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Thanks for the lead. I have two adapters on the way now.

I have enjoyed following your progress. Your recommendation on the long shaft die grinder was great. It replaced my Porter cable router and solved not only the noise but the excessive blowing of the...

Nice to see this came back to life...

Just a note on a broken thread detector. Since the thread is usually kept under tension, have it go over a pulley. WHen tensioned, the pulley would be...

THanks for the heads up on this grinder. I purchased one this week using the 20% coupon for email subscribers. Went to the store and they had an unadvartised sale price for $29.99. Ended up with...

I did not have my camera yesterday.

Below are pictures of the unit. It appears near identical to Grizzly's 13.5 X 40 Gear Head Lathe.

THe unit fell over in a truck and the handles on the front...

I recently picked up this Lathe from Craigslist (thanks Brent).

The lathe has some damage - yes it was dropped off a truck. As the seller stated, his offering price was close to the scrap value...

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You should head to the EMC IRC channel. There should be any number of people there that can either help you outright or point you in the proper direction. Head to the LinuxCNC.org site...

There is also HeeksCAD which can import the DXF and with HeeksCNC you can generate the gcode. All doable in linux (windows version as well). I am pretty sure you can do 2.5 with HeeksCAD
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Short answer is - YES

As to stepper sizing, best thing to do is put 150# on them and figure out how much torque it takes to move the axes. Once you have that, other here could probably advise on...

I am presently considering the build of a small desktop mill using MDF as the foundation materials. THe mill will be used for cutting wood, plastic and maybe aluminum. IN the process of searching...

if you are generating cad files, save them to DXF and use DXF2Gcode. Do some googling and you should find a bunch of file converters. I have heard of several people using QCAD and a DXF to Gcode...

I installed Pycam on an older box successfully ONLY after getting help from Dan Falck on the #CAM IRC chat on Freenode.org

There are several hoops you have to jump through due to TOGL dependencies...

Just a side note,

Wireless on the Realtime Kernel (which is required to do machine control) may result in wireless issues. I was never able to get my Wireless G modem running. Most guys on IRC...

First off, especially for linux dummies like you and me, You should use the "Live CD" option available on Linuxcnc.org.

The liveCD's have either Ubuntu 6.06 OR 8.04 versions. Why use these...

You might also log into the IRC chat channel - Accessible from the Linuxcnc.org site using a Java client. Follow the "where to find help" link and look for the IRC Chat links.

There are several...

How about

http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?To_Make_The_AXIS_Screen_As_Large_As_Possible

Version 2.2.5 is pretty old and if I recall stepconf was very buggy then. You should either upgrade to 2.2.8 (instructions in the wiki) or download and install 2.3.0 (instructions also on the wiki)....

Here is a paper written by college students about a refit of a teaching lathe that was sitting at thier school.

It has a good "blueprint" for doing what you desire. You might even turn this into...

Perhaps the better question is what do you need your machine to do and will the software your comfortable with do that?

EMC requires you to learn linux (if you have no experience) and more...

I see what you are trying to do.

Your right, Gcode is not going to like two Z commands in the same line (unless a drill cycle perhaps - not familiar with em). Simply inserting two z commands as...

you might specify a work envelope slightly larger than the working area you use.

In my case, I have a 48X24X4 inch work area. In reality, I can squeeze out a bit more. to avoid some of the limit...

To start, you might want to visit this "thread" - No pun intended.

http://cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=57404

Second, there are at least two ways you could consider the stitching . I am...

As for code, I am suggesting using Gcode and standard programs such as EMC or Mach or similar programs to execute the work.

Stitches after all are simply vectors.

The question is whether along...

My company had a large walk in vault that was locked for a number of years - same deal - everyone forgot the combo - They contacted a vault installation company and that company put them in touch...

Jason,

Several individuals who are very active on IRC swear by off lease Dell boxes. Have you tried the IRC channel? I bet if one of these guys is about (Jon elson strikes me as one) they will...

Are you using Ubuntu or another Distro? I saw that there is a .deb download of sheetcam.------ Never mind - that was the easiest install from his website I experienced lately.

BMG

If you consider a tool in the collet, then the its tip should be approximately near the lowest point of the z carraige - perhaps that is why he considers no restriction?

Did you ever consider writing up a brief tutorial on obtaining castings from a local foundry?

Living within earshot of 2 foundrys and not knowing how to approach them has been a limiting factor...

The stepconf is for setting up 4 axes or less. If you want to go for the 5th axis, spend sometime with the integrator's manual, the ini and hal files. Once you begin, chime into IRC and the emclist...