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really? wow I hadn't thought of that at all, plus I'd rather not add any more side load to the bearings than necessary too. now that you say this though it does make perfect sense and I can now see...

thanks Jim I actually now found 15mm width drive pulleys in GT5 profile which I believe is even better than the HTD so I am going to now go with these GT5 profile ones instead. I actually even found...

ok perhaps a stupid question but after a bunch of research so far I have not really come to a conclusive answer, what would be better for me to use here for the belt drive from servo's to ball...

sweet, thank you Jim I really appreciate it, I can do that now no problem now that I know what I have to do and look for :)

nice, that should open up my possibilities here, I imagine I would need a bushing with a bore for a longer setscrew to pass threw it to meet the motor shaft itself, right? is that how something like...

thank you, that is reassuring. the compact FA series ball nuts are relatively slim, I'm pretty sure I can get them in there without a problem. the Y is not really much concern at all I have room to...

ok so I just ordered 3 X 2520 NSK compact FA series ground C5 ballscrews for this thing, the space in here is tight for ballscrews with the thinner XY table and since it wasn't really designed for...

instead of unbolting the mill head I'm going to leave it right there and rotate the turret 180 degrees, rotate the existing spindle head to the rear of the machine where the motor is mounted now and...

in the future if I ever get ambitious I could also convert the XY table of this knee mill to liner rails instead of the cast iron ways it's on now too, but for now I think the ways will be ok, they...

just for comparison, this is the machine I am currently working with with a porter cable router mounted on it, not rigid at all,l but to a newbie it looked good to me at the time I guess :)
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Hey guys, ok a bit over a year ago I started a small business manufacturing some small wood and plastic objects, I build bottom feeder squonk vape devises. when I first started I knew almost nothing...

it is up to you to decide where you want the home position and what quadrant you want to be working in. personally I like working in quadrant 1 meaning all of my X and Y movement goes in the positive...

hey thank you, I'm sorry but I seen mention earlier by Ger21 of traveling to X and passing through Y where you said you should have stopped by and I googled both places and they seemed to be in...

wow this is an awesome build, congrats on getting it all done in a reasonable amount of time too. I am building my own machine atm and am now considering using a z axis assembly similar to what you...

thanks Eldon, yes I agree I do plan on running some cross beams under the existing beams too not just that single span like that, this was just mocked up to get a feel for the size and layout but...

the multi tube thats sitting on th gantry right now is just for mock up because I don't have the larger profile tube for the gantry cross bar yet, those pieces are actually going to just be for the...

thanks, yeah this is hot rolled steel so I don't think corrosion is so much of an issue with heat treating it, and I was planning on making the base and the gantry 2 separate bolt together parts...

ok I think I have come to realize that I'm probably going to be better off just trying to find one source for the heat treating and a separate machine shop for the machining, or even just change my...

I have looked at many different machines and for my own use the machine I have designed is perfect for what I am looking to do. I am building my whole machine around a heavy pair of 6" dual vises so...

like others have said strip out all of the non essential stuff and disable all power saving stuff, also a good idea to not even have it connected to the internet to avoid any updates or any other...

hey NIC the stress relief is to allow the metal frame to normalize and relax the welded frame assembly, then hopefully not "move" further after it is machined, from my own understanding steel can...

hey guys I have a question that maybe someone can help me with either a recommendation or if your shop can do this.

I am a small one man shop that soley works on building my own plastic product...

ok after an hour or so skyping back and forth with a tech from newker I think I have learned how to set up a tool changing probe to reset the tool length with each tool change. I have also discussed...

so far I have been extremely happy with this controller. I have already run over 800 cycles on this thing in it's first production run without a hiccup or a glitch and it has worked flawlessly. there...

oh and liefer yes you are correct it is either a dedicated mill or dedicated lathe controller. I actually bought 2 of them, one for my lathe and one for my mill, still haven't set the lathe up yet...

Chris I answered you in PM about my thoughts on this controller but I am going to copy my answer to you here in hopes it may help others:

"honestly I think it is an awesome alternative to most pc...

wow ok well I solved this weird Z issue finally, I honestly can't say exactly where the problem lied exactly but it was def something in the configuration files from when i set it up the first time,...

ok so I have put in an inquiry with the manufacturer for this weird Z issue and they are requesting a video to show them the problem, I will try to see where I can get with that. in case anyone is...

hey guys ok I bought a Chinese stand alone controller because I really want to get away from running my cnc control on the PC as I have with mach 3 so far, and a stand alone controller was really the...

nope, only thing I did was switch to resurface one panel at a different work co-ordanant then right back to these arcs. I did vacuum up some chips though, only thing I can think of is possibaly...