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Hey txin... That's what I thought to.. Mucked around with clearance and it helped but I still have the issue with the heading shooting off when it finishes to some unknown location... Ncstudio or...

Hi Martin.yep fair call. Like putting Porsche wheels on a kombi:)

Having said that it looks like the rf45-50 is a much better machine. Can be picked up new and the brackets fit to the same place...

Well done ROTEC. Just saw this on YouTube and it bought me back here. What motors would you recommend in hindsight..?

The reason I ask is I'm doing the exact same conversion at the moment so any...

Speaking of motors.. Why stepper instead of servo's on your build?


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I answer this is a really busy forum lol. Still if anyone is interested in observing/participating in the upgrading of my mill hit me up. Got ball screws and am waiting on servos. Having my cnc...

Struggling with a couple of things as a beginner. Been making parts for a while but I've managed to circumnavigate but it's time to sort it out lol.

When I start every milling process the z axis...

I got a nice mill at a great price recently and am looking at converting it to CNC. Hafco unit. Has anyone seen threads with a bit of detail along these lines?


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Hi people. I'm a 2 year beginner in CNC. Using solidworks and solidcam. I make plenty of parts on my 900 x 600 router and am now looking at converting a large floor standing manual mill to cnc. I am...

I'm still in the intermediate stage with my 900 x 600 router. Having a lot of fun and turning out some parts that really help my workshop.

I have just found a floor standing manual mill that I can...

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The lettering in this part I need to engrave. The part is 1.6mm plate aluminium. I've never engraved before and ideally I would like not just the outline of the lettering but the entire...

To be honest I gave up on 5.5.6. The English version of 5.5.4 isn't perfect either but one thing it does at least drill correctly in sequence.


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Yes I tried creating a boundary but it didn't help. I think it's something to do with the 'geometry ' settings in Solidcam but I still haven't worked out how to manipulate it. Your second idea is a...

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I'm reasonably new to CNC. Have had no issues with setting up operations etc until now. Here's a picture showing simply the stock and in blue the surface I want to mill. When I do a 3d milling...

I'm in Brisbane, Australia and have a sound knowledge of CNC with my own Router Lathe etc. Always able to learn more and also for anyone new to the industry happy to show what I know. Making small to...

Cool I was doing one of the suggestions already. Ido like the idea of Solidcam 2012 though lol


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That does look good but haven't upgraded to mach3 yet..:(


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Hi. I have a 900 x 600 tabletop router. It's doing a really impressive job from my point of view (beginner) on simple designs.

Now I have got to the stage of needing to put in additional end...

While changing my operation from contour to hatch I missed changing the depth setting. As a result I found out that in fact my little machine will do 5mm depth cuts with .65 overlap.

Feedrate and...

I have a 909 x 600 tabletop router. It has a fairly decent spindle on it (water cooled)

Now here's the bit where I open myself up to ridicule and damnation. This is only the second part I've...

Noob question. What is the difference between contour and the hatch method? What I mean is, is one better on the end mill?

I'd think that contour results in a better finish and hatching would be...

Definately interet here


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Problem sorted. Operation sequence changed around and the first operation is using the 6mm end mill as a drill. It's going in at 33 mm per minute. Is that too fast for a 6mm end mill at 1000rpm into...

I am doing a fairly simple part that requires milling around the edge and then some holes inside.

The end mill I'm using is 6mm and the holes I want are 6mm. I've already guessed that Solidcam...

Finished my first full day of cnc'ing and I've made my first thing. It's a very basic cam style clamp to hold down my stock. Very happy but now need to make three more lol. Oh and three end mills...

Looks great. Well done


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Had a long hiatus but finally back into it. Before I got too cocky thought I'd try some 3mm alloy plate. Did contour cuts and then plunges and have made my first lot of brackets. I did break 2 bits...

For anyone else in the same boat when I measured it it was exactly double. Did this by marking a point and doing 10mm movements. Turned out it was a setting in nc studio that was incorrect.
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I'm cutting small shapes (roughly 50 x50mm) out of 3mm aluminium. Not much restriction on tool size other than it is making 8mm wide plunges. I have some 6mm end mills with 3 flutes I was going to...