Hey Will, lol,
Yes I definatly be interested in it.
We are doing a simular project at work.
I'd be interested to hear how your going with it!
Rod
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Hey Will, lol,
Yes I definatly be interested in it.
We are doing a simular project at work.
I'd be interested to hear how your going with it!
Rod
I did get it going and I do think the file they sent me did work but they sent me a serial cable not a parallel cable. That was my issue.
Get a meter and check that the cable is a straight through...
That Price was November last year.
The chinese will sell to who ever, even if they have an exclusive buyer.
Because there is no such thing as a exclusive buyer to china.
We bought machines direct...
Do you have Smithy CNC machines?
The machine itself is great. The chinese part of the machine is fine.
It is all the American parts.
The used their own control box. It was the wiring of the box...
Hi,
Thats right, But if I wasn't and electronics person, knew cnc machines, electrician, fault finder etc the machine would still be sittting there.
Mind you one of the guys there is extreemly...
The actual machine itself is ok. No problems there with the chinese part.
It runs nice and smooth.
All the missing parts and other issues have been resolved very quickly.
I will be giving them a...
Hi,
Yes I got through to the Managing director and we have worked through the issues and with another guy who has his head screwed on.
The machine is running and it is good. Really nice. Well...
Hi Smallblock,
No nothing. Over a week now. Post doesn't take that long in the US.
I emailed him yesterday (Kerry that is) and no responce.
And he is VP of Sales and Technical Support.
This...
Hi,
Oh no I organised it from Australia as I was coming over to set it up and train some guys hereto use it.
It was bought by an American company and with American dollars.
To be used in...
Hi,
I was wondering if anybody is running Mach 3 with at Smithy 1240cnc?
I would like to get a copy of the config file for it.
It is running a PMDX-110 board.
I purchased on for my boss and...
Hi,
I agree with most of the guys. Good luck with builting one for that price.
You will be lucky to but he motors and drivers with that budget.
I CNC'ed a Hafco AL-50G Lathe and it cost me...
Wow what a great job you've done on it.
Very nice work
Rod
Hi Pete,
I have fitted those motors to a Jig borer.
I got them from Dan Mauch. Are they the same ones you got?
Personally I think they are too slow and not enough grunt.
But you don't want...
Hi guys,
Well you can't comment on that can you. perfect.
Super strong build and the sherline 10,000 rpm spindle does the trick.
I best post the build upto this stage then. where we fitted...
What the hell are you on digitalmdj?
Smithy 1240 CNC is the thread name and they are more expensive than a tormach. How do I know this?
My boss bought one. I did the research and it had a bigger...
Hi Bob,
Yes I like my toys. :)
I just need to stop building and actually use them. lol.
RPM is actually finished an up and running. We are building the extra's to finish it off.
A base,...
Hi Guys,
Here we go the blurp I promised.
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?p=456062#post456062
They would fit in my bag to bring them over. Sorry.:)
Cheers again to everybody...
I will continue the posting as to break it all up a bit.
The other machines I spoke of at the BBQ to some people.
Hafco AL-50G lathe CNC'ed
Hafco My-T-Mill CNC'ed
Societe Genevoice Jig borer...
Hi Guys,
Recently at the CNC BBQ in Melbourne I spoke to a few people there about some of my projects. But none have really been posted.
So here they are. Mainly a machine called RPM.
It is a...
Hi Guys,
I had an awesome day thatnkyou. Well finally got some sleep.
Rod and I were both about 38 hours awake before we pasted out on the plane home.
Thanks to Benny, Ivan, Image blinds and...
Hi markus_detroy,
I replaced the balls in works cnc machine. Basicly preloaded them.
Too much play in the kit when we bought it.
I bought 3 sets of each size above what size the ones were in...
Hi benji2505,
Thanks for the info. I finally got the info I need from Smithy.
They are suppose to dial the machine in before you get it.
But I will check it all out. Ta.
Rod
Hi Guys,
I have been a bit worried about the purchase I got my boss in the US to do on a Smithy CNC 1240.
Other than hardly any information on the net about them. Hardly anything on their...
Hi Guys,
I recently purchased a Pic Development board from mikroe. The EasyPic5.
http://www.mikroe.com/en/tools/
Well worth it. $129USD + about $30 shipping. Great price.
I did get a lot of...
Hi Guys,
It's good to hear that tabs have been added.
Yes a huge difference between educational and manufacture in rhino.
It makes it afordable for learning.
Cheers
Bones
Hi Guys,
My work recently bought Vcarve and Cut3D as a bundle and it's great software. A lot cheaper and better than the other software out there.
I would of waited 2 weeks and got Cut2D and...
We got some machines from china before. Shipping was fairly cheap, customs wasn't a problem.
But the wharfys want $600 to load it on our trailer.
I also was told by a guy that moved over from the...
Hi,
I did a 9x20 Hafco lathe. I used ballscrews with a 500 oz/in on the Z and a 300 oz/in with 2:1 pulleys on the X.
I'm using a xylotex board and it runs great.
I know someone that used and...
Hi,
I don't know what is going on there.
Make sure the LinitOV input is not enabled and set to port 0.
Set the probe input (on the input page) to the port you are using.
When you touch it on...
I'm loving the Z zeroer. Bolt the job down, move the cutter within 20mm of so from the top of the job, sit the pcb plate ontop and click go.
It moves the head down until it touches the plate. Then...