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    Re: Carbon fibre threading improvements?

    This gives me an idea. I have a whole box of form metric mills. I'll get some scrap and see how it works.
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    Re: Lofting a flange

    Try extruding each of your sketches to get a solid. Then loft solid face to solid face. Give that a try. But it is tough geometry to loft cleanly because of the curvature required
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    Re: Fadal bad 3d finish

    Upload your code and I will run it on mine.

    What post processor and CAM packagage are you using? How are you uploading / drip feeding? It should be easy enough to measure the backlash.
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    Re: 1998 Fadal 2016L - Good First CNC?

    Go for it. They are cheap, easy to fix and maintain, and despite MH accurate. The 2016 are on linear rails so there are not the same issues you will have with older box ways. You will have no...
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    Re: Carbon fibre threading improvements?

    Countersink the first few layers with a diamond abrasive countersink first. Then try to run a tap. But it seems to me the nature of laminated carbon will not lend itself to using regular taps since...
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    Re: Question about old Fadel Machines

    I have one of these for each of my machines.
    USBCNC-FAD-INT - Calmotion

    There are a few other options out there but I have used this model for years with no problems.
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    Re: Solidworks file with sketch.

    As far as I know you can't do it directly with Fusion. But this plug in will allow it.

    Install the plug in per the instructions at the link......
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    Re: Suggestions for brand new

    You will not be cutting slides with a $2000 "beginner" CNC. UNLESS you get some really old machine with "good bones" at a surplus sale. However a small desktop machine would be good for learning. ...
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    Re: Baldor Spindle Inverter Board Datasheets

    I bit the bullet and bought a new inverter. I replaced just about everything on the board and it worked for a little while. The same resistors fried again and I just gotta get that machine ready. ...
  10. Thread: US Market

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    US Market

    Does ZW care anything about the US market. It has been radio silence despite the new improvements and releases. .
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    Re: Mastercam 2022 2d dynamic mill on mach3

    Probably just the way the Mach3 controller is displaying I and J locations somewhere off the table. This is used for the math of the toolpath but not used for the actual toolpath. Can you send a...
  12. Re: can i make a wireframe from a solid or a surface

    Wireframe... Curve From Edge.
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    Re: Stainless Steel 316 VS 316L Difference

    304 is a pain to machine, in my opinion. It work hardens as you cut it and if you lighten up on the cuts it just turns nasty after a while. in my experience 304 is almost always used in food grade...
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    Re: Baldor Spindle Inverter Board Datasheets

    FYI!!! I found the same Fuji 6 pack IGBT on ebay for $30 .
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    Re: Baldor Spindle Inverter Board Datasheets

    After many weeks of being very busy (a good thing) I finally had a rainy weekend to start tracing the circuit for the spindle board you have so generously helped me trouble shoot. This afternoon I...
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    Re: Suggestions for new Solidbody electric

    Hmmm. I too have been busy now that my real job is picking up... You want one of these out of Aluminum? What flavor? I have just finished up some huge aluminum jobs and have, literally, tons of...
  17. Re: Copy sketch - interesting issue/question, looking for ideas

    Make your sketches defined to the sketch elements. When you copy and paste a sketch the "anchor" (usually the origin) is missing. So you will have anything based on that undefined. If you define a...
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    Re: Update from MC 2021 to 2022 worthwhile

    No.
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    Re: mastercam interface problem

    Trying to make sense of anything with the Mastercam interface is futile. CNC Software Inc. has a massive domination over the CAM industry and is not interested in the user experience.
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    Re: CNC Acoustic Guitar - Neck with Heel

    Awesome. Double the necks for a few extra inches.
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    Re: Where to Find Tool Holders and Micro Drills

    Shouldn't be a problem. The only thing with 304 is it work hardens so it seems counter intuitive to slow the RPM and increase the feeds a bit. I would use the regular calculations for cobalt and go...
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    Re: Baldor Spindle Inverter Board Datasheets

    I just got new capacitors today, finally, I will keep everyone updated on successes and failures. Thanks for your input.
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    Re: Baldor Spindle Inverter Board Datasheets

    Thanks again.

    It is like putting $500 tires on a $100 car to make it work better. At this point it is the challenge. AND the fact that the new spindle driver is 2500 bucks, As of now I am out...
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    Re: One tool, Multiple Offsets in Inventor CAM

    Ditto. Select the setup folders and post. The G5x offsets will be posted with the same tool. Alternately you can use the same setup and use the "transform toolpath" options but you will have to...
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    Re: How to set the starting point in Fusion 360?

    In the pattern option you can select between "inside out" or "outside in."
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    Re: Facing not symmetrical...

    Not quite sure what you mean. But Fusion will drive the edge of the cutter to the overlap. Sold let's say you have a 3" fly cutter and tell it to cut one inch past the stock. It will drive the...
  27. Re: What is your best mod you have done to your Fadal

    A jib crane to move my 4th axis table on and off the table. Another. I tapped power for shop lights tied in to their useless spot lights. And probably my favorite is the Calmotion USB upgrade.
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    Re: Baldor Spindle Inverter Board Datasheets

    Thanks Craig,

    Sorry for the late reply. After fixing the last 'little' blown resistor on the 24vdc board pictured, the main board direct from the 3 phase wall power blew with a spectacular...
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    Re: VMC4020 Feed on all axis really slow

    Maybe the feed potentiometer went kaput??? There's not much else in the way of that circuit.

    ETA: Saw you "over ride" the pots. But for as cheap as they are I would swap them out first.
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    Re: Suggestions for new Solidbody electric

    They look pretty similar. Maybe I can 'curve' them some.
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