I still read the mail regularly and comment occasionally, but the new owner/operator is a pain. Adblock seems to work fine. As with others, I just won't deal with RedTwitFace; costs are too high....
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I still read the mail regularly and comment occasionally, but the new owner/operator is a pain. Adblock seems to work fine. As with others, I just won't deal with RedTwitFace; costs are too high....
Many (many!) years ago, Tormach noted that their TTS collet was just a standard R8, ground flat on the face. If the LMS & Tormach collets are out of spec -and the numbers you post are definitely out-...
I use KM78 for most everything requiring water as a coolant. That is, in my saws, in a spray bottle, on the lathe, in the fogbuster when I use that (rarely these days). I don't use it in the Trico....
Had a Trico 1200 for years. Do exactly the same thing. Max air, minimum coolant, always use both lines. Clean-up amounts to wiping parts with a rag and vacuum chips.
Here's a link to a perhaps helpful discussion:
https://forums.redflagdeals.com/electrical-non-csa-approved-equipment-ontario-828339/
The discussion is interesting. One comment noted that Ontario...
Bought NEW, FROM Tormach directly? Date of manufacture seems really odd for that. Tormach simply isn't a big enough company to make batches of machines and then hold in inventory for years.
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Same driver. May have to change the current limit switches (I didn't check mine). Also, the Z is physically bigger- but it's just longer by a couple inches or so, otherwise same mount, Unless...
3 phase steppers. X & Y are (or were in the bipolar steppers) rated at 640 oz-in, Z was twice that. Presumably the spec on the 3 phase is similar or slightly bigger.
How about a little detective work? Something is obviously already kinda-sorta working. The mfr seems to be giving you a couple alternate pinouts. Run the changes. Put 5v on and ground common. See...
I agree with Dozer56. I've had a Tormach for a while, but watch the used market. 80% of current new (assuming a meticulously maintained machine with light non-production use) is a pretty good opening...
And every time I look at the site they are 'sold out'. Have been for years. No indication of how to get on a wait list. No obvious way to contact except to subscribe to a newsletter. Site seems to be...
Scott Mulkerin (SDM Machine) developed a hydraulic cam actuated drawbor for his 1100 in late 2011. I motorized it with a linear actuator and published the design in Digital Machinist, mid 2012. There...
According to Mechanical Keyboards, the following can be fully reprogrammed:
"You may fully write and reprogram the following models of the KBParadise V60 Type R keyboards:"...
Amen! On all counts!
A lot of us use 6" CNC style vises on the 1100. I'd guess, based on a decade of comments, that the 6" is vastly more popular than the 5" -opinion, but there it is. A 6" vise can hold up to about...
As predicted.
Autodesk is killing a variety of features for the free/home user. The most annoying to me is the inability to export to common interchange formats (eg, DXF), but other useful...
I get in trouble all the time by having a favorite culprit; it is very, very hard to actually do a clean divide the problem in half and check each half in a truly objective way. Had a colleague who...
Superglue/tape: TRY IT!!!
I use it all the time- as long as you've got enough surface area, it's great. I've gone as small as 3-4 sq inches on quarter inch parts- which works if you don't take...
Step is right on all counts in my experience. Never had a tool pull out of an ER collet with just hand tight on the wrenches. Have had an occasional near miss (hey, why is that cut getting deeper!!)...
There was a reco many years ago to caulk the chromed guard at the front of the table. Did that myself, have never had a problem with coolant on that switch. I keep a spare switch on hand, too....
Before you get too far into that, look up the Roger Caffin thread here at CNCzone.com/forums/linera-and-rotary-motion/261174-cnc-engineering.html
And other threads, same forum.
The first few...
Implied in the release notes, confirmed with Tormach. Txt files will only open into the editor. If you use .txt files for your g-code, the only option is to rename as *.nc
If your spindle is noisy, why not just replace the bearings?
New cartridge, about 600; new bearings, 200. More or less, and my recollection of prices may be out of date.
A number of us have...
Yes, that's been done. If you go back through the old posts, you'll discover that there have been a number if diy stand builds. The consensus is generally that doing a good one takes significant...
Quoting Tormach, 10 years ago: Always run your code in foam first.
I use the cheap pink stuff. It's amazingly dimensionally stable, normally a dead match to a metal part even on thin/close...
Hadn't found those. THANKS!
Any text editor. Gedit, etc. Just not Word or equivalent, which hides all kinds of invisible stuff in the document as well (sometimes, in some cases, saving as plain text files works).
The one...
Absolutely agree. If the OP will do both the VFD and steppers (which includes a new controller board for the machine cabinet plus the 3 steppers) he'll have a series III machine in all but name. At...
Troubleshoot by divide and conquer.
Mike's comment about reseating all connectors/cards is always the first place to start. Vibration happens. If that fails, try this:
Sounds as if you have...
Me, too. Persistent Mach3 error. Lasted across multiple re-installs, different controllers, even new machine control board. Always recovered by a hard restart, sometimes two or three. Then go for a...