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carve one, I have had a 3 hp Jet table saw for nearly 3 years now and still have no complaints. I jhave had smaller Deltas,craftsmans and grizzlies in the past.
Mactec,I love the honeycomb bracing...

It seems your manual milling idea was a good one afterall. Did you determine what the Z clearance will be. Will there be a possibility of a coolent addition if one wanted?

I am just curious, What size screws fuelfromh20 has on his 48 x 36 machine. The machine that I need to rebuild is a 24 x 36. It has 1/2" screws and 1" un supported rails. I am glad his machines work...

Thanks guys I will give it a shot
Found a way to wing it for a while but need to set it right.
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Thanks for the pics and explainations.My machine is kinda the betta model of what you have( got it about a year and a half ago). The long y axis rails and screws are all under the machine. When the...

Hi Mike
The z seems to jog up and down fine when I do what you mentioned. The screws on my x and y were upgraded from 3/8 single sdtart 5 thread/inch to 1/2" 5 start turn per inch. I believe the...

The coupler didnt appear to be slipping but I will check the screws. I will also try what totallyrc suggested. Thanks so much for trying to help guys,Its starting to get me in a bit of trouble.
I...

No, I dont believe so. This is a 1 1/2 year old sidewinder cnc.

Anybody have any ideas w/respect to settings? I am dead in the water. It was not doing this the day before. It just started out of the blue and I havnt touched the Z axis?

I have an early version of a sidewinder cnc w/ mach 3
I just re set it up and am having one prob after another. My current problem is this. I went to run a simple 2.75 ring program( ran it at least...

I went under motor tuning reset the steps per inch to 2000 from 8000? , the velocity reads 60 ,accel was 6 and I reset to 3.
I shut it down ,re started Mach 3 w/ the new settings and the Z screw...

Hi Ger
Thanks for the response. The g code written in cut 2d only calls for 1"/minute(very slow) or are you saying to alter it elsewhere?

I have an early version of a sidewinder cnc w/ mach 3
I just re set it up and am having one prob after another. My current problem is this. I went to run a simple 2.75 ring program( ran it at least...

W ow, Thanks for the info. I have what would be the Beta of that machine.The long Y axis on mine is under the machine. The whole gantry w/ the router is supported and guided by 2- 1"x48" steel rails...

Thanks Jay C
I had someone helping me and I was reading numbers off of my laptop as she was inputing in Mach 3. I noticed she had the x and y set at 8000 ipm instead of 3200.
Wow.
It seams to be...

Hi madpickinskills. Did you ever have any success adding that support to your long axis? If so can you give me any ideas?

Hi Guys
If I wanted to get a quote on router cutting some simple oak parts in qty. Which forum would you guys recommend?
Thanks in advance
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I just swithed my computer over from a smaller machine w/ a single motor on the Y axis to another machine that has two motors 1 plus a slave drive. After upgrading the lead screws on the machine...

Thanks so much Rgoldner. Raelly appreciate the help!

Just switched machines from a 2 motor(rear mount) w/ slave axis on the x to a smaller machine w/ a single motor (front mount) turned off the slave drive and it works but how do I tell mach 3 that I...

Thanks Ger
I remembered what it was while lying in bed last night.
For future ref. can you remind me how to get to the virtual keys w/ the mouse. I cant seem to remember where to find that option....

Out of the blue my arrow keys stopped working to move my X,Y and Z
Any suggestions

Thanks again Ger, I will give that a try.

Thanks for getting back so quickly guys.I thought I would have to wait until this afternoon. Its not the numb lock button but it does move w/ the on screen arrows. Any ideas on whats going on? At...

I turned the machine on this morning and my page up and down arrows along w/ my r and l arrows wont move the gantry on my machine. Never had this problem before and I cant set the 0 point to run a...

Thanks soo much everyone!
I had some computer problems and needed to take the pc in for repair as it kept crashing. I am getting it back this morning and have to re install my dial up connection so...

Thats pretty much what I am shooting for. The material is 1/8" OR 1/4" abs plastic.I assume the best way is to movethe bit and just cut straight down through.
Specs
1/4" OR 1/4" abs material...

Hi Scott
Thanks much for offering to help. Would you be interested from time to time in making a few bucks when I need some help w/ parts? That way I wouldnt feel like a P.I.T.A. every time I ask...

Thanks
I am experimenting and learning alot but I have a few parts I need to make quickly and dont have time tolearn the slow way. I should have said it was mach 3 I was using.

Looking for someone to help write ocassional programs for parts in mach 3 or lazy cam for a little extra cash.