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Well said! I've been thinking of getting a manual rotary table or indexing chuck for my 3-axis. They have mechanical locks, no need for a stepper with a dirty holding force and gear reduction! One...

I think I'm having an issue with some arcs or post processing. Running mach 3. The cutter is 'jittering' and doing huge 'jumps' around specific areas. I think it may have something to do with G91.1...

I did buy a proper spindle. It won't be at my doorstep for at least a couple weeks, possibly a month, and I've got fixtures to make. Yes, the fan is attached to the spindle and the blades of said fan...

I'm gonna try it and see what happens, seeing as I have 3 routers anyways.. Should've mentioned my garage stays at the temperature where beer freezes. I might even just re-design the vaccuum system...

Anybody ever remove a fan from a noisy standard commercial router? I'm spinning it at 20,000 and something tells me it's the fan making all the noise (attatched to main shaft? sounds like it)....

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ok I got everything dialed in, movement is within .0004. One problem though. I tried to use a USB gamepad (an NES controller,... I know, I'm a hipster) to move the machine around. It was awesome at...

Here`s where I`m at so far...

I have the CNC Router Parts` 3 axis Nema23 kit and am waiting on a smoothstepper. Probably gonna run it just with the parallel port on the weekend to get the axis...

I find an M24 X 10 rope works great! Keep in mind the pitch changes over time once you factor in the friction of the pulley, and the inevitable constant; the weight of the sack! HA!

I`ve been building this thing on Saturdays since November, and I`m finally at the point where I can spend a day finishing the mock up, mount an indicator, and see how everything looks. Up to this...

A cnc can also be used to make tools, templates, jigs, and fixtures to speed up the process of traditional woodworking.

I got that ebay one, it's good! thanks!

I use a mastercraft digital plunge router. That collet set looks nice though!

My complaint is that I did not know what the amount was going to be until it showed up. I looked over the bill, and yes, you're right, it is GST mostly, so it was inevitably my ignorance of the...

In my mind's eye I was picturing a diy CNC router, not a HAAS lol. Whatever you've built must be awesome

To be clear, I work 50 hours a week and don't mind spending a little extra.

Yes I am jaded. I'm also ignorant and arrogant. No dis-respect Al, not trying to de-value your purpose and culture on...

You'll pay a reasonable shipping price when you order, then when it shows up at the door you have to pay the random price customs came up with, which is more often than not, more expensive than the...

Well if you want to make a profound busty bust like that, you might want to invest in some clay and art school..

With something like Powermill, you can download robotic arm machine tool models and...

I don't think high end machines need counterweights, they have ballscrews with zero play, big motors, and a rigid setup that doesn't bend around.

What kind of machine is it? if there's angular...

Ideally, you want the cutter to slow down a bit in high speed machining so you're not putting crazy torque on your machine. Stopping completely is a little much though. You can control the...

Try changing the view to a side and box select from bottom left to top right (this will only select everything that is completely inside the box). conversely, box selecting from the top right to the...

I would just draw an XY plane on the model a c-hair above where the vise is sitting if nothing else worked (assuming you want to go around the jaws and lower than the surface of the jaws). It's a...

Title says it all. I need an ER adapter with a 1/2" straight shank so I can improve the functionality of my common router, which only has two collets. Anybody have experience with something like...

ok you sold me on the driver package. Do you know of any standalone controllers that would work well with it, or should I just go ahead and get the ethernet smoothstepper package?

I found a stepper kit at my kind of price! If I buy this kit all I will need is a power supply for the controller?
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How much better is a gecko driver vs. a $30-40 driver? Where would I see the improvements on a part?

Good to know, thanks! I'll be sure to take my time with calibration and working out the acceleration features built into the controller. My plan is to write a program to mill out a bunch of squares...

I want to be able to run it up to 80 inches/minute or more if possible but will probably run it slower depending on how the build goes. I don't really care about rapid speed, just want enough torque...

I'm building a 24x48" CNC wood router. I've got the mechanical movements on lockdown. Solid gantry, sliding table with covered/sealed screws and guideways, and a very thick frame (gantry is static,...