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Hello all,
I have a converted engraver thats running on steppers, driven by Mach3. I had got all the motors tuned and they were running smoothly, real nice pace and hitting the mark to within...

Hey guys,
Don't know about the engraving part but if the end product is to be anodisied then the less additives in the alloy the better. These can cause issues during the anodising and cause an...

hello Colin300,
If your looking to do this on the cheap then you could look at www.oatleyelectronics.com they have a few CNC kit packages under $30 each. From the breakout, stepper driver, and...

The way we clean parts before anodising is in a tank of caustic soda, make it pretty strong and if you heat it it works faster. Now the aluminum won't last long in the caustic but it will remove all...

Hello Bear,
I picked up a manual on Amazon, came with a media disk so you can read along or be lead through step by step by the writer. Not bad and starts right at the beginning, they have a yearly...

Just wondering if it is major no-no to wire two steppers in parallel?
Say i had two identical steppers on the x axis moving the gantry, one on each matching ball-screws. Am i just inviting a whole...

Hello All
I'm new to CNC but have work around wood and metal for most of my life. I'm a designer/maker based in Canberra, and do the regular border run to work in a factory in Queanbeyan. So been...