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Hi guys,
I am about to start a new machine build and want to fit proximity sensors rather than the old click style switches. I want to use Normally closed as they are safer with regards to wiring...

Hi guys,
I am about to start a new machine build and want to fit proximity sensors rather than the old click style switches. I want to use Normally closed as they are safer with regards to wiring...

Plcamp: Sorry when i said to square the steel section. I meant for the full length of it. Not the ends

Pippins: that quote was for 2 sides, although one guy said that all 4 would need to be done...

Hi Guys,

I plan to use 5" x 4" RHS (rectangular hollow section) mild steel with a wall thickness of 1/4". on my next router frame. O/A length is 6'

I have obtained several quotes to have it...

Only reason I can think of is if I may want to do some light milling on very rare occasions.

Hi guys, Can any one give me a link to a cheap Variable Speed Drive that will adjust the rpm of a 1KW single phase 240V, 50 htz AC motor. Is this the absolute easiest way to control rpm's of a single...

Hi guys,

I have a question on spindle choice for a cnc Drilling machine. Will be used to drill holes of 10-12mm dia in mild steel plate up to 20mm thick

Machine design is to use a piece of...

Hi Guys, thanks in advance for all replies.

I have a new Milling Machine build I have started. Design is finished, just need to finalise what size ball screw I will use on the "Y" Axis. (I always...

Hi guys, After a lot of help from guys on here I have managed to get a small gantry style milling machine running for over a year now. I am glad to say it cuts alluminium superbly and operates...

KATRAN.... Iwant to marry you LOL:boxing:

Thanks for the replies guys, The design is for a 4'x3' Gantry style router. Was intending to use a 570 Oz in motor for the X axis , but was worried that might be marginal, hence the second motor...

Hi, glad to see you are working your way through this design. May I ask what software you are using for your drawings as they are very nice indeed. I am about to start with 3D software for the first...

Hi Guys, I am building my second CNC machine. My first was a small format gantry mill which works superbly with a G540 running under Mach3.
I now wish to build a large format router. The Y axis will...

Hi Fred, thanks for your reply , yeah maybe its time to shoot over to Build log forum. .. Nothing much happeningb here.

Those pics are from the x/y axis system that light objects offers for sale....

Hi guys, have just finishrd my CNC milling/Router machine.
Has been working perfectly (Well Almost) for quite a fewe months now.


Now I would like to tackle a laser. I have the basic design...

Hi guys, just had a chance to try some of these at last. These are some pretty mean cutters.I used a 4mm single flute to cut 6mm 6061. Cut through at 2mm passes like a hot knife through butter. 14K...

CLEVER... CLEVER.. I knew you guys would have figurded a way around it, thanks heaps..:cheers:

Hi guys, just received my new Optimum BF30. I have a couple of questions for any one that owns this specific model.

I have stripped it down and cleaned all the grease off it and oiled the ways and...

Hi Guys, I have a 12.5mm (1/2") piece of rough sawn plate I wish to trim to size around the perimeter before continuing on with other operations on it. The cut is app 2mm wide by full depth. I would...

Thanks, I thought it was going to be something like that. I have also found in the past if you do a standard cut with a 2 flute, then do another pass with a 4 flute using the exact same file, but...

Hi Guys, this is my first post in this forum.I have watched the 2D Cut tutorials and have been playing with the download now all afternoon. Let me say what a brilliant piece of software. :D

I...

Thanks for the reply Gully.

Here is the side elevation of the machine. Lower rails (Y Axis?) are 20mm NSK Guide rail mounted to 40x80 T-Slot extrusion.

X Axis (Across??) are 15mm NSK guide...

Hi guys, my name is Warren. I have just started to purchase items re building a benchtop router/mill. I have all my electronics and have been slaving over Mach 3 learning the basics.

I mostly...