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Yes, my local hardware store has a 4 foot wide roll of that rubber sheet it was fairly inexpensive. I cut the bolt holes in it with a 3/4 inch leather punch.

I have a recent Charter Oak 12z folks I think that mill is well over 700 lbs. I have a 29hp diesel Kubota tractor with a front end loader rated at about 1,000 lbs. I was able to lift my Grizzly...

Here was my take on a custom 12z stand with a ladder rack for mounting electrical panels. MIG'ed together with my new Lincoln 210MP. 3/16 wall 3x3 and 3x2 tubing. Ladder rack is 1/.8 wall 1.5x3.
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Lets talk Y travel. First the Charter Oak has 10.625 inches of Y or 12.250 inches depending on your point of view. If you crank the table out flush with the front of the Y axis dovetails it measures...

Yes I am fully aware of this, I go way back with IH I'm talking 7-8 years ago. As for flood coolant fact is Accu-lube drop type (near dry) coolant systems are being use on large industrial VMC's at...

If the goal is to make parts vs hobby then I'd buy a real CNC mill with a tool changer e.g. a Haas or something similar. There's an old Haas VF1 on ebay now for $5,900, it runs now but if you put $6k...

In spite of assurances I will not invest $7k into a CNC conversion again before I personally inspect and test the mill and I'm convinced it will meet my expectations. Worse case I plan to keep it as...

My Charter Oak 12z just arrived. You can't appreciate just how big this mill is until you see it in person. That's a G4003G 12x36 lathe in the background, see the stainless toolbox next to it...the...

More gear inbound, still waiting on the mill ETA 10/31.

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Kurt magnetic jaws and parallel plates

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Excellent I'll go have a look.

Deja vu here I go again with a bench top mill CNC conversion. This time I'm starting with the Charter Oak Automation 12z mill, 26x12x22 inch work cube, 3HP 3 phase Leeson with Danfoss VFD as the base...

I thought about rolling my own CNC conversion vs the kit for the Charter Oak but as you point out you really need a mill to pull that off which I don't have. Forget steppers imo its too heavy. My old...

I have been researching the exact same situation RF45 CNC conversion vs used VMC. Years ago I swore I would never go down the RF45 CNC path again, my old one never worked as advertised and I ended up...

Is it losing position on the Z axis towards the table? Attach a dial indicator to the head or spindle. Set indicator to zero off a vise or something stationary then make a number of 1 inch moves up...

Finally some comments...what a project whew!!! I'm taking a break now and do some serious metal detecting I think. In the end I have an awesome new tool to use in my coil building hobby and I'm...

Here's another view. Gone are the cheap china on/off and forward/reverse switches which were only rated for 110. I took the wire cutters to that mess and replaced them with industrial grade switches...

Here's a side view of the mill, with that 3 inch spacer out front I have nearly 10 inches of Y cross travel. Thats my cool green power on light upper right on the electrical enclosure, I thought at...

All the electrical buttoned up and running.

http://www.coilbuilders.com/pics/mill6.jpg

Here's the source of considerable frustration. After reading about problems some people have had with their PC's I shelled out for a brand new unit, very standard boring parts, Intel motherboard,...

Here's a wider shot of the electronic side.

http://www.coilbuilders.com/pics/mill3.jpg

Here's the high voltage enclosure, a nice $100 nema with a couple fans. 220 and 110 vac coming into this box, 220 leaving to the mill motor. Couple relays, couple power supplies, big red panic...

It's done!!! If I drank beer I guess it would be miller time, well maybe I'll just go metal detecting instead. Man-o-man what a project. I resolved the last issues tonight and she's running...

The giant microwave theory is interesting Aaron but I'm betting it was the glob of loboster claw I noticed fused to the gecko 320, wonder how that got there on a kit from Maine! :D

I recommend...

A full review will be forthcoming but here's a quick update:

First the mill is running pretty sweet right now and my concerns about how well it would perform are resolved. Bottom line, this thing...

OMG no sparks, no fires, no melted parts? I powered up the Lathemaster mill tonight to test a crap load of wiring work. First the main panel, 120vac to a relay, power on button, e-stop button, power...

Paul's on the right track, a blistering flame of the company would accomplish nothing plus this would be against the forum rules and the thread would just be deleted.

Lets see if the mill...

Sendkeys makes a good counterpoint, I suppose there is no guarantee that a turn on and go machine would be a better product. The grass is always greener right.

I did not mention the company...

Hi all,

CNC kit saga...

Well I had a choice a couple months ago, buy a turn on and go cnc mill like the CNC junior or buy a kit for a better quality mill and save a few bucks by doing the work...

Don't set your cell phone on the washing machine with vibrate mode on while you are wiring your enclosure else the phone will ring and go BUZZZZZZ and scare the living crap out of you! Ahem not that...

Replicapro,

I can give you a general overview, but the specifics I feel were part of the kit I purchased and so it would not be fair to Industrial Hobbies to share that with the general public. On...