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Well, I have it figured out now.

On a larger machine you could probably load it up to 0.006-0.010 IPT depending on material with no problems, but with the Taig, I would consider 0.002 IPT pretty good. With our small machines we...

jderou - saw your machine on Craigslist. Nice looking hunk of iron and if I had the spare cash right now I'd seriously think about it.

I hardly do any work in my little home shop anymore as I...

Thanks for the help. We discovered that the problem was in our homebrew DNC program. We have been able to load programs to memory and run them from there just fine. Only problem with that is that...

I've found that coatings mostly help when running dry or with minimal lubrication. The roughers I use have a TiAlN coating which supposedly lets you run dry, but not at the speeds/feeds we run. ...

Use roughing end mills. You can get them pretty cheap out of Enco's Hot Deals catalog. I have some M-42 Cobalt ones made in Spain that cut excellent on my Taig. If I remember correctly (haven't...

It was encountering the same problem at 9600 yesterday afternoon and it seemed to be worse about not being able to keep up. Thats why I tried 38400, but it seems to be doing the same thing.

We...

Excellent, thanks. Our machine does indeed have rigid tapping capability.

Another issue has sprung up though. In a relatively lengthy program (800ish lines) it will get to say line 527 (or...

Thanks for the tips, guys. I tried it out this afternoon and looks like the method above will work out quite nicely. Now I just have to go back and edit my post processor file to do tool changes...

How do you handle your H offsets then? Do you set your longest tool to have a 0 H offset and then set all the following offsets referenced to that?

I guess what I'm trying to figure out is...

Hi all,

I mostly just lurk on the Zone, but I've come across a bit of an issue at school with our VMC 15 with 88HS control. Is there any way to control what Z height the tool returns to after a...

Firstly let me thank you for putting up all of these files. Its helped me out a lot with setting up the machines at school.

Secondly, would it be possible to get all of the files zipped into a...

Sorry to necropost, but I'm looking for a GibbsCAM Fadal VMC-15 as well. The link to the guys website (mentioned above) with all the posts is dead now. Anyone care to help a guy out?

For Mach 3 I think you can run an input to the computer for the tach, but I will just be configuring it to put out a certain voltage to the DigiSpeed board which will just display a number in the...

I picked out the same (3/4 hp) motor and matching controller from SC for my conversion. I plan to replace both motor and spindle pulleys and use a timing belt instead for power transfer. I've had...

Glad to see another paintball machinist with a Taig! Your setup looks pretty good. I'm getting ready to make a new enclosure for my Taig this summer. One thing you'll want to do is make some type...

Very cool video! Funny how you can predict when its going to get messy and close the door, hah. Neat machining method too.

Hmmm... well I do most my work in aluminum, and given the physical constraints of the mill, I don't think I'd gain much if anything by running at a higher feedrate, or if I could even push it that...

Hi All,

I've been pretty satisfied with my Taig so far with the stock driver, steppers and Mach3. I've looked at the DSLS upgrade on http://microproto.com/MMDSLS.htm and while it looks to be...

Yeah, the bubbles you saw were hydrogen as a result of the HCl and Al reacting. This is the same reaction that makes a "Draino Bomb" go boom. If you do it, do it in a well ventilated place and as...

This job has been taken care of. Thanks for everyone's interest and quotes!

-Andy

Anyone else interested in quoting this job?

Blast from the past!

I need another run of these pins done. Send your inquires to warped at htc dot net and let me know what format of the model you need and I will send you prints!

Another rather cheap solution that I have used in the past would be to take an old (or new) tap with the matching TPI and grind all but one tooth off and use that as your cutter. Or you could leave...

This job has been taken care of. Thanks for everyone's interest!

I need an RFQ for about a 100 qty. of 7075 aluminum bolt pins. I have complete drawings and solid models of the part. Please send an email to warped at htc dot net if you are interested in this job.

Also, you'll probably want to get some type of waterproof cover on those steppers ASAP. On my Taig I just use little cheapo plastic food containers with a cut out on one end so they slip over the...

I got a relpacement from Los Angeles Rubber Company a while back. If I would have thought to ask Nick at the time, I would have go it from him though. Doh!

Get a new belt and make some more chips...

What kind of clean up pass did you run, if any? The part I'm making I'm going to have to go to a 1" full depth side cut, and I'm trying to figure out if I should rough it out in Z steps, then do a...

TMaster - Did you ever come to a solution? I have a job coming up that will require me to mill delrin on my benchtop mill with about the same restrictions as yours (except being able to use up to...