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Thanks Hoss,
I hope I won't be making any turbines! I had forgotten about the 0.6 factor, thanks!

Hi All,
I've been reading everything I could find here, the Mach 3 forum and on the net concerning 4th axis setups and have a really basic question.

If I can get a hold of simpon36's Swap Axis...

I used cheap 1/8" acrylic from home depot or lowes. Then I made some wood frames and glued the acrylic sheets to them. I was going to go with sliding doors, but changed to folding instead.

By...

It's alive again!
Knudsen, the input circuit for my setup is supposed to go to ground, or -VDC common actually.

I wired directly from the G540 to -VDC and still no dice so removed the lead and...

Thanks guys,
Fastest1, I don't really know if Hoss' screen died. I changed the input terminals and no dice so it may be the G540. I called Gecko and the guy thought the same thing. I'll try the...

Hey guys I have an X3, CNC Fusion, G540, Mach 3 setup. Homing and limits were working perfectly for the past couple of months, then all of a sudden, the switches aren't stopping the machine.

They...

I got my kit installed early this year, all I had to do was elongate one of the Y axis mount holes. Michael was also great in reloading my ballnuts for me.

Plenty of pix and people's build threads...

I have indicated the hole, and it is round. I have also indicated off the spindle and it is out by 0.001".

It just baffles me that I can't turn the dial on the boring head to get it to at least...

Thanks, yes it is a single point, offsetting boring head. I didn't indicate off the shank or body but off the boring bar itself, hoping that I could bring it to zero via the adjustment dial....

Hi all,
I'm trying to enlarge a 1/2" hole about 1" deep. I have a Grizzly boring head and am having a hell of a time getting to setup concentric to the hole.

First I found the center of the hole...

I bought this book and made my own. Would have been a lot easier if I had my X3 mill first. I'm always doing things in reverse order!
Amazon.com: How to Build a Slip Roll Machine (9781878087140):...

Yes, I did. Though I can't remember exactly what I did!

Thanks, I'm saving this page for future reference!

Thanks again for the detailed advice! Any recommendations on a quality manufacturer? I typically buy from Enco and try to buy the cheapest American made tool when possible.

Nice! That's what I thought you meant as I had read about doing that somewhere on the net.

Guess I will have to buy a set of one piece ones though, more money.

Thanks guys.

DP, what do you mean solid reamers are adjustable also?

I may have missed the "general tooling" forum (since there's so many) but I am finding the need for reamers lately. In checking online, there's adjustable and non-adjustable.

One would think the...

You can also get hex head screws instead of the Phillips or flat head type. I still drill pilot holes when I'm using these though.

If you've ever bought one of those cheap one million piece tool...

I think it would help the original poster (as well as myself!) to have a list what sellers on ebay people have had success with. Unless there's already a thread for that.

And don't forget the...

Happy New Year! I didn't have a chance to read in detail on your site, will do that when things have settled down. Lots of good info for sure.

I hope I didn't lose any! I was jogging the table...

For those who have this "kit", what are your Steps Per values in Mach 3? I can't figure out what to put for the Z axis, but would like to know your X/Y also.

And Happy New Year! People are outside...

Good job CR. I saw your note on the Y that CNC Fusion kits will come standard with a retainer, mine did.

Just wanted to let new users know, make sure that screw is on tight! Take it off and...

Also join the email lists at Enco, MSC, etc to get their coupons. Free shipping rocks.

I'm just putting the finishing touches on an X3 CNC conversion using the deluxe CNC Fusion kit. "Do it once and do it right, get the deluxe kit" is the advice I got and I do not think I will be...

I went ahead and rebuilt the Z ballscrew. At first moved both washers down to the top of the lower mount, couldn't get enough thread engagement on the locking nut. So back and forth, back and...

Thanks guys, rebuilt it and it's fine now:confused:

I bought new bearings from VXB, good thing too, since I destroyed the old ones trying to remove them.

CR, I noticed what you mean about the...

It's tight as hell! As in I can't even turn it after installing the dovetailed plate and gib. The head isn't even on yet!

The threaded nut at the bottom was tightened just enough so that the...

The Y seems to move a little better now, still some grinding or sliding? sounds though. Will wait and see.

NOW...moved on to the Z...another post.

Thanks Jeff, I came across your build thread in my searches. I'll do what you said tomorrow or this weekend.

I never checked the nuts on the end of the ballscrews, guess I should do that too.

Has anyone noticed that the Y axis is harder to turn by hand once everything is tightened up?

When I tightened the Y stepper mount to the saddle, it suddenly was very hard to turn the ballscrew....