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I was in contact with a member on this board that was helping me design a controller for a machine that I am building. I get the mechanical side but the electrical side I am lost. Anyway i have lost...

Been looking around for another material to you other than MDF and other than cost is there any advantages for using HDPE over MDF??? Any other material that would work better?

Thanks for the build brtech, once Nate replies stating he is still around I am placing my order for the 300 as well. Looks like the best priced 4x4 machine on the market.

I already have all the...

Did you guys ever get ahold of Nate, I have the cash to put down on the machine and do not mind waiting the 4-6 weeks but would like to know if he is still around.

I am running there KL-G540 setup with Mach3 on a Vista 32bit.


I have tried the XML files from the gecko website, keling website, and tinkering around I cannot get it to come out of reset. I get...

I wouldn't worry to much, I had a issue with my order and John made everything right, he stands by his product and will take care of it.

Yeah, but it would have been nice if they said something other than it shipped the first time I contacted them. I think it was just bad communication on both parts. I havn't recieved my item yet but...

I must say though John or Lisa need to get there stuff straight. I ordered a 4 axis controller almost four weeks ago and it just shipped today. That after talking to him last week stating it just...

Thought I would point out that some items ship from China. I was under the impression the items shipped from Chicago as well. I bought a controller 3 weeks ago and emailed John last week and he...

Well not sure what happened but went to face some blocks and it seems that the head is not aligned with the table. As when I face the blocks it is leaving steps, tried everything I can think of. So...

Does anyone sell a cutout kit on the JGRO Router. Kinda like Joe has on his machines. I just don't have that many tools to cut everything out. Any help would be great. I was thinking about getting...

I have a pre-hardened .558" Dia rod that I need to put some 1/2"-13 threads on. Is it possible to do this with a die or would I have to get the dia turned down??

Thanks for the help on what...

We are getting in a new lathe and it will be the first time I have ever used a true fanuc conroller it is a oi Mate-TC controller.

I was wondering if any here had a sample program that runs on...

Thanks for the quick reply guys. We needed the 12" for one of the discs/parts we will be running!!

By any chance do you guys know what morse taper the tailstock uses???

Well we just signed over a check to purchase a TL-2 and there were a couple basic questions I forgot to ask and I really don't want to deal with the sales guy again and was hoping if anyone can help...

I have a part I need to turn down but I am having a hard time figuring out a way to hold it. The part is hex shaped with a 2-3 degree taper. Now I have tired shimming it but after a few hours tring...

I am having a hard time finding a Shrink Percentage for casting Zinc Alloys. I was wondering if anyone knows what it might be and if you can point me to a book or something that has a list of shrink...

Needing some help, we just introduced a new part into our product line and it is taking off like wild fire. We were figuring we would only need to machine 10 a week at best. However we are averaging...

We are starting to do time studies, and as their is a way to see how long a program has run. However is it possible to extract that data to a thumb stick, dnc or floppy disc??

Any help would be...

Thanks Vin007

Thanks for your input. Thats are problem right now, there is no true lead and everyone is doing things there way with no real direction.

Anyway I just wanted to know if I was...

OK I just started a new job after I have been programming for the past few years and there is a lot a debate going on right now on the proper use of starting a program, the end of a tool op and...

Anyone know if there is a simple way to convert a Mazatrol/Mazak program to run on a haas?

Anyone know on how to access the haas macros to save on a floppy or usb. I have someone helping me out with the creation of a macro and is needing the calibration macro however I have no clue on how...

Using the M-4oo controller is it possible to control feedrate by the keyboard while a program is running. I have seen the =+ and shift =+ but it doesn't do anything. Any suggestions

Anyone know if it is possible to remap the shortcut keys on a Centroid M-400

Such as instead of Alt+S for cycle start you can remap it to number 8 instead.

Reason asking I have a large 5 axis...

We are currently running a program that we have ran numerous times before but without any alarms the spindle turns off and it keeps feeding. We thought maybe it was the program so while I was...

It is a full 5 axis machine.

The C axis wraps around the Z. As the C turns 90 degrees it throws off the X and Y by .015 then if I go to 180 degree it is off .023.

I used to run a Seimans 5 axis...

Does anyone know if thier is a setting that allows you to re-align the C axis for every 90 degrees of rotation.

Reason I am asking we have a 5 axis machine that is running a Centroid controller...

I have a Centroid M400 controller that is used on and C&E 5 Axis machine.

We have had nothing but problems lately and finding support has been a big headache.

Here is the main problem I am...

Just wanted to say thanks for all your support and suggestions. Well after a good weekend of pondering, talking with family and friends I have made my decision. Well lets just say I have no clue when...