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Oh, I have it on sherline 1/2 pulse. Do you use a pulse of 10? Keep dirpulse = 0 since it's not used by Taig, right?

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Actually, just got it all back together and the problem went away... Not sure what I did that helped though (chair). I've often wondered about the pulse width - the manual recommended a pulse of 2...

Thanks again everyone for your advice! I took apart the axis, adjusted the gib (slightly loose), checked set screws, and cleaned everything, but haven't really found anything wrong. How do I know...

Hi everyone, I just started having a new problem: as my progam is run, I notticed that the cutter cuts deeper and deeper. Attaching a dial indicator and then jogging the z-axis up and then down...

I’m trying to make a 4"X4"X6" block of machinable wax but seem to be coming up with something a lot more viscous than what others must be making because it is always full of air bubbles. Can anyone...

Thanks everyone for the great input! Last night I took my file back to the model and found that it only touched on the grains, so they probably swelled when I painted it with lacquer.. now I know to...

I recently made a rubber candle mold by using my 3-axis Taig milling machine to machine a 4"X4"X6” block of pine to the desired shape of the candle. I then poured liquid urethane on it, allowed the...

I'm working on profiling a sculpted surface and in the past have used a small ball mill to finish it so that I have a 25% step over while producing small scallops that don't take too many hourse to...

That could be... I notticed that the plates (303 stainless) have changed recently. Now they have less scale and sharper, square edges (before the slitting operation left rounded, beveled edges and...

Will do! Thanks for your help! Now if I could figure out why my workpiece has started bowing up in the middle (the same toolpaths never caused it before)... clamped on both ends and attached to a...

Thanks for your replies! I usually do a helix or ramp into the part, but just to be clear - hypothetically if I was slotting I would need to reduce my feed due to having 100% of the mill tool's...

I've heard the rule of thumb that I should plunge at my normal feed rate divided by the number of flutes on the end mill. So for a 2 flute cutter, I should plunge at 1/2 the normal feed, for a 4...

Just in case anyone else ever has the same problem that I encountered (with an axis "locking up" "jamming" or "stalling" during rapid movement of a Taig Micromill 2000), I thought that I would post...

I am working on doing an engraving that is 0.005" deep that has some large, smoothly-curved areas in addition to some areas that contain comparatively tiny features. Should I start by using a large...

I was having trouble with backlash on my Y-axis and remembered stumbling on this post that talks about a loose nut on the z-axis being a potential source of backlash. So I decided to tighten the nut...

Thanks for all your help - that's good to know! 3 years into this and I'm still a noob

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Stupid question: is there a way to change between 'absolute stop' and 'constant velocity' in Mach 3?

I attached a dial to mine and jogged the full length of the table at 30 ipm 5 times. It lost 0.0003" (two steps). You might want to try that to see how yours compares.

When it jams, does the...

I think that the problem might have been that my acceleration was set too high. I reduced it on the X and Y axes from 10 in/s^2 down to 5 and then increased my rapid speed in a program that was...

That might be it, as the way how helping a knob that is squealing gets it turning correctly again. It seems as if the stepper motor is out of sync with the current pulses and turning it some...

If someone has a Taig and doesn't have this problem, please look at your velocity/acceleration/rapid-override settings and let us know what they are! It looks like it is very a common issue.

I...

No, I haven't changed Mach 3 (actually, looking to see if there is an update is on my "to do" list). It looks like rideredcr posted the same problem 30 minutes ago in this forrum ("Slow down rapid...

I have had an intermittent problem with my taig jamming while rapid traveling. I used to be able to rapid at 20 ipm but have slowed down to 15 and now just 12, yet I still ruin parts and break mill...

I was debating which forum was better, but decided to go with this one in the hopes that someone knew of an adaptor, different spindle head, or something… It seems like a problem that other people...

I have a Taig micromill that I would like to use with a spring-loaded engraving tool that has a 3/4" shank diameter. Does anyone know if there is a good way to do that with the Taig head stock...

These resources that I found with google might help - I think they give a good intro to milling (I'm not involved or responsible for either)...

CNC Feeds and Speeds Cookbook and Tutorial...

I'm not sure what you're apologizing for.. I have heard before to not cut deeper than 1/2 the tool's diameter, but I was thinking that it was best not to just use the ball to do the cutting. Also, I...

It's uncoated, and I chose the 1/8" DOC to avoid only having the ball doing all the work. I was kind of stuck using it because it was the only tool I own long enough to reach (5/8 LOC) and I didn't...

Sorry if this has already been answered somewhere (I looked but couldn’t find it), but I noticed discoloration of my solid carbide mill tool after machining slots into aluminum. The tool became...

Thanks CAMologist, I knew that I had to be missing something simple!

Anyone else ever have problems getting the tool to engage into something that is the same size as the tool? I was thinking...