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    Re: DEAD FORUM OR TORMACH

    I still read the mail regularly and comment occasionally, but the new owner/operator is a pain. Adblock seems to work fine. As with others, I just won't deal with RedTwitFace; costs are too high....
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    Re: TTS R8 collet runout

    Many (many!) years ago, Tormach noted that their TTS collet was just a standard R8, ground flat on the face. If the LMS & Tormach collets are out of spec -and the numbers you post are definitely out-...
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    Re: trico MD-1200 MICRO-DROP help

    I use KM78 for most everything requiring water as a coolant. That is, in my saws, in a spray bottle, on the lathe, in the fogbuster when I use that (rarely these days). I don't use it in the Trico....
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    Re: trico MD-1200 MICRO-DROP help

    Had a Trico 1200 for years. Do exactly the same thing. Max air, minimum coolant, always use both lines. Clean-up amounts to wiping parts with a rag and vacuum chips.
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    Re: Canada - Studica or Tormach ? CSA ?

    Here's a link to a perhaps helpful discussion:
    https://forums.redflagdeals.com/electrical-non-csa-approved-equipment-ontario-828339/

    The discussion is interesting. One comment noted that Ontario...
  6. Re: Purchased New Tormach 1100m. Date of Manufacture 2018??? Should I be concerned

    Bought NEW, FROM Tormach directly? Date of manufacture seems really odd for that. Tormach simply isn't a big enough company to make batches of machines and then hold in inventory for years.
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    Re: tormach 1100 3 series stepper motor

    Same driver. May have to change the current limit switches (I didn't check mine). Also, the Z is physically bigger- but it's just longer by a couple inches or so, otherwise same mount, Unless...
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    Re: tormach 1100 3 series stepper motor

    3 phase steppers. X & Y are (or were in the bipolar steppers) rated at 640 oz-in, Z was twice that. Presumably the spec on the 3 phase is similar or slightly bigger.
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    Re: Made in China ETS - Need Wiring Help

    How about a little detective work? Something is obviously already kinda-sorta working. The mfr seems to be giving you a couple alternate pinouts. Run the changes. Put 5v on and ground common. See...
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    Re: Selling a machine

    I agree with Dozer56. I've had a Tormach for a while, but watch the used market. 80% of current new (assuming a meticulously maintained machine with light non-production use) is a pretty good opening...
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    Re: Hand Pendant code .

    And every time I look at the site they are 'sold out'. Have been for years. No indication of how to get on a wait list. No obvious way to contact except to subscribe to a newsletter. Site seems to be...
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    Re: electrically actuated drawbar

    Scott Mulkerin (SDM Machine) developed a hydraulic cam actuated drawbor for his 1100 in late 2011. I motorized it with a linear actuator and published the design in Digital Machinist, mid 2012. There...
  13. Re: 1100 mill (Changing the arrow keys to move the table?)

    According to Mechanical Keyboards, the following can be fully reprogrammed:

    "You may fully write and reprogram the following models of the KBParadise V60 Type R keyboards:"...
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    Re: PCNC1100 considering a 5" vise

    Amen! On all counts!
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    Re: PCNC1100 considering a 5" vise

    A lot of us use 6" CNC style vises on the 1100. I'd guess, based on a decade of comments, that the 6" is vastly more popular than the 5" -opinion, but there it is. A 6" vise can hold up to about...
  16. Fusion 360 Reduces Functionality for hobby users

    As predicted.

    Autodesk is killing a variety of features for the free/home user. The most annoying to me is the inability to export to common interchange formats (eg, DXF), but other useful...
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    Re: x-axis motor bad

    I get in trouble all the time by having a favorite culprit; it is very, very hard to actually do a clean divide the problem in half and check each half in a truly objective way. Had a colleague who...
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    Re: Low profile work holding

    Superglue/tape: TRY IT!!!

    I use it all the time- as long as you've got enough surface area, it's great. I've gone as small as 3-4 sq inches on quarter inch parts- which works if you don't take...
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    Re: Torque for ER20 and ER32 collets

    Step is right on all counts in my experience. Never had a tool pull out of an ER collet with just hand tight on the wrenches. Have had an occasional near miss (hey, why is that cut getting deeper!!)...
  20. Re: Tormach 1100 PCNC limit Switch issue experienced.

    There was a reco many years ago to caulk the chromed guard at the front of the table. Did that myself, have never had a problem with coolant on that switch. I keep a spare switch on hand, too....
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    Re: Homebrew 4th axis build underway

    Before you get too far into that, look up the Roger Caffin thread here at CNCzone.com/forums/linera-and-rotary-motion/261174-cnc-engineering.html

    And other threads, same forum.

    The first few...
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    PP 2.5.1 will no longer post .txt files

    Implied in the release notes, confirmed with Tormach. Txt files will only open into the editor. If you use .txt files for your g-code, the only option is to rename as *.nc
  23. Re: PCNC1100 with BT30 Spindle and Power Drawbar

    If your spindle is noisy, why not just replace the bearings?

    New cartridge, about 600; new bearings, 200. More or less, and my recollection of prices may be out of date.

    A number of us have...
  24. Thread: DIY Stand

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    Re: DIY Stand

    Yes, that's been done. If you go back through the old posts, you'll discover that there have been a number if diy stand builds. The consensus is generally that doing a good one takes significant...
  25. Thread: Simulation

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    Re: Simulation

    Quoting Tormach, 10 years ago: Always run your code in foam first.

    I use the cheap pink stuff. It's amazingly dimensionally stable, normally a dead match to a metal part even on thin/close...
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    Re: Troubleshooting

    Hadn't found those. THANKS!
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    Re: G-code editor

    Any text editor. Gedit, etc. Just not Word or equivalent, which hides all kinds of invisible stuff in the document as well (sometimes, in some cases, saving as plain text files works).

    The one...
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    Re: PCNC 1100 Info

    Absolutely agree. If the OP will do both the VFD and steppers (which includes a new controller board for the machine cabinet plus the 3 steppers) he'll have a series III machine in all but name. At...
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    Re: PCNC1100 controller is down, help please

    Troubleshoot by divide and conquer.

    Mike's comment about reseating all connectors/cards is always the first place to start. Vibration happens. If that fails, try this:

    Sounds as if you have...
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    Re: spindle start issue on pnc 1100

    Me, too. Persistent Mach3 error. Lasted across multiple re-installs, different controllers, even new machine control board. Always recovered by a hard restart, sometimes two or three. Then go for a...
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