[Zeppelin1007]

Well. Goodluck sending an email through the site. Server doesn't connect respond, and just tells the admin to watch the log file.

[gerraldpeters]

Hi All,

I did never tell you guys that I did receive my order from them.
I ordered it on 4/20 and received it on 5/4.

So I am in the process of building. Going well so far.

Again all his products look good but really "No customer service"

[LouF]

Hi All,

I did never tell you guys that I did receive my order from them.
I ordered it on 4/20 and received it on 5/4.

So I am in the process of building. Going well so far.

Again all his products look good but really "No customer service"

That is great news what model are you building?


Lou

[gerraldpeters]

@ Lou,

I am building the FLA100. It is build together and got movement.
Will try and post a pic later.

[LouF]

Nice looking forward to seeing the pictures..


Lou

[willfly4food]

So is it worth it to go ahead and order from Fine Line or would yall order from cncrouter.com? I contacted them and they quickly responded and said they could also help me with most of the same parts from Fine Line.

[Zeppelin1007]

Man i wish i would have known that.

Wonder if they atleast have the fastener parts bundle?

[willfly4food]

Man i wish i would have known that.

Wonder if they atleast have the fastener parts bundle?

Cncrouter.com said they could come up with all the same parts even the fasteners. It would be a custom order so you would need to just send them the list of parts and fasteners. The only thing they do not sell is the T-slot extrusion.

[tkms002]

FINELINE gets a lot of his parts from Ahren at CNCROUTERPARTS.com.

Might try them.
Bruce

[Zeppelin1007]

Well guys, im pleased to return with news. Nathan emailed me back today, saying he'd combine both orders and that they are being shipped out tomorrow!

fingers crossed

[LouF]

Great news so far I think everyone has received what they ordered from Nathan he just don't answer e mails maybe due to time anyway good deal..


Lou

[Zeppelin1007]

Last week, nathan said my stuff would ship tuesday. I got the tracking number a week later. But, the stuff was here overnight. Alright.

So far so good. Spent the evening with my buddy putting it together. Til we discovered no low profile bearing block was included, nor was it listed on my packing sheet, though says on the site its included. This throws a wrench in my project. Ill be leaving a voicemail shortly. Man im NOT waiting another month! Especially for that kind of money! Also some of my couplers are missing set screws.

Other than that its been a fun straightforward project.

[brtech]

Are you talking about the lower bearing on the Z axis?
Don't need it. Works better without it. Did you see the video he has on assembling the Z?

[Zeppelin1007]

Yup thats what i mean. I didnt see that vid, but if you're right thats a load off my mind.

Just thought it was odd i got washers/needle bearings for 6 blocks. I saw someone elses build that at first didnt have it, then later did. If it works better without, then hey awesome!

[LouF]

My machine has one it works great with it. You have the updated version I guess it is a cost savings..



Lou

[Zeppelin1007]

Alright guys. After reading the reply i took my Z axis down to the machine shop, lopped off some to make it 14" and we're good to go. Motors came in, machine went together. Got a HobbyCNCPro board pretty cheap, and yea. Moves well! Gotta tune the motors in Mach3. So far im happy with it! Feel like i should heatsink the stepper drivers better than an aluminum piece.

Got the old school DOS Gamer joystick to control it already. Been fun!

[LouF]

Are you talking about the lower bearing on the Z axis?
Don't need it. Works better without it. Did you see the video he has on assembling the Z?

Why does it work better without the lower bearing block?



Lou

[brtech]

Less drag on the motor. Easier to align. Fewer parts.

[LouF]

The bearing block help to keep it in line there is not enough drag to even notice this was just a way for Nate to save a few bucks...


Lou

[brtech]

Dunno, it was significant drag in mine (alignment maybe). He didn't drop the price, so, yeah, it saved him some bucks.