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I never got it better than about .002", and most of that was from adjusting gib tension.

I feel strongly that the closer to the dovetail you can get, the better you will be.

That said, the...

I've now had the machine for several months, and most of my initial impressions held out. I've updated the review here:

http://www.jeffalbro.net/cnc/syil-x2/

Also, I am selling the machine,...

Have you had some parts waterjet cut before? You may want to specify edge quality as well as allowed taper.

Also, you may want to consider laser on the acrylic.

Just my $.02.

-Jeff

There are documents on the Tormach website that tell you how to get through each door size.

-Jeff

Robert, I feel your evaluation is on target.

My only suggestion might be to be careful on your choice of CAD and CAM software. Nothing beats spending several hours with demo software, trying to...

I just had some Delrin parts cut with a laser. They were vibratory finished afterwards, and that removed the swirl marks.

-Jeff

Pretty nice looking machine.

I used to have a CNC XJ-95 that I sold.... The MT2 spindle was a limitation. Too bad this larger version still has that spindle.

-Jeff

It rocks. As a controller, it is WAAAY better than the only other program I have experience with, DeskCNC. The advantage of DeskCNC is that it comes bundled with 2D and 3D CAM.

-Jeff

You can't re-adjust the one of the coupling locations on either the screw or the motor shaft?

My understanding is that you do not want any significant load on the stepper bearings.

-Jeff

Yes it matters. And you can only adjust side to side (x axis perpendicularity) with the column angle bolt.

Otherwise, you have to add shims somewhere.

It is a pain, but it can be done.

You...

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Thanks everyone!

-Jeff

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Thanks everyone!

-Jeff

See:

http://www.bigkaiser.com/frm.htm?lng.htm

-Jeff

My understanding is that it works for wet as well...

Large VMCs often have a chip auger or conveyor that pumps the chips out into a drum... But you are in the $40,000 on up range then.

Some...

There is a fan that will fit in a toolchanger.... you just load it up, spin it up and then sweep over the table to blow the chips off.

-Jeff

Look it's BobCad.... so there's gotta be a catch... what is it? Besides $40 for "shipping".

-Jeff

I have enough people planning on bidding on this... I will award it Monday night.

Thanks!

-Jeff

I'm a big user of the Thunderbird e-mail program.

One big problem... it doesn't store or forward DXF attachments correctly. A big pain.

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Hence the name "fog buster". It is designed to create droplets, not mist.

I've never heard about someone who had one that didn't like it.

-Jeff

Roughly 1/2" x 3/8" x 11 1/2" 6061 AL bars, faced, partially chamfered, drilled & tapped.

Please quote 50 & 100 parts each of two slightly different bars.

Note: Quotes must be in by Monday...

5/16" thick black delrin

Parts are roughly 1.75" x 3.25" with 12 holes.

Please quote 100 & 200 parts...

Note: Quotes must be in by Monday night, and the parts must arrive by July 18th.
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Nice models!

Man, those would be ungodly expensive for aluminum. :)

Could you do them as one solid part? That would be easier for a rapid prototyping machine I would think.

-Jeff

JP...

Currently I have a enco flood tank setup with Rustlick.

Honestly though, If I had the money, I'd go with a FogBuster.

It should be WAAAAAY less mess.

Bench top machines aren't...

My understanding is that it would be possible to go without, but really, that's a bad idea.

A lot of the boards will give you visual feedback (dasblinkinlights) of what is going on, and make it...

I just tried MESHLAB, a free and open source product... and it ROCKS!!!!!

Thanks!!!

-Jeff

Apparently, T-splines only works with quad based meshes, and mine is triangle based.

Any suggestions on an easy to use free mesh modeler?

Thanks!

-Jeff

See the attached file....

Right now it's a mesh (I think). I can convert it to a NURB, but I'm not sure how I would smooth it after that.

Thanks!

-Jeff

I have a model that is too faceted. I can use the smoothing function, but it is already about as smooth as it can be with the number of facets it has.

I'd like to select the mesh and just have a...

Job has been awarded. Thanks!

-Jeff

I just got it working... I'm not sure what I did though...

-Jeff