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Myles - You may want to get the wood turner's face plate for your wood fixturing needs. You can wood screw a block to it from the back side and attach to your mill spindle. A word of caution on...

Taig updated their line of lathes with optional ER spindle and accessories. You can go either way now... and the ER version is exactly the same spindle used on the mills for the past decade or more.

Curt did a good video on the upgrade:

https://youtu.be/78-Fi_TUC8g

You keep saying "poor design" but it's fairly meaningless unless you mention poor with respect to what... Cost? Reliability? Ease of production? Highest functional RPM? Lifespan? Runout? ...

LOL, not quite... but if he doesn't resolve things when they are his own fault, I can only imagine how motivated he will be to sort them out if it's a manufacturing defect. But who knows, people...

So then why does it work on my mill and thousands of others without overheating? And why do the non-sealed versions of that bearing have a higher RPM rating?

I'm suggesting you should be going through your reseller (deepgroove1) for the troubleshooting and warranty resolution. Taig doesn't know the history of the part you're inquiring about and a picture...

The problem is likely that Taig is the manufacturer and you bought from deepgroove who is supposed to provide you with the customer service. He sells at the deepest discount possible but there is a...

Backlash doesn’t accumulate…. If I’m understanding your intentions, this might be what you are missing. A certain amount exists on each axis (except generally not Z due to weight keeping things in...

Swap X and Y motor connections at the driver board and see if the problem follows the motor / wire harness or stays with the axis.

Are you familiar with the Taig Lathe standard spindle? I'd bet you have a mill that has this original Taig collet system. They changed over to the ER16 some time ago (~2004 ish?) and before that...

Jaru-eri - I recommend checking your bearing preload on the X and Y axis as this is the most common source of backlash in my experience. John at Taig has a very good video on how to adjust these and...

The Taig mill is a much better investment than the Pocket NC in my opinion. There is almost no comparison really... I think Pocket NC is a neat demonstration and would be fun to experiment with,...

3rd Video is up - includes many suggested changes!

https://youtu.be/8aHMVLZf4ww

Thanks CS900! Appreciate the feedback and suggestions. I plan to flip the video as you mention in the next video. I don’t know why I didn’t do that in this one... I like the idea of demonstrating...

I'm working on some Taig videos and wanted to share and get feedback from users. The two I have created so far are on youtube and targeted at new lathe users. Any and all advice is welcome (as well...

I keep a Taig lathe tool post mounted on the spindle housing (fits in the t slots) and use that to secure a dial test indicator holder (cam lock style with round stock mount not mag base). They are...

Hmmm, I recommend just skipping the limit switches. They seemed like a useful thing to me when I first started with a CNC mill but I quickly realized I did not need them and really can't come up...

Ok, so those cuts sound pretty huge for a Taig mill.. Do you recall the feedrate? how many flutes? I'm surprised the 1/4 hp motor kept up. I'm guessing you had it set to the lowest RPM? If you...

Are you sure the end mill isn't being pulled down into the material? What kind of cuts are you attempting (depth, diameter, feed rate)? Those are pretty heavy hits on this little machine. You...

I think you are on the right path. Jeff at Soigeneris knows his stuff. I have one of his gecko / smooth stepper drive and motor kits and it is top quality. Mach 3 is required to act as the cnc...

It is an interference fit. I recommend heating the pulley (propane or butane torch) while using a pulley extractor.

Interesting... I know you said you think you've overtightened it but I'm still wondering if it's not tight enough. Can you use your torque wrench to measure how tight you've got it now? Torque it...

B-RAD - Have you adjusted your Z slide gibs and plates? There is a good video from Taig on how to set these up below. Reducing the play in these will prevent your spindle from moving when pulling...

Thaylen - A couple questions and comments... When you say you have consistently trammed to within a half thou, what measurement are you referring to exactly? One major misunderstanding I've noticed...

This video posted by the Taig folks recently, shows how you can use the lathe spindle and 1045 ER adapters as tool holders. Pretty clever! -Keith

THE TOOL CHANGE - YouTube

Most - I think that's about right... you can download a free version of mach3 (limited to 500 lines) and attempt to drive the board. Does it have a power supply? I did some brief poking around on...

Regarding the motorcycle vest cooling application.. how did it turn out?

I wonder if it would work better to just leverage heat pipe technology and make it a passive solution. You've typically...

Yep... am using arctic silver at thermal junctions. I've collected some data with a thermistor RTV'd in a can of water - just need to plot it out and see what kind of time to chill I'm getting. ...

Haha, yes and that would take care of the losses due to convective heat transfer from the ambient temp air! Time to build a vacuum chamber :-)