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Very helpful post, thanks.

Nice! those look like they took forever, did you drill those angled holes one at a time?

beautiful work on the model!

nice model!:wee:

Im a big fan of alibre...

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Ditto. I feel on my x3 speeds are more limited to the tolerances of the machine then my nema 23 and 34 stepper motors. If your going to have the expense of servo's, i would recommend getting a...

cheers mate!

they sure are keeping me busy though :boxing: but it will be worth it in the end.

Do you know the dimensions for the mounting holes on the sx3 motor? it would be nice if it just...

hey!

My cnc x3 has a vfd and 3 phase motor which is having some weird electrical problems. Unfortunately, i now live in british columbia, and my mill is in los angeles. I am going to have 3...

sliick!

Cheers machinetek!

We found a interact 2 parameter sheet in the shop. We changed the AA batteries in the front of the tnc 151 (with the power off, as the parameters were already lost). Its now in...

Hello!

I recently have become active in a FSAE group at my university (build a small race car). The team acquired a Bridgeport Series 2 interact 2 with a heiden hain tnc 151 controller. The...

Hang in there pete, a positive attitude can do amazing things. Be thankful for everything you currently have and all the great experiences you have been blessed with in your entire life. Time will...

Life comes first, this is just a hobby. Sorry to hear- seems to be real common lately...

i ran my x3 at 4k rpm for about a year and cooked the bearings. It was NOT worth the massive headache imo

good call- seemed like with a moving table instead of a moving z/y assembly it wouldn't be much more $ or work to go with your new design and you gain a lot of rigidity

Hey pete!

I know your a busy dude but my mill is down and im heading off to college. I was wondering if you would be interested in running some parts for me- out of 1/4" alu and some other parts...

hey beefy!

look what i came across
http://www.lista.it/alibre/showcase.html
Click on any of the models to download them.

EXTREMELY complicated models you can download and see them step by step

whaat! that is seriously slick!

Well still no love.

I have tried every receptacle in my garage with no different results.

I have the VFD set to show amps, i can turn on the motor until the vfd shows about 1.8 amps. Then it...

Thanks for the great suggestions guys. Today by accident i noticed that there is resistance, so a short, between the terminals. i thought it was in my wiring but nope. i made a video to show you guys...

Little bit of a nightmare here:

1) spindle broke-
several months later, spindle fixed.

2) weird computer errors were ruining a lot of good parts-
still configuring mach on the temporary...

exactly

really coming along nicely!

care to share your ideas about the refrigeration compressors? they arn't pumps, they are small engines so they won't move liquid. but you could pretty easily build a chiller that cools the coolant :)

if you buy it used and take care of it, you can tap all your holes and re-sell it for about what you paid for it.

hello!

My computer is dying and i think a lot of problems im having are caused by it. I replaced it with a not-new dell, but was wondering whats the best way to save all my settings in mach 3 on...

you should be able to create cnc profiles/contours with the geometry in the cam module not cad, it would save time when importing .dxf et cetera

hello! back again.

What would be the easiest way to cut tabs into a part like these, picture is petefromtn's on his rf45
...

Whats the best way to send you guys a STL file?

hey 3d accuracy Do you want me to send you an alibre file for you to test?

It can be a headache when customers try to nickel and dime, it usually costs them more in the end. oh well.

cheers