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The above request is WITHDRAWN... the quotes received to date have greatly exceeded the allocated budget.

Looking for a quote for fifty (50) small backing plates...

18 GA (.048") 304 stainless steel with three drilled and tapped holes for 2-56 machine screws...

I can supply DXF or EPS file...

I powered up the machine this morning and it appears that all my futzing around yesterday while everything had warmed sufficiently to go into FAULT mode has caused the Z stepper issue into a constant...

I have experienced mystery Z axis glitches on my last three jobs which have ruined the projects, broken bits and hard crashed the axis. I'm posting this with the chance that SOMEONE may have had a...

Hi Rick...

Sorry I haven't responded sooner... but FandZ has filled in quite nicely!

I do the same procedures as as FandZ for work setup and homing. I also do not use homing switches. I...

Looks terrific Rick...

My removable skirted base slip fits inside the fixed upper whereas yours slip fits over the fixed portion.

At some point I WILL get to machining it out of a more proper...

Yeah... you don't want too many... that kinda defeats the purpose of having a removable bottom. The rare earths I purchased are STRONG little suckers... so I went with only two sets... placed...

Hey Rick...

It looks like you successfully worked around that lower bracket issue...! By Jove... I believe you have yourself a really nice vacuum tunnel dust shoe!

At some point I'll actually...

I came late to the party... and apparently missed the happy times that all enjoyed when the Photobucket photo links actually worked...! Is there any archived photo documentation that an interested...

I've no experience with the musclechuck... or ANY quick change chucks for that matter. I accept having to double wrench with ALL my tooling changes. I use the Precise Bits precision nuts and...

This is one of those things where it can become subjective to the particular operator/job... BUT .005" is about 500% more than what I'd be accepting of or call a maximum in my spindle. AND that's...

So it is going to be a shop vac setup. AND the Dust Deputy is comparable to my shop built Home Depot $10 duct cyclone... DIY Cyclone Dust Collector - by SimonSKL @ LumberJocks.com ~ woodworking...

Boy it sure do look purty in there!!!

I'm wondering about dust extraction... do you have a centralized system with individual machine hookup? I can't imagine the shopvac/cyclone setup I have in...

Scott... I have files of my build BUT they are NOT what you would call plans. They are more like guidelines. What happened in my build is that I'd draw up my proposed machine in CAD... then I'd...

Let me look back through my files and see if I can locate it. I use ASPIRE... can you actually use Aspire files or do you need DXF or EPS...???

There are zerk fittings on my Z trucks but none on the X or Y trucks. I've just been spraying a Dupont Dry Wax product on my rails on occasion. I'm into this over 2 years now and I believe with the...

I used blue Locktite on select hardware... not on everything. The linear rails, ABL nut plates, and my ballscrew Z axis mount blocks got the blue stuff. None of the 8020 got Locktite'd.

I...

I had to wire my CNC work base with two switchable 120 V outlets. One for the 5V wall wart and the second for the cyclone vac. With those in place I powered up the Super PID 2 and with mains hooked...

Had a successful first power up. Got the proper init displays and did the barograph check of the infrared photo optic and painted armature. Things checked out with great white and black limits.
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I had so much invested in my project box as far as labor goes... I didn't want to begin over... so I'll just create a separate sheild/cover/guard for the heat sink. I finally found enough fiddle...

If you are attempting to machine a hole completely through the square material it would be a PROFILE operation where you would set you cut depth to slightly greater than the thickness of the...

Mine just happened to be out of the machine for a bearing replacement and it mic's out at 83mm for the body cylinder diameter...

Louie,

Now that you mention it I do recall that it's in the live MAINS portion of the board...! Well... that's going to be a problem I'll need to cogitate upon...! Thanks for the reminder...!

Today I began to modify the Radio Shack project box to house the Super PID2 board. I got the smaller 6X4 box and it's going to to be a rather tight fit... so much so that I need to slot the project...

Well... rural living has advantages AND disadvantages...

I got the extention cord 16ga, the project box, & switches but no cable glands. So internet to the rescue... Amazon.com had PG-11 cable...

The bearing issue wasn't even considered BUT I too will be monitoring that. The fact that the Hitachi uses a sheilded bearing VS a sealed must be their reliance on the cooling air exhaust directed...

Well... the procrastination is over... I finally sat down and really went over the Super PID2 documents and began modifying one of my Hitachi M12VC routers for PID service. The short KRONOS Robotics...

Rick...

Now I understand your clearance issues with the lower router mount...! It appears you've landed on a nice workaround design... it just may require a bit of tailoring to arrive at an...

What's really funny is I'm STILL using my MDF mock-up dust shoe...!!! Had every intention of remaking it in HDMW plastic but it performed so well I just never got around to doing that.

For...

Rick...

A solution MIGHT be to go with something like the quick-change MUSCLECHUCK. Quick Change Router Chuck - Dewalt - Porter Cable - Festool - Hitachi - Bosch - Makita - Trend - Feud - Fein -...