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    Re: water pan builds / my pan build

    so on to my Bladder, I do not have much height under my table as you will see, so I have some 36x60 aluminum sheet I had bought for a fuel tank project
    I plan on building the bladder ank for under...
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    water pan builds / my pan build

    I see a couple pretty nice water table Pan builds using bladders to fill/drain, I'm about to do the same, I bought 5'x10' sheet steel and some 6"x 20' steel, along with 1/8" by 2" angle.
    Im going...
  3. Servo motor, affordable Drive gear reduction units?.... (converting table over)

    Hello I have a Rack and pinion table, it is driven off one side, (single motor) with a timing belt and a cross shaft on the gantry

    im finally getting the table back up and running again with the...
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    Re: looking to upgrade steppers & drivers.

    did you figure out why you lost resolution? and do you recall the user on ebay for the gear boxes? I got my new controller and am looking to go gear box 10:1 with my dual gantry drive servo's on my...
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    Re: looking to upgrade steppers & drivers.

    I don't see how you can deal with flashcut, I tried getting some basic information from them since fabtech with not much luck, email and calling I never got a salesmen to call me back about either...
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    go home wont lift z 1st MAch3 / plasma table

    when I sued to push the go home button in mach, it would lift Z then move X or y, now drags the torch on the metal isntead of lifting it off before moving either x or y - it only happens if I use the...
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    I do have a knee mill, BP Close, a 2 HP Alliant...

    I do have a knee mill, BP Close, a 2 HP Alliant 1 1/2tmv With a 2 axis DRO and x axis power feed on it so far,


    thanks Andrew, I'll keep my eye out for one of the ones you mention, have any...
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    I didn't even think about a VFD for that purpose,...

    I didn't even think about a VFD for that purpose, good suggestion.

    I haven;t had much time to look for around to see if there are any kits to do this, will be looking around some more tonight and...
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    am I the only one that does not see the pics?

    am I the only one that does not see the pics?
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    series I BP J head to cnc conversion

    I might be able to get a pretty good price on a pretty clean 1 hp BP, it is not variable speed but for all intents of converting this over to a cnc table for the parts I have in mind, I think I can...
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    I know this thread is a bit old, but I have a few...

    I know this thread is a bit old, but I have a few questions if you do not mind

    seeing how I have to learn this all from scratch, on my own, I can not go take a class on it at a tech school,
    ...
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    Thank you

    Thank you
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    thanks, I found a 7518 and 19 locally, 380 bucks,...

    thanks, I found a 7518 and 19 locally, 380 bucks, but it sure looks like a pretty well built unit,

    I'm going to do some diggging and see if I can find abetter deal on one, I did look at smaller...
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    Thanks I just realized digging around out there I...

    Thanks I just realized digging around out there I do have V-Carve Pro as well, not sure how that works though yet, I loaded the pdf overview of it, and will look at them as well as inkscape today...
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    corel sheetcam mach3

    hate to pop in right it the middle of a thread

    but I have a need to be able to import a drawing to use for mach III, it willl be basically cutting out holes and shapes to different depths in a...
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    router diamaet quesiton

    Hello, I'm looking for a router that will fit my mounting bracket, it has a 4 13/64" diameter hole in, that could compress slightly or possibly expands slightly, it is steel so it isn't going much
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    did it, learning, slowly but learning

    did it, learning, slowly but learning
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    I did, I'm not quite understanding it all, and he...

    I did, I'm not quite understanding it all, and he is a pretty busy guy and has put some time in trying to help me out, I did not buy it new either.

    I was hoping someone here might have the same...
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    CandCNC plaspakIII dthc ubobII pins/port help

    I am having a heck of a time setting up this system
    does anyone have screen shots of their pins/ports input settings for my setup, I have looked in the install guide and it only give some of them...
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    CandCNC plaspakIII Mach3

    is there anyone here that has a CandCNC plaspakII using machIII that could help someone that is extremely novice with the setup

    I am having difficulty even identifying the proper manuals to the...
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    thank you, I did buy it, it came with everything...

    thank you, I did buy it, it came with everything listed and it actually has the updated parts not listed, the powermax 1000 with the machine torch looks like it came out of the box new, he had over...
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    can I ask a real newb question? why do you...

    can I ask a real newb question?

    why do you have to pressurize the water tank? is the water circulating from the tank to the table?

    I'm looking into buying a cnc plasma table it is used and I...
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    looking at a used cnc plasma router table

    I am looking at buying this used machine and need some adive, I know nothing about this machine or any cnc plasma table at all

    may I please get some advice on buying this used with the work it...
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    looking for small startup plasma cnc

    Hi, I have no experience with cnc at all, I own a hypertherm powermax 600

    I would like to get a small cnc plasma machine, on a real tight budget, something only I will be using so great care will...
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    thanks! so I guess I can use this for light small...

    thanks! so I guess I can use this for light small steel safely, but still need to get a different machine to do the aluminum, can you recommend a brand machine to look for that might be reasonable?
    ...
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    blades rpm's

    best I could make out on that blade it looked to have a max rpm of 1800 rpm, my saw runs 3200 rpm, any blades that can handle that rpm?
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    mtire saw for cutting metal - what blades

    Hi, I'm new around here, in fact my first post,

    I did a search on the topic but only found a light comparison, so I'm going to ask a bit more, or could someone point me in the right direction...
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