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    Re: Issue with Arrow 750, Acramatic A2100,

    Quite a few of the motherboards don't have batteries. The battery is built directly into the chip that holds the BIOS values. If you don't find a battery then this is probably the case. The battery...
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    Poll: Re: Revolutionary Linear Drive System

    So your macro rotated the pinion and took multiple snap shots to create the path of the teeth, and make spline with those co-ords. I guess you could have stipulated the "resolution". However, I think...
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    Poll: Re: Revolutionary Linear Drive System

    The DWG that you sent has this;
    399782
    That the pinion, not the rack....
    So to get the rack, you rotated the pinion multiple times and took snapshots?

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    Ohhhh ****e...sorry...
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    Poll: Re: Revolutionary Linear Drive System

    Shame, that DWG doesn't help with the design of the rack, and the shape of the curve of the teeth. Thanks anyway.
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    Poll: Re: Revolutionary Linear Drive System

    Any chance I could get my hands on the macro? Never used one in Autocad so it should be fun. I did read most of the pages of the post, I must have missed that part of it.....
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    Poll: Re: Revolutionary Linear Drive System

    If somebody was to provide the maths required to create the curve of the rack, and output it to a DXF, would people cut there own? Another thread on here discussed the cycloid gearbox and making your...
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    Re: Arrow 500 touch screen boot up problem

    The dongle enables some functions in the shop floor programming (SFP) module. Things like, pocket, frame and other stuff. Basacally it expands upon the RAP module to give a little more functionality....
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    Re: Arrow 500 touch screen boot up problem

    I'll get some photo's together of the fault finding steps, and we can take it slowly. You'll need to solder the D-connector at the back to get the terminal program inside windows to see the data. Its...
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    Re: Arrow 500 pull studs

    If any one else searches on this....the studs that work are a total of 67.5mm long. The measurements that seem to matter is from shoulder to top of the first 45 degree is 32mm. Length from shoulder...
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    Re: Arrow 500 touch screen boot up problem

    I thought it was an aftermarket addition as the plate on the side of the touch screen is actually just a hole where you can see inside...and the cable looked dodgy compared to the rest of the...
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    Re: Arrow 500 pull studs

    Well I had a few studs arrive from overseas today for the BT40's that I have...and they work :cheers: So no more drawbar errors. It seems its time to actually put some tools into the machine and make...
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    Re: Arrow 500 touch screen boot up problem

    Cheers Mike, I have a mouse in there already....although this machine has been hacked, so the mouse is plugged into a PS2 extender cable that has been added into the cable tray running along the top...
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    Re: Arrow 500 pull studs

    @ Mike: Yeah parts book is not something I have....but seriously looking at getting some more info as I resurrect this machine. Front side of the spindle....geez I hope so.
    @ Jordan: Those are...
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    Arrow 500 pull studs

    Can anyone give me some spec's on the arrow 500's pull studs... pretty please.

    The machine I have didn't come with any, long story short is this machine has been dead for 10yrs. So naturally all...
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    Arrow 500 touch screen boot up problem

    Hi,

    First off, I will admit I am well out of my depth....the story goes like this. I have purchased an Arrow 500, and my CNC skills are only that off a machine I built...which is more of an...
  16. Mike, I have had a look at the machine he is...

    Mike,
    I have had a look at the machine he is using. It is a 150A CEA. It can cut Stainless 40mm thick at 10ipm. The lowest thickness of material he will cut is 1/4" mild steel which has the specs of...
  17. Stepper motor size calulations for plasma

    Hey guys,
    I've been lurking in the background and started a mill project. I've just had a friend see my mill and wants to build a plasma cutting machine. He has a 180A plasma at the shop. So to cut...
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    Its great. I like it, but do you have a reason?...

    Its great. I like it, but do you have a reason? Why do it when so many other motors exist to choose from? Normally people do this either for fun, or to figure some special feature that no one else...
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    Hafco (Knee) Vertical Mill help

    Hi,
    I have just be given access to a mill which is the one seen here;

    http://www.hareandforbes.com.au/sample_2/Catalogues/Metalworking/23.html

    and is the HM-50. The fitter has said I can use...
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