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  1. Re: Draw line tangent from small circle to large circle

    I found this on page 27 of the vc3 User Guide.pdf which can - which I accessed from the help menu.

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    Parts

    Congrats I hope all goes well!

    I purchased limit switches from Probotix at the time, but I never installed them, I was just too lazy to figure out where to install them on the machine, and then...
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    Costs

    Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner -- I missed the cnczone mail message.

    $129 for belt drive conversion
    $577 for CNC Fusion Conversion kit
    $689 for Probotix Ready-to-run 4-Axis controller...
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    Fly Cutter/Face Mill

    I have the standard low-cost fly cutter like this one: LittleMachineShop.com - Fly Cutter Set with Tool Bits It requires you to have a bench grinder, to shape the tool bits properly. If I were to...
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    CNC Fusion kit I used.

    Kits vary quite a bit, the options on CNC Fusion are based on how much manual work you want to do. Generally kits are designed for the specific class of machine. HiTorque is an SX2 (Super X2),...
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    How I started

    I bought my Grizzly G8689 over 10 years ago, along with the small 7x12 lathe. I got started with manual machining, and I found it to be very tedious, and got bored with it. A couple of years ago,...
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    My original post and pics:

    This is my original CNCFusion installation:

    CNC Fusion :: View topic - My system pics

    My rotary table conversion:

    CNC Fusion :: View topic - Completed Rotary Table conversion

    The one...
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    MT-3 & R-8

    Yes, I agree with you mostly bobloaderbop, but when I got the R-8 based machine (G0463) and tool removal is so much easier, that I considered converting my old one to R-8.

    I found it would be too...
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    It depends...

    I have one of these,(the Grizzly version) converted to CNC, I've found that it does a great job, as long as you don't cut aggressively. So, therefore it is SLOW. My projects have outgrown the size...
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    Funny, I figured someone would find out how to...

    Funny, I figured someone would find out how to get it cheaper than I did!!!!! :eek:

    Cheers!

    -Howard
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    Deal Alert - ViaCad v8 Pre-order $69.99!!!

    I ran across this in a random search. I have version 6 of this for both Mac and Windows, and I find it very easy to use. It works great with CamBam, and probably other CAM programs that import DXF....
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