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feed and speed parameters are practically meaningless on a sherline- go very light go very slow go shallow unless you are cutting stryofoam, the machine does not have near a required rigidity to do...

without wanting to sound sarcastic or "smarmy" I honestly would have to say the ball is in mach 3's court to get with the times. Send them an email and see what they suggest for their product;...

I don't think that would check into those; perhaps to maintain a record for statistical purposes (there's so much fraud that the cost for full investigation/security would be an astronomical overhead...

word of caution regarding the wax; I bought that stuff and thought nothing of melting the scrap so I was heedless of the fumes- I was bedridden for the next 2 or 3 days with breathing difficulties (...

sounds like they hire ex-shoe salesmen to do their hawking; can't blame the salesguy in that case, he probabally doesn't have even a clue what cnc does or what cad is.

the side of the head have nothing to do with the cut; you need to put an indicator in the spindle and sweep the table ensuring there is no deviation on the indicator, that the head is perpendicular...

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you are always going to get backlash, especially with a small machine using a leadscrew- your best bet for accuracy is to always machine from a single refrence point, in one direction only, no back...

aren't you glad you didn't leave it till the night before ?

Although I am unfamiliar with the x2, I think without a doubt your bearings must be buttery smooth and the only noise you should hear from hand turning is a mild whirrring sound. You have to realize...

smart not to; probably adjusted too tight- forcing them to turn at this point would cause permanent damage. you will need to provide specifics for others to diagnose and offer tips to fix.

Sorry, but I have to say I was looking at a HAAS awhile ago, but I didn't know this that they would choose to reward their customers choice by charging them extra to enable such a measly little macro...

Glad to hear things worked out for you. I liked the way you turned it around on him ( "if you think it is fair then you should have no problem finding a replacement"- love it, may borrow that...

They are missing the human element; you can't purchase an upgrade to individual capability when you upgrade your cadcam software. It is like buying one of those new-fangled remotes that do everything...

forget the other workers; if any were offered retention, you reckon they'd pass it up ? Your income is not any of their business- and your employer has an obligation to maintain your confidentiality.

get rid of the vista; there's a "security element" to the os that prevents a lot of xp and older software from running at all. I don't know if your gibbs was meant to be compatible with vista- if it...

I think you hit the nail on the head with that observation- seriously ! I find waste is one of my greatest obstacles to attend to a project in a forthright manner. Uncut stock is potiential; but when...

I had to put my cnc motor on a ups, the lights were getting a bit screwy in my apartment when it was running, the controller is on the ups as well for protection from spikes and power surges and a...

I say keep your plans to yourself- you don't want him thinking he'd better hire that guy who sent in his resume the other day because you are feeling a bit antsy. If you can find a better paying job...

just open the nc file and edit out the g28 x0 y0 at the end or throw in your m30 before that line.

remove the board from the machine and discharge all the caps, isopropyl (rubbing alcohol) should be good enough; take some good macro/ close up pics with a digital camera that will allow you to...

it is important to push yourself to learn new things than just settling in. although your area may have few stable shops hiring, you do owe it to yourself to try to find something more challenging...

ask them what would they like to try to do; suggest a mercedes hood ornament for example to get things going, and show them how it would be done in autocad or mc and then machined- should be fairly...

you can get by with an ati firegl v3600; it is a very very stable card that can give you realview graphics as well; I'm using that with a q9550 overclocked to 3.4ghz. I also picked up a firegl v7700...

Well, I am glad to hear that things went ok for you after all.

thank you

you should go for a standard tool holder with the ball insert size you need- it will be a heck of a lot easier than turning a rc90 or son tool, plus some cores of endmills are soft and you may wind...

nice work on your blog there.

just a thought; but seeing that you are in Pakistan and there being a lot of cc fraud it may be gecko is waiting for payment to clear before shipping- there may also be a problem with export permit...

if you are designing in autosketch and then programming by hand then you are not doing any 3d stuff yet; it might be wiser, being on a limited budget to save the money to help keep the shop running...