Counter clockwise ark) the rest is fluff, votage and math. Some of the other code is very...

How and what is a PM? I am thinking private message??. How do I do that? I am not be that adept in this on this site, I am old school and I am having trouble finding how to do that . I do apreciate...

It is version 20 and I won't need it for a while (untill I get my router)but want to practice the new version before I register because tech support is only 45 days and I also have a day job (about...

Thanks for the info Ger
Any sugestions on resonably inexpensive software to do this?, I have Bobcad , will I need somthing else? I will be doing wood carving and cabnet work on a router so it wont...

I am going to attempt to reload this software once again and will disable the antivirus software and give that a try. Thanks for the sugestion, and I am sure if I can get the thing to stay open for...

looks like good stuff, do you have any probing systems? I am going to build a desktop router and purchase a 4x8 router to start my bussiness. I want to have 3D probing capability X-Z-A axis I dont...

I might get more than $5 in pleasure from taking it to the skeet range!

I took a problematic VCR to the rifle range one day along with with my AR-15 and never regreted blowing that dang thing in...

Yes
I have found alot of answers here too.

You are going to love Solidworks after you get the hang of how it works, I think we are sometimes used to doing things the hard way and in Solidworks...

Pessimistic???Look. I have learned several Cad and Cam programs cheap and expensive alike.ACad/ Mini cad/vector works / Esprit/ Solidworks(OHH Thank GOD For solidworks) Before that I had to write...

I have recently been working with solidworks and have made a lot of mistakes making things more complicated than they needed to be. On the part you are drawing first you model the block. Then click...

If I get a deskcnc probe what else do I need to create a part file or a G code program? do I need DeskCNC software or will Mach do it. What kind of file do I end up with and what else will I need...

I just purchased BOBCad so I would have some time to learn it over again before getting my router (used to run an early version). I can draw a few lines, try to trim them, sometimes it trims. then...

Thanks for the info, air cyliner sounds like a good idea. Will this use a limit switch to kill the slindle when it positions?

The way I think of it is : in and out is the Y axis (just like sex.. in is positive!!!) the X axis is then to you left and right.... and Right is positive. That work for you?

guess I was a little late on that one.. Good job Ger

Like Ger said, try programming the highest part of the work piece at Z.0 then you can easily see if your rapid positions are violating your part. Don't get discouraged, this is all normal in the...

The machine is in the design stage so it does not yet have a tool changer. I would be interested if someone makes a tool changer for home gamers and if a spindle with an encoder can be controlled to...

If the letters are too close togather you may be able to move them apart so your tool will have clearance. (If the part will allow it.) I have ran into this problem of small corner radiuses and...

Can put the drawing in a soliworks sketch... File new part/ sketch(select plane). (copy and paste the drawing on the sketch and move to desired position) select the main body outline and then extrude...

Might check to see if your clearance height is set in negative instead of positive or Vise-versa. Just a guess. looks like you are raipiding to a Z 0 then machining above that.

I was just over designing in my brain and was wondering if Mach will orient a spindle?????( like for a tool chang or positioning a probe) are there any probing provisions for Mach?

Thanks Gary

Hope someone can help me out, I am building a 4x6 4Axis wood router and would like to know what brands of servo motors have been sucessfull in conjunction with Mach software? Is there a package...

Thanks for the info Gerry
I am very new to routers and my mind wants to build them like machine tool.

Greetings

I am in the infantile stages of building a wood router (thinking about it)

I looked at mach software and am impressed and am thinking of using that.

I have been in the machinist...