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Thanks TurboStep, you're right.

I took the ETS off the mill and tested the two switch wires with no power "applied" to the ETS via the red and black wires. Using just a continuity test mode on my multimeter, the switch does seem to...

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I just tried added 1/4-40 and 3/8-32 model engineer threads to custom_threads_sae.txt and couldn't get it to work.

I thought maybe the name was no good so just copied the 1/4 and 3/8...

If that is the case I'd better unsolder the red and black wires! At the moment they connect 12v and GND. I'll check with the multimeter. It never occured to me they were the over-travel switch as the...

I got mine working tonight. I had to tell PathPilot it is a passive probe to get it to work - could my wiring be at fault? It was sold as an NO unit, and I thought my tests with a power supply and...

The new sensor arrived today and given I'm in Australia that's good service. It was quicker to get the sensor than it was to get a reply to my emails.

I just bought one of these that included the same wiring diagram as on the first page of this thread. But my wires are red, black, green, yellow.

Before I damage something I hope someone can...

A few emails over the course of a week finally got a response. That I got two different people from support opening two different tickets implies it just takes them that long to get through their...

I did get a reply on my 3rd or 4th attempt. It took over a week from the first time I wrote. But at least there was a reply and saved my an early morning call.

Is there a better way to get in touch with Tormach support via email than the website contact page? I wrote to Tormach via that over a week ago about my suspect RapidTurn spindle sensor and haven't...

I found a mistake I'd made when I was putting the PCNC back into milling mode. Despite clear and obvious labeling and knowing what I had to do, I put the wrong programming key into the VFD! I took...

I got around to setting up my RapidTurn and noticed jerky movement in X & Z. After watching your video (I'm sure I'd seen it last year too) and reading this thread I took the sensor plate off and of...

Thanks Rob. I see your two bodies are separated in the model view whereas mine are both in the same place. Your stock origins for the two setups are different too. I can replicate your result using...

I've just tried this and it seems to bring in the location settings from the stock I'm loading rather than using the ones I set for the current setup.

I'm milling 4 copies of a part using a linear...

Thanks! It's weird you can't just choose the output of a previous setup as the stock for the current one. I guess it could become out of date too easily as you're changing toolpaths in the previous...

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I'd like to use the finished shape of the stock from a prior setup as the stock body of a following one. So far I've been making bodies in the model that correspond to the output of each setup...

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I am trying to do a 2D pocket clearing op. One edge of the pocket is at the stock edge so I want the cutter to start just beyond that. See the bottom edge in the picture.
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Looks like you've done a great job!

Do you mind sharing details of how you mounted and connected the motor to the Z screw? I'd like to do that to mine to make the head easier to move up and down....

No, I haven't looked at yours. I'm using the one included with Cut2D. That one has those moves in the header and they can crash the tool if it is longer than the ZH! I'll try my fix later, which was...

I tried out the Path Pilot post processor and found the G0 [ZH] in the header section caused a problem. Tool offsets are turned off by this time so if you have a tool in the spindle it might get...

How did you get the machine from your photo location onto solid ground to get an engine hoist near it? Or how did you get your hoist over the gravel?

Yeah, OK, your delivery looks trickier than mine ;)

I think we did a bit of that dragging along the hoist legs to get it in line with the lifting point with the first one of mine too... I had...

VAAR, yeah on my broken one the reinforcing strips under the crate floor were jammed between the pallet boards, and the pallet was in pretty bad shape. The 2nd pallet wasn't much good either but at...

Thanks guys.

David, when would the corner radius not be 1/2 the tool dia? Ball end mills or something?

PM, good to know others have had similar problems. I'll try to figure out how to machine...

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In this sign I am making I cannot get the 4mm rest pocket operation to cover all the leftovers from the initial 10mm pocket operation. I have checked my rest tool dia and set the rest corner...

It's all in place now and the broken one finally gone. I wouldn't mind moving it 300mm to the right as I was a bit generous with the space I left to the wall but I think that can wait a year or two!...

Great job doing it on your own! I don't think I could have. In both cases I had a friend to help me which was invaluable both physically and for moral support. And getting it off the crate was the...

Sorry about the double post, trying to figure out how to delete it.

My first parts are nameplates and brackets for my live steamers.

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I have recently taken delivery of a Tormach 1100. It came on a truck, on a pallet, with the create of wood the machine was bolted into on top of the pallet. Neither me nor the delivery guys...