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This is just my opinion, but with todays market I would only look at doing your own conversion if taking on a project is something that you really enjoy. So the real question is do you want to start...

Is the torque applied consistent? When I setup a butteryfly impact gun, I dialed in the valve on the gun to set the torque to around 25ft lbs. I used a torque wrench on the drawbar to verify the...

Maybe I am looking at it wrong, but I do not even see room for a stack of bellville washers with that setup.

Here is a short video clip showing how my setup works. This was from my initial testing to get it working the way I wanted. Initially the main valve I had was to small, and restricted the air flow. I...

I will be surface mounting the valves, only putting in the power supply, relay, and terminal blocks in the enclosure.

I've been hung up on where to mount the electronics for the draw bar, I do not have enough space left in the main enclosure, so I need to mount a smaller enclosure some where else.

I didn't want...

There are pros and cons to both.

I use Fusion360 at home, and recently switched to HSMworks at work.

Fusion360/HSMworks is better at 3D toolpaths, and has a better tool library management in my...

Polycarbonate (lexan) is the only material I would consider for a machine.

I don't think there are many bobcad lathe users. Also not very many v5/6 users, most buy the standalone package.

I do not have any lathe experience, just 4 axis milling.

I too would probably keep the hydraulic line out of the cable chain. I would be worried about it possibly damaging the other lines due to its stiffness. And I wouldn't be to thrilled about having to...

A google search for MT3 TTS brought this up as the first result..... Google is your friend.

https://www.tormach.com/store/index.php?app=ecom&ns=prodshow&ref=30251

Fusion now lets you store everything locally, you do not need to rely on the cloud at all anymore. You just need to change some settings to download everything.

I personally still use the cloud,...

Dave, have you considered just making the spindle adapters and pulley sets, and selling those as a more DIY kit? Might be easier to keep up and stock just those parts? The pulleys are what kept me...

Pretty sure they are the same spline. And ArizonaVideo made those sleeves for his belt drive kits. His splines are also very loose, he said they work better that way. But the loose splines clank...

I am guessing that V30 will be a ways out, as they just finally launched v6 for solidworks today. They were hoping it would have been released back in December.

Or you could just add the tap to the thread chart in bobcad.... You just need to know what the thread pitch of the tap is.

He said his plan is to get it running, so it can machine its own replacement parts. Hard to CNC brackets without a CNC machine. And to manually machine them requires more tooling than if you were to...

The few key dimensions I worked around was to make sure the opening was slightly lower then my table. And that the width of the door would allow me to run a piece out the sides, as deep as my table...

I would recommend side doors. You might not have a need for them 99% of the time, but for those odd jobs that you want to tackle you will be glad you put them in. I had a friend ask me the other...

TTS Tool holders are not terribly expensive, and work well. You assign each tool holder a number, just as you would in a ATC. And you store each tools offset values into a tool table in your...

Try this calculator

Micro 100 Speed and Feed Calculator


I entered .180 cutter diameter 4 flute, put in a max rpm of 5000. You want the cutter diameter to calculate your feed rate, not the...

Bullnose endmills are also called corner radius endmills.

One thing I would recommend is either us a 2 or 4 flute. 3 flutes only have a single flute that is center cutting, which seems to be more prone to breaking in my experience.

Bellville washer cup is done, going to work on the lift plate and air cylinder brackets next.
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Had a productive 3 day weekend, finally at a point where I can step away from working on the mill, and start making parts for awhile. I spent most of Saturday just cleaning the garage. I also cut the...

I've been mocking up the front sliding doors recently, using 16" bearing drawer slides on the top, and will be adding plastic guides along the bottom. Got the idea for the doors in this video...

One of the things that swayed me towards buying a Chinese machine was parts availability long term. They have not changed the design of these machines much over the years, and they are fairly simple...

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I ended up making mine with a pan on either side, rather than 1 single pan. It was easier to build in some ways, but I mainly wanted to have a way to service the y axis ball screw assembly...

Nice looking gifts, I should do something like that next year.

Having just chip pans helped a lot with my mill, at least with the two parts I have machined with them in place. I am excited to see...

Opps, I forgot to move them into my shared folder... And I cannot seem to edit my post, so I will just repost the photos.
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