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I'm not sure what the pitch is anymore, I need to measure to see. I thought I was running a 2:1 ratio and turns out its 1.5:1 and I thought the screws are 0.2 but knowing what I know now I'm sure...

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that the problem has been resolved. :banana:

I gave Gecko a call and was going to purchase a set of their steppers to replace mine. They connected me to...

Hey! :wave:

I've reduced the velocity and acceleration from 120/10 to 75/8 to 50/5 and velocity/acceleration doesn't seem to have any impact on the stalling. I've even used the override and...

I'm stumped guys and gals... I've been fighting a stalling issue on my K2 Router almost from the day I put it together.

I started off with a "Green Monster" Nema 23 400oz 3 axis kit from...

I'm stumped guys and gals... I've been fighting a stalling issue on my K2 Router almost from the day I put it together.

I started off with a "Green Monster" Nema 23 400oz 3 axis kit from...

I haven't forgotten about you all :D I've been building all kinds of things when I’m able to find the time. Mostly small stuff like mounts for my security cameras around the house, license plate...

WOOHOO! :banana:

Thanks for that config file, that did the trick. I would have never guessed those pin numbers, crazy...

X Step/Dir = 4/5
Y Step/Dir = 17/3
Z Step/Dir = 8/6

Absolutely...

I'll try that. I talked with my buddy this morning and he said that all the drivers were working at one point and that he could jog it around just fine. Not sure why wouldn't work all of the...

My buddy has this small mill he bought from Syil America a few years ago. From what I understand there were a couple problems getting it started and I don't know if its even cut anything. We've...

I just recently went through something similar. I bought a small office type mini form factor PC to run my router exclusively. Found out that the parallel port and my charge pump didn't like playing...

I've been getting pretty good at 3D plastic, acrylic and wood projects and thought I'd see if my machine had what it takes to mill some 6061-T6. And so I thought I'd make some custom footpegs for my...

I'm going to start cutting some 7075 aluminum soon. First time doing a big 3D project not to mention the first time cutting more than 1/8" aluminum plate.

I don't have any coolant and the slowest...

sorry to rush but I think the enclosure was a...

HAMMOND INSTRUMENT

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Yeah, late night post that got forgotten about then posted on my way to bed... I lost all my...

I'd have to agree with that 100%

Every time I've called K2 they were more than willing to walk me through and explain whatever it was I was trying to figure out if it was their product or not. ...

Real quick update.

Completely finished the lumber racks I'm making for the garage. At 38 minutes this was the longest run I've ever done, and it ran flawlessly. These are the little base plates...

Hey Jim!

Here's my 2 cents.

You need to understand that there are different models of a K2 CNC. When someone says they have a K2 1425 that’s only half the story. There are two very different...

This was a pretty big weekend for the CNC. I used it, a lot… Bought a couple new cutters for the lumber rack and shelving projects I'm doing then made a bunch of parts for my new motorcycle :)
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For building the G540 enclosure I bought an assortment of things to experiment with. But as far as what cutters I used, below are the enco cutters I bought.

Enco - Guaranteed Lowest Prices on...

I'M BACK!!!

:banana:

I'm in my new house and have finished most of the slave labor inside and now it’s the garages turn. Two of the walls in the garage were unfinished so I'm finishing them. ...

I just fixed my PC and migrated to Windows7 and was having the same issue.

Set to run as Admin on the compatibility tab and everything works great.

Thanks again CNCzone!

:cheers:

Eric

Hey everyone :wave:

Its been a while and things have been really busy. I finally found a nice house, bought it, and have moved all my junk in, a.k.a. stacked it in a pile in the middle of the...

Just wanted to drop in and say I'm still around :)

Looks like my whole setup may get boxed up and loaded onto a truck soon. House hunting has been a real pain. I've been trying to keep my shop...

Hey CR! :wave: welcome to my router thread :cheers:

Thanks for the wishes and feedback. I'll have to look into getting a resistor setup that's 3.48k. I looked very briefly for resistors and...

Hey everyone :cheers:

Been pretty busy with the house thing and going to school summer term but I found some time to work on the machine some more this weekend.

I made some adjustments to the...

Thought I'd just finish this thread up. Thanks for all the help everyone/CR :) I'll be keeping the thread about the K2 machine up-to-date so feel free to drop by and say hi....

I picked up some foam PVC from tap plastic (my new favorite material to cut) and did a practice run for the back panel on the enclosure. Couple things need to be adjusted so I'm glad I did the...

Hmmm... It may be worth a phone call to my buddies at Tap Plastics. Tap is where I go for all my mold making and plastic supplies. I'm not up-to-speed on the different types of...

I work for a company that does huge aluminum wax injection molds for investment castings so I'm familiar with wax injection tool design and construction.

What kind of injection process will you be...

LOL good question :)

The air-gun is pretty haha "cool" no pun intended. Unfortunately you need a super awesome air compressor to support it which can be pretty expensive. On the up side though there is no real mess,...