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Usually they will specify a range of DOC for their chip load - on the Niagara page at the bottom it covers 0.5 * diameter of your end mill up to 1.5 * diameter of your end mill.

I would suggest...

I should also mention that I used the info from niagara's table - your end mill may have different attributes. If you can't find a recommendation for your specific end mill then just search around...

Sorry I misread that.

From personal experience I am not sure you will be able to drive your Taig through a 0.1" DOC at 27ipm - maybe with a roughing bit.

So if you look at the Niagara web page...

Something seems a little dodgy... You put in max ipm at 50 and it still tells you to run > 200ipm?

I wouldn't rely on a feed rate calculator anyway when using a Taig - they generally assume a...

I use loctite black max on a sacrificial plate. If double sided tape works, then I would go with that.

The key with the loctite is to clamp it together well and give it long enough to set. To...

You might also want to check your pulleys and make sure they are running parallel. There is some info on Nick Carter's website on a couple of ways to check.

If your spindle and motor are out of...

4k isn't too bad. Slow down your feed rate. I would start on the slower side since engraving bits are pretty expensive.

A mount for a die grinder or even a dremel isn't a bad idea either, but I...

Well I repeated the experiment with aluminum to the same results.

Most plastics do poorly with coolant and don't really need it. I believe delrin can take the water-based emulsion that I use -...

Hi guys,

I have a Taig CNC mill and have a home-made flood coolant system. I have been using a submersible pond pump to drive the coolant out of a 5-gallon bucket. I've used this setup for a while...

If you have the budget I would go with a 70V power supply.

Also make sure you have a good ground in your outlet - otherwise you can run into a lot of troubles.

Deepgroove has a tutorial buried in his pages somewhere. I think this is it:

http://www.deepgroove1.com/tutorials.htm

also good information here:
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I have a Taig CNC from deepgroove. I never needed any support, but he was responsive in my interactions with him and even called after a couple of weeks to check and see how everything was going.
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I have used both and the Taig is much much stiffer than the sherline. It has been all around a much better mill.

If you want to play around in wax or other soft stuff, it probably doesn't matter...

That plate that connects the x-axis is definitely capable of giving you those headaches.

You might be losing steps, though. Just because it didn't happen in your test block doesn't mean the...

Hi there,

That looks like a xylotex controller, which is an OK controller. I think most would prefer the gecko controller boards, but the xylotex will work just fine. The Keiling stepper motors...

For me, the mill showed up really quickly and the steppers and controller showed up a few days later.

The mill is very easy to put together (as I remember it was only in two parts?). You will want...

Congrats on picking up a Taig - it is a fantastic little machine.

I would agree with Chris - a lot of the equations that give you feeds and speeds don't apply well to the Taig. I always try to...

Hi guys,

I have been considering doing some wood work on my Taig cnc mill. I'm wondering if anyone has any experience doing this?

I have heard that the cellulose from wood can be bad for the...

Hi Kevin,

Welcome to the boards.

A friend of mine got about 75% of the way through an RV-8 and I had another friend with a 6A that gets flown daily. Beautiful planes and pretty fast for the...

Well I'm glad to hear I'm not the only person who has ever had this happen. I will have to try with some other formats to see if this is perhaps just an issue with STL files. I guess I can imagine...

So I did a lot of troubleshooting. What I found I am not sure I understand yet, but may be pretty interesting.

In addition to checking the backlash (a thou or so repeatable) I also checked the...

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for the help. I'll try and run the check and see what happens. I'll also try and take a picture of a part with the stepping. Another check I'm going to try is a different post...

Hi guys,

I am a rookie with a new CNC Taig but am having some strange issues pop up.

I am running gecko 540s and using Mach3 to control. Using Vectrics Cut2d and Cut3d to generate gcode.

I...