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Hi Dave,

Cheers from the Bayside NSW Men's Shed. We too are running a CNC 6040 router, with CamBam software and Mach3. We have not fitted a 4th axis, so I'm not much help there, but wanted to...

Hi,

I'm searching around for a benchtop CNC wood lathe (analogous to the Chinese CNC 6040 router), available in Australia.

Anyone got a recommendation?

Thanks

Hi CNC Rim,

Sorry I took weeks to reply, I think I have not turned on alerts correctly.

I won't be much help with CRC in Mach3 since I get that in the CAD/CAM software which is CAMBAM. Therein...

There is a lot of information out there saying you cannot get success with that gear using a 64-bit PC. It seems the problem is that the necessary drivers will not install. Also laptops will not work...

Knothead, I hope you got some earlier answers to your post.

- yes, normally these Chinese machines are supplied with a rip-off copy of Mach3. If it is a trial version it will be restricted to 500...

I can't see what State you are in, but NSW TAFE offers these course, in various places

https://www.tafensw.edu.au/course/MEM40105/Certificate-IV-in-Engineering-CNC-Programming...

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We are a non-profit setup here in Sydney Aust. I am a former College teacher of CNC, and use CAMBAM here for doing 2D geometry and setting up cutting conditions. CAMBAM were extremely good to...

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Agree with the above. For the ER11 size locknut you can buy a range of collet sizes, up to and including 1/4" and 6mm, so marked. I found that those last 2 sizes are not interchangeable, the...

I've noticed quite a bit of solid Al bar on eBay from the UK., various sizes and lengths.

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I've been doing this with a CNC 3020. It goes very well

Cheers

OMG,

Crashed into a clamp this time, and stalled the spindle on our CNC 3020. I had put in 2A fast blow fuses on the power supply board to try for a bit better protection, and one fuse did blow,...

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I don't know the answer to that but would like to.

I've just been setting the cutter tip on the surface using a page from the phone book, and manually entering the necessary Z dimension on...

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I agree with using CamBam for generating the GCode, and sending that to Mach3. CB is far better at arranging the order of the cut, lead-ins, holding tabs, feed and speed settings for each...

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I stalled the spindle again, and then the spindle this time did not turn at all. This time I replaced the 740N MOSFET, the two 1 ohn resistors R3 and R4, and the 100 ohm resistor between those...

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I agree with this. I use CAMBAM to do modest 2.5 D geometry, and it is very capable with everything short of splines and full 3D. The geometry drawing (simple CAD) is good to use, and it has...

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For the info of all similarly afflicted, this trouble was the IRF 740N MOSFET transistor. on the spindle supply board, which had burnt out. On close inspection this could be seen.

No...

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Consider these hand-carved letters in stone. See the form at the ends of the legs of the A and the top and bottom left of the B? Can that particular form be produced in a CNC router/engraver?...

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We have a CNC3020 engraver/router on which the spindle speed has ceased responding to either the spindle on/off switch or the speed control knob. It runs at top speed all the time, and the...

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That would be the scale factor in the screen for 'Program Run' just to the left of the toolpath display. Remember to press the Enter key after entering a scale to make the change persist.
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Well,

I'm not sure about that. One avenue it continues to reach users is by its bundling with the quaintly popular CNC 3020, 3040, and 6040 machines. A lot of these copies are pirated, but it is...