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  1. Mini Mill 10K Grease Packed Spindle Option

    Does anyone here have any experience with a Mini Mill with the 10,000rpm grease packed spindle option? I'm going to be ordering a MM2 and I really think I'd like that option just to speed up some...
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    TL-1 IPS With LH Tooling

    I have set up gang tooling on our new TL1 but can NOT figure out how to get a LH mounted tool to cut the correct direction using the IPS. I have a parting tool mounted upside down on the far side of...
  3. Thread: Tl1 Redesign

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    Tl1 Redesign

    Has anyone seen the redesigned TL1? We were told by our HAAS rep that we only had a few weeks to get an order in for the old style before the completely redesigned new style came out. Apparently it...
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    Just thought I'd throw an update out here. ...

    Just thought I'd throw an update out here.

    Finally made my first cuts. Spent a full couple days chasing some very frustrating electrical gremlins. The cause seems to have been that my material...
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    Just thought I'd throw an update out here. ...

    Just thought I'd throw an update out here.

    Finally made my first cuts. Spent a full couple days chasing some very frustrating electrical gremlins. The cause seems to have been that my material...
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    Yes, broke two hand-held units. About $500ea to...

    Yes, broke two hand-held units. About $500ea to replace :(

    My new table is using the Snap-Cut system like Jim posted above. It is reasonably expensive and well worth the money!
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    No. Mine had the three piece style with the...

    No. Mine had the three piece style with the little plastic "T" piece in between the two aluminum couplers.
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    I tried to drill mine out in a drill press but...

    I tried to drill mine out in a drill press but failed. The coupler is aluminum and the bit ended up cutting more on one side than the other for some reason. It might have worked if I gradually went...
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    Here are a couple more pictures. The completed...

    Here are a couple more pictures. The completed control panel and the mounted gearboxes. I will have a sheet metal cover that will go over the gearbox area to hide all of the wires & the open end of...
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    I'm certainly not a leadscrew expert but I think...

    I'm certainly not a leadscrew expert but I think you should be able to gear it down just like a rack & pinion drive to get whatever resolution you need. I have a 5'x10' router with ballscrews that...
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    It is alive!!! :banana: No pictures today...

    It is alive!!! :banana:

    No pictures today but I did get the Candcnc kit wired up and got some great movement. Everything seems to work very well. I could not visibly see or feel any backlash &...
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    My second attempt at the decals. it is far from...

    My second attempt at the decals. it is far from perfect but I just decided that I was not going to spend any more time on it so I did the best I could with what time I had. After putting the decals...
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    Thanks for the clarification Matt. I made a...

    Thanks for the clarification Matt.


    I made a little more progress today. I got the computer put into the housing and got windows installed. I need to tidy up the wiring on that.

    I also got...
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    Can you not just drill out the coupler to 3/8"? I...

    Can you not just drill out the coupler to 3/8"? I have the same motors and probably the same eBay Z assembly and I just noticed the coupler problem. They look like there is plenty of sidewall left...
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    Also incorrect. There is no circumstance where...

    Also incorrect. There is no circumstance where backlash is cumulative (unless software is somehow incorrectly set to try to compensate for it). My gearbox with 0.001" of backlash will only ever...
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    Made some more progress today. I got one of the...

    Made some more progress today. I got one of the e-stop buttons added, cooling fans installed, and the hard drive mounted. I also put a USB port on the keyboard tray for a usb memory stick. I'm going...
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    That is incorrect. If you gain 0.01" in one...

    That is incorrect. If you gain 0.01" in one direction you will lose it in the other. Backlash is not cumulative.
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    I don't understand how backlash would be...

    I don't understand how backlash would be cumulative. I can understand lost steps or belts slipping being cumulative but not backlash. If you start a complicated 5 hour cutting project on a machine...
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    Very valid observations. Thanks. I'm pretty well...

    Very valid observations. Thanks. I'm pretty well committed to the gearbox idea at this point so Ill let you know what I find. I guess I might just be shooting for a different level of accuracy than...
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    It looks to me like I should be able to take out...

    It looks to me like I should be able to take out all of the backlash by sliding the motor tighter against the other gear - same as with a belt drive... only in reverse I guess. I played around with...
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    Miserable FAIL! The weatherproof laser labels...

    Miserable FAIL!

    The weatherproof laser labels are amazing! I scrubbed on them with soap and water and the print & color held up perfectly. I thought I had something.... until it came time to...
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    I made some more progress today. I built a...

    I made some more progress today. I built a mounting plate for the CandCnc box under the table. The face of the candcnc box will be flush with the sheet metal skirt that will go all around the bottom...
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    Not sure what happened to that last picture... ...

    Not sure what happened to that last picture...

    Here it is again. Sort of my "artist" rendering of the final switch layout. These are the buttons that we seem to use the most here.
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    I stuck the switches and MPG into the switch...

    I stuck the switches and MPG into the switch panel to see how it looks. I think it will look pretty good. I'm going to organize the clusters into movement, setup, and plasma controller sections. I'm...
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    One of the things that I hated on my last table...

    One of the things that I hated on my last table was the keyboard & mouse. We had them on a bench and they always got burried in junk, the mouse didn't like the dirt & grime, and the keyboard keys...
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    Here is the gantry mounted to the table. I used...

    Here is the gantry mounted to the table. I used rails that I purchased from ebay. I got two 12' long shipped from China for around $350/pr. They are the same rails from the same place as I used on my...
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    I'm using an aluminum gantry this time. It will...

    I'm using an aluminum gantry this time. It will save weight and looks pretty nice also. I'm going to weld the gear rack to a piece of angle and then bolt that to the aluminum. I thought about trying...
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    Here is the sump in place. We will drain the...

    Here is the sump in place. We will drain the water table every day into barrels under the table. This sump should help keep some of the gunk from collecting in the barrels. The table is ready for...
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    We welded the rack (from McMaster Carr) directly...

    We welded the rack (from McMaster Carr) directly to a 2x2 welded to the main frame. I did this with my last build and it really works nice. It provides sort of an umbrella for the gear and for the...
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    5x11 Gear Drive Plasma Build

    I've stolen so many ideas from this forum over the years for different builds that I figured it was time for me to pay back and post one of my own builds. This is my second CNC plasma build. The...
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