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    Re: Spindle drive question

    Machinehop5,
    Thanks for the info - I will be looking for one.
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    Re: Spindle drive question

    Thank you!
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    Spindle drive question

    Hello! I have a older Fadal 4020 . It is a all DC machine and the Baldor spindle controller has gone out.
    It is a Baldor unit,
    Am I stuck with going back with a Baldor unit ($3100.00) or is there a...
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    Re: Calmotion USB wont run whole program

    Still chasing issues - How big/how many lies of program have you ran?
  5. Thread: Memory size

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    Re: Memory size

    Thank you !
    Looks like I have 180K

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    Thank you !
    Looks like I have 180K
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    Re: Memory size

    Ahhhhh , sounds like a good plan.
    Thank you !
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    Re: Memory size

    I typed ME on the command line and it just listed that I have 58% free.
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    Re: Memory size

    471468

    Machinehop5 ,
    Thanks ! will start it up this afternoon and do the ME to see how much it has.
    I have attached a pic of the card.

    Thanks!
  9. Thread: Memory size

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    Memory size

    How do I tell how much memory my 1988 DC 4020 has?
    I am currently using a Calmotion USB to DNC programs- but DNC seems to have its own problems.
    So I was thinking of upgrading my memory so I could...
  10. Thread: Fadal USB

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    Re: Fadal USB

    I have had good results with my Calmotion USB.
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    Re: Calmotion USB wont run whole program

    Machinehop5,
    Yeah it would of been really good if they would of just exchanged it for a good one.
    The lady out there said it would only be a couple of days to fix it. But Now I am at the 2...
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    V21 Fadal Post procesor

    Hello, Does anyone have a post processor for V21?
    I have been battling a newer software that puts out a lot of code and Im thinking The Fadal CNC88 control circa 1988 is having a hart time with...
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    Re: Calmotion USB wont run whole program

    Thanks man . After talking to Calmotion today they wanted the whole unit I bought from them back . They helped me do some troubleshooting and they think the firmware in the Calmotion black box was...
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    Re: Calmotion USB wont run whole program

    Its somewhere around line 2800.
    Its part of the engraving portion.
    Thanks!

    N2725 X-2.3838 Y-0.4161 Z-0.0127
    N2730 X-2.3782 Y-0.4117 Z-0.0128
    N2735 X-2.3725 Y-0.4065 Z-0.0129
    N2740 X-2.3669...
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    Re: Calmotion USB wont run whole program

    MachineHop5,
    Thanks for the reply . I made sure I didn't have any sub routines or Looping - I understand they will confuse it.
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    Calmotion USB wont run whole program

    I need some help guys. My new to me 1988 Fadal 4020 has been a work in progress. But I can run a short program from the Calmotion USB but not larger programs.
    At first I thought it was my Fusion...
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    Awesome ! Looks very nice!
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    Re: Smithy CNC 1240 gear box conversion

    Looks like im going to go ahead and do a belt conversion . This should be interesting.
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    Re: NM200 same as Smithy 1240

    This is nice to know.
    Thanks!
    I have a CNC 1240
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    Smithy CNC 1240 gear box conversion

    Hello!
    I have an older CNC 1240 with 4 speed manual gear box.
    The only real problem I have had with the machine over the last 12 or 15 years is the gear box breaks the top speed gear (2700 RPM)
    I...
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    Re: 2 New Machines

    Glad to hear this !
    Yeah Kade is a good guy .

    I have an older CNC 1240 that I have had for around 15 years . It has its issues as any machine with some age on it does . But Smithy has always came...
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    Re: 2 stroke crank stroking ?

    Coxsteve,
    I am getting back into this project after a long time away from it.
    You nailed the part I cant seem to figure out exactly:
    "It also gets a bit trickier when doing the set up as two...
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    Re: Heavy walled Pipe needed

    Nice web site you have @awerby

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    Yeah , I think you are right.
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    Re: fusion 360 tutorials

    Yeah, I like Lars video's too. The Help forum for fusion360 is good to.
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    Re: Heavy walled Pipe needed

    Yeah, that is what I have been doing last few times is buy the 2" solid round and drill the 3/4" thru hole.

    But I remembered buying a piece a while back that had the hole in it already.

    Just...
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    Heavy walled Pipe needed

    Hello,
    I am looking for some steel pipe that is 2inch OD and has a 3/4 inch inside diameter.
    I am trying to stay away from DOM due to the cost.
    I think I have bought it before but I can not find...
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    Re: Puma 10 Turret problem

    I am still searching for any input .
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    Re: Puma 10 Turret problem

    Nobody ever had one of these apart?
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    Puma 10 Turret problem

    Hello,
    I bought this used Puma 10 .
    After purchase I found out it had been crashed.
    I am now trying to get the turret apart to pull the tapered pins and get it squared back up.
    The plate in the...
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    Re: daewoo 8s turret lubrication

    Good deal. Thanks for the input!
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