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Finishing up a Mach3 Megamill 5VS mill conversion that someone else had started. It has an Edge Solutions board that I guess is the modbus board. Anybody have any info on this board? I have not been...

Settting up a Phoenix-Paxton model WL36 CNC lathe and found it has a V shaped cutting tool (mounted behind the spindle) that I have never encountered. Any idea who made it? Or where to get a...

Does it work out to be much cheaper to build than to buy? Was looking into getting a small 4 x 4 and could make it easily enough but by the time one buys good hardware and electronics by the piece,...

If you follow the auctions you will find used surface plates quite cheap. (I got a 3 x 5 for $50. Moving it was real fun though) Epoxy based is crazy expensive. Better to play with concrete.

Proper application of heat (in the right place) can warp it back.

25.4 is the magic number. Just divide mm or multiply inches. Tolerance can also be converted. No mystery or voodo. 25.4 is exact. Only problem will be if you are threading. You can always use a...

Ok gentleman (and Ladies if any)
Need to feed about 0.156" about 39 times before starting over (only about 6") No real mass to worry about.
Regular sheet metal feeders are way to expensive for a...

I got a a 2 x 4 block of granit for $100 at an auction. Nobody wants them and they are a pain to move. But they can be had reasonably cheap. Side note my block of granite came with a cmm. And...

Machine and saw what you can and file the rest. One can replace all sorts of fancy equipment with contour milling, good files ... and time.
You also have the pattern so would not be a big deal to...

So become an engineer. Does not take that long.

Too bad the Neanderthals aren't around to hear it.

Rough cut it close then just contour mill it. Not the fastest way but you only need an endmill.
Richard

We are doing free form shapes and trying various iterations and letting people handle them. Just about impossible to program by hand. Intergration with the design software is just common, lean sense....

[quote=jhudler;430027]I can't bring myself to punch a hole in a granite surface plate. Perhaps that's why it's not done more often.

There are cheap diamond hole saws on ebay which will get your...

So did you go back to that report and see where you went wrong? That is where the science is.
Unlike both politics and religion who like to screw with it, if you do not like the current...

Hmm. Seems to me your cutting forces should be deciding factor. Maximum end mill size and driving hp. A 1/4" em clogged with aluminum can add a few newtons.

Hate to state the obvious- ebay. Plenty of cutoffs from various materials.

There is still no excuse for that level of problems. All that was required to prevent one from having a 1/4 of a year wait was to run the machine before it left. Good thing no one was in a hurry to...

Just bought a used 6" x3 x 4 foot granite surface plate ($50) and could of had 3 more. The second hand market for surface plates is apparently not so good. (Who wants to move 1500 lbs of stone.) I...

You have equation which means for every x you have a y. All you need is a tight metal working lathe and just dial it in. Move out y then move in x. Add step to y and repeat with new x and y. The...