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I am getting ready to mount a Huanyang 2.2 kW water-cooled spindle on my Kuka robot arm. I plan on using orange auto-coolant (to avoid stuff "growing" inside my system) and a...

I am trying to run an "eBay Chinese spindle" with a Yaskawa VFD. I must be doing something VERY wrong, as the first time I fired the whole setup up (without any tool attached), the spindle got VERY...

I need help with milling tool selection.

I have access to a Kuka robotic arm, and I have successfully programmed it as a CNC Router. I have cut several, simple pocket designs, and now I'm ramping...

My community hackerspace has a used Kuka robot arm. I have successfully programmed it to make cuts in foam with a Hitachi woodworking router, now I want to get a beefier, water-cooled spindle.
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I have access to a Kuka robotic arm. I would like to do 7 axis milling with it. To do that, I need to add a custom-built rotary table. i have been told it's as simple as having the TCP follow a...

I am part of a non-profit community workshop, and we just received a Kuka KR-30 robotic arm as a donation. We had to do a little work on it, but we've got it restored to full functionality. I'd...

I am having some serious problems with a CNC router that uses the Gecko G540 board. The machine was manufactured by Zenbot. Here's what's happening:

I got the control box from Zenbot this past...

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I have a newbie question about multi-axis machining. I have been doing 3 axis routing with Vectric products and having great success, so now I'd like to do more than just 2.5D...

I have a Zenbot 2424 CNC Router, about 6 months old. I haven't used it much lately, after sitting for about a month, now I'm having an exasperating problem:

If I jog the X axis 10" across the...

Yes they're steppers....not sure what size.

I belong to a community workshop where we have a home-brew CNC router. I've been using it to machine very detailed architectural reliefs using pink insulation foam. It's been working great....but...

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I've been cutting some foam reliefs on my community workshop's CNC router and getting great results with a bit that has 3/8" of cutting depth.

So...does anyone out there know what...

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I just picked up two 4" Central Machinery rotary tables that I will use for my 4th/5th axes to be added onto a CNC mill. They were very cheap compared to the Sherline rotary tables,...

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I've been learning MasterCAM X4/X5 lately with hopes of machining small wooden blocks. I just picked up 2 4" Central Machinery rotary tables that I will use for my 4th/5th axes. ...

Aw, sh*t......my bad. It's cast acrylic. Dummy me for not mentioning that earlier :D

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I hopefully going to start a job soon running a 100 watt laser-enngraving/cutting machine. I was provided with a sample (not sure what kind of machine did it) that has a nice,...

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I'm excited; I now have access to someone's seat of MasterCam X4 and the use of his small 5 axis mill. I want to start machining small wooden toys/blocks. What is the best way to...

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I have the opportunity to use a group-owned wood cnc router. I've bought Vectric's Cut3D and generated code for some 1.5" cubes that I'd like to machine from wood. Using Cut3D,...

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Where is a good place to start learning how to run a small tabletop CNC router? I'm thinking about getting a Romaxx CNC machine for machining small, detailed wooden blocks.

I...

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I would like to get a small cnc machine to make detailed architectural wooden blocks; I have been looking at small machines like Zenbot, Romaxx, Taig mills, etc. I have also been...

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I'm hopefully planning to buy a Taig DSLS 3000 mill and rig it to be CNC with a 4th-5axis trunnion/rotary table combo. I plan on using this rig to cut small wooden sculptures (some...

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I would like to get a small Zenbot CNC router for earning the basics of CNC routing. My eventual goal is to make small architectural wooden toys.

I have worked with AutoCAD for...

I'd like to buy a small table-top CNC router soon for leraning/experimenting/ making small toys, and I have a question for the community. What is the smallest diameter tool (readily available) that...

Noob question here...I'd like to get into machining small wooden blocks with intricate architectural details. I know that every tool has a "radius", and obviously that means a 90 degree inside...

I'd like to buy/build a 5 axis CNC mill or router. Pardon the broad noobie question, but what does everyone out there think is the optimum speed for carving wood? I don't plan on having a large...

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I want to build a small 5 or six axis cnc router or mill. I do not intend for this machine to be big, as what I want to produce will not be bigger than 3" square.

Does anyone...

Geez, I guess I shoula looked at the other posts first! Ooops!

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I starting to plan out my DIY five or six axis wood cnc router. My question for all you experts out there is: Belt drive or screw drive? I have heard that belt drives are faster,...

I'd like to get into 5/6 axis machining of small wooden toys. I really like the Romaxx CNC 3 axis machine. It's just about the right size for what I want to do.

My question for y'all out...