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Thanks for the responses, it took a while for me to get back because my laptop died and I still haven't gotten the replacement up so I have to do e-mails at work.
Rich

Hi All, Does anyone know where I can find the toolholders used on a Boss 9 cnc?
I have bought quick change, IMTB 30 from catalogs, ebay, and used dealers.
I have been watching e-bay, auction sites,...

Sorry that it took so long to answer you. I have not done much over the winter-my garage is not heated and didn't want to take a chance on damaging something on the Boss in the -10 degree Minnesota...

Thanks, sorry it took so long to get back to you
Rich

Does anyone know if it is possible to use a new monitor with a BOSS 9. I can barely read the the one on mine, and I have been told that it is better than most. I looked at the connections hoping that...

The price is about average, the dro would run $700+ by itself, so yes, it is reasonable.
Rich

Thanks for the advice. I think that I will buy the thing, I hope I am not biting of more than I want to chew
Rich

thanks, I want to do 3d profiling for model engine building.
I have solid edge for drawing and would like to be able to CAM it and DNC. I will check out BOBCAD when I get the machine.
Rich

Hi all
I have an opportunity to pick up a series II at a decent price and need info.
(1) How is DNC done on it? there are 2 look like 9 pin DIN connectors on the back, no floppy. Can one be...

you can get reverse spiral end mills that work well if there is a similarly profiled support under the sheet. they work by pushing the sheet down, instead of lifting it, MSC has them, I think. Where...

That is an even better possibility, wish I'd thought of it.
Rich

check to make sure that your cutter comp is set the way the controller expects it. You can have comp left, right, or center, and many cam programs can do any of them. When comp is generated you will...

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I bought a Supertech mill(Taig) microstepper with the Gecko drives, and I want to run it on Mach3. I put a DOS directory on my computer to run the software that came with the machine but the G...

Off the Sci-fi genre, try Trustee from the toolroom by Neville Shute Norway, if you can find it. It is from the fifties. Or The Long Ships by Franz G Bengsston, a great adventure about the Vikings,...

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I wonder about the obvious question. American business is outsourcing every $10k-$150k job they can, but I notice that no one is thinking about outsourcing the $500k and up jobs. I imagine that...

Another one
My brother works in a big welding shop, 100000 sq ft, or so. In the shops floor are all sorts of electrical conduits with the wires removed, that are cut off flush with the floor, from...

Stuff-builder
Glad your machine works. I was going to recommend light oil-cooltool works well on aluminum. You may not want to climb mill after your machine wears in a little, it causes broken tools...

I have a couple tales.
I worked in a small shop in Californie once. My foreman liked to sit in his office reading computer magazines. He had an outside line for his phone. We had a remote cordless...

This won't be much help. I learned programming on a Bandit in San Mateo California in the early eighties. The mechanic thet worked on the three in the shop told me that the one was the first Bandit...

My nickels worth. That machine does not look any lighter than a lot of the benchtop round column mills. I think that it would probably work as well as a retrofitted enco, or chinese made mill.

Backlash comp is basically the slop in the lead screw. When the machine reverses travel it adds the amount programmed into the comp. The problem arises because the screws wear differently at...