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  1. Replacement balls for out of production hiwin carriages (LGH15)

    I bought a used CNC fabric cutter (Blackmann and White Genesis 2100) that had been disassembled and put into storage. Unfortunately, when the seller pulled the y assembly off the frame they didn't...
  2. Re: DIY liquid cooled heat exchange electrical cabinet

    Thanks, that some really helpful advice. Will give it a gentle run with light load to see if more cooling and/or external brake resistor is needed. Transmission cooler kit sounds like a good idea if...
  3. Using gearboxes designed for smooth shaft motors but with closed/female keyways

    Hi everyone,

    I'm looking at some planetary gearheads on eBay (Thomson, Parker, etc.) and it looks like there are a number of them that I could adapt to my needs while being a fraction of the...
  4. Re: DIY liquid cooled heat exchange electrical cabinet

    Thanks underthetire. We're definitely not operating in anything like the hazard categories you're talking about but it only takes a tiny amount of carbon fibre dust to blow out a computer (we know...
  5. DIY liquid cooled heat exchange electrical cabinet

    I'm putting together an experimental testing rig that is going to be driven by a fairly big servo/drive combo (three phase, 12A, 415V drive). The drive is also going to be dumping a lot of energy...
  6. Re: Strengthening Compression of Epoxy using Aluminum Oxide

    I'm not familiar with MadVac's technique but toughening adhesives is about more than the material added and its ratio; the size distribution of the particles, their surface treatment, resin type,...
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    Re: Cutting Carbon Fiberon a 3 axis CNC

    The type of cutter will depend on the type of laminate you are cutting/trimming and how. There are specialist tools that have both up and down cutting sections that are meant for trimming CFRP, but...
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    Shell mill arbors for HSL 63F

    I've got a spindle with an HSK 63F mount and would like to mount some shell mills on it but am having trouble finding a company that makes a reasonable range of arbors for this type of mount, can...
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    VFD for vacuum blowers

    Hi,

    I'm looking at a number of vac holding fixtures and a few vac hold down devices (e.g. for holding parts for routing or for a cutting table to hold down textiles). It seems for, whatever...
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    Based on what I've heard I think that the source...

    Based on what I've heard I think that the source of some dxf related cutting problems may not be due to the Gcode interpreter but the Gcode generator. I use a program that, among other things, can...
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    Hi Eric, Is your machine one made by yourself...

    Hi Eric,

    Is your machine one made by yourself or is it a retrofit to an existing machine (servo or stepper drive on the axes?)? What material are you cutting? I've spoken to a company that makes...
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    Hi, I'm thinking about building a fabric...

    Hi,

    I'm thinking about building a fabric cutter based on an Ecocam EOT so was interested by your posts. I was looking at using Mach 3 but am a bit uncertain as to how I might need to spec out the...
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