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Mariss,

In case you don't remember or I never told you, I am retired. I'll have to get a job to upgrade to your pending marvelous G540-like GX system. :D

The things you are making us...

Hi rkovvur,

Although I am fairly new to CNC, I built my Z-axis assembly using 1/2 inch aluminum 6061. To cut it, I used my radial arm saw with carbide tipped plywood (48 teeth, or more per inch)...

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Another method we have come up with is the same as above, but around the perimeter of the work piece, held in by about .250", we run some weather-stripping. It's soft...

Hi Tom,

Disclaimer first - I am in no way affiliated with the below named business. Nor do I have stock in the business.

Have you tried Tiger Direct @ tigerdirect.com ???

I use them every...

Thanks,

You will certainly hear from me. I had thought it was all a lost cause and I needed to find another way of fitting 1/8 inch tools.

Thanks again,

Al

Thanks Pat,

I gave up looking for reducer collets and decided to try the method above if I could find something that will work. I seem to be, finally, heading in the right direction.

Thanks...

Hi All,

It's an old thread, but I decided to use it instead of rehashing everything.

The purpose of this is: I want to use 1/8 inch shank v-bits,etc. on my Hitachi 2-1/4 HP M12VC Variable...

From MetalBlade: ....... Who the hell are you anyway? Do you work for the Gecko company?......
Mariss is Gecko !!!!!!! He is the guy who designs and builds ALL of the Gecko drivers. He is also...

wannabeee70,

I appreciate you mentioning me. Although my comment was more tongue-in-cheek, so be it. Please explain to me why I should not buy from someone if they gave me information to make...

wannabeee70,

I am only addressing a small portion of your message because of limited knowledge and experience on my part.

I have only owned G-251's. NON of the other drives for steppers. They...

Hi All,

Just want to get my 2 cents in before this thing shuts down.

The following has been suggested every few years and, to the best of my knowledge, never acted upon. At least not in a...

Hi Al,

Got it working. Actually, it was working. It's just V-E-R-Y quiet. Also, because of the lighting, I couldn't see it spinning. I lit it up with a flash light and lo-and-behold, it was...

Thanks Al,

I took the Green wire (Pin 14) to Ground and everything worked. I got 12.1 VDC and 4.90 VDC.

PS Fan is not coming on. I hope it's because it is temperature controlled.

However,...

Hi All,

Me again.

Just found out that the Orange wire needs to be connected to the Red (+ 5 VDC) wire to show Power is Good. I guess it's called the + 5 VDC Signal Wire.

Did that and still...

Hi Guys,

I've got a brand new ATX 450 watt PS. I also have a couple of older ATX PS's. I tried them all.

I AM NOT trying to Daisy-chain them. I am just trying to get + 5 VDC and + 12 VDC...

Hi Samim,

If you'll look at some of the threads about Geckos, you'll be amazed at their policies.

First time - S**t happens - Fix or replace for free

Thereafter - Free evaluation of driver. ...

HI Travis,

Have you considered pricing Walwarts at Wally World? :)

Input 115 VAC, output 12 VDC @ 200-300 ma.

Al

Hi All,

About 15 years ago, I had read about the possibility of putting mirrors into orbit, converting the energy into microwaves and sending it to receivers on Earth, Western USA desert areas. ...

Hi Al,

The condition was very good, until I bent it. It was very brittle. When I tried cutting back the insulation, the surrounding area broke. There just wasn't any way to trim it properly.
...

Hi Al,

I had read that post once before. Just recently, as a matter of fact. It never hurts to go over things again. Thanks.

After reading one of my last posts, I felt I hadn't explained...

Hi Al,

Thanks for the input. I've begun reading the Siemens PDF. I read it once and am now re-reading it at a slower pace.

Basically, I've got the bases covered but with do a thorough search...

Hi J,

In your Post #7 above, bottom picture, have you considered making the torsion box deep enough so that the bottom of the torsion box would fit just under your setup for the rails?

In this...

Hi Bob,

Yeah, I intend to use a PC board with 14 pin dip sockets, as I have already ordered the Reed relays and have the dip sockets on hand.

The intention is to localize the PC board for...

Hi Al,

I'm sure you noticed that the router is controlled by two SSRs. The first via a SPST switch which I control and the second one down the line which Mach3 will control through G-code.

I...

Hi All,

After the post above, I left the knob & tube replacement for a while - to the sha-grin of my wife - to read the information at the site mentioned by Al_The_Man and some others I found.
...

Hi Al,

Thanks for noticing. I'd hate to have everything go haywire because of the lack of proper grounding.

I can't say how many posts of yours, and other's, that I've read, where proper...

Hi Mike,

Yeah, I'm old enough for them. Didn't realize telling about the Navy would date me that badly. :D

Cell phones still seem like magic to me, LOL

Al

Thanks Bob,

Comparing your LED circuits to mine, I realized mine were functional but weak. I will be bread-boarding your circuits and in the end hope nothing blows if a wire, etc, should break or...

Hi Al,

Being an old Navy Radarman (Operations Specialist now-a-days), I learned to monitor everything I could. It was necessary to multi-task, as a supervisor. I guess I never broke the habit. ...

Hi Bob,

Thanks for that fabulous input. Figured I'd get a big laugh or two about my diagrams. I have to start somewhere and this was it. We'll share a beer someday and laugh about it if we ever...