[CROSSHATCH]

Hoss thanks for the pictures. After you showed me what your filter drainage system was like, I went ahead and went too lowes and purchased some great items for the drain.

M filter I got is used for a Humidifier, it's essentially along the same lines as what you showed me. It great on flow and catches the chips fine!

Thanks for sharing!

Looks good!

-Speed

[hoss2006]

hoss,

not to drag you back but is there anyway you can post your information on converting the spindle between manual and computer control. I am removing my electronics from the mill to keep moisture out and figured I would setup kinda like you did. I would like to have as much info as possible. Any help would be appreciated.

You can find the info here
and a couple videos that explain a few things too.
You can email me at [email protected] for any specific questions if you want.
Hoss

[krymis]

thanks hoss. However i purchased a c11 board for my industrial hobbies conversion. Will the c11 board work the same as your c10 and c6 together?

[hoss2006]

the c11 certainly should work, it combines the c6 and c10 plus some extra stuff.
just pay attention to cnc4pc's wiring instructions.
wouldn't want to fry that one.
Hoss

[krymis]

with all this is there anyway you can post some pics of setting up you mach configuration to control the spindle. Kinda like you did for the keygrabber. Also how do you switch between manual and cnc spindle function.

[hoss2006]

with all this is there anyway you can post some pics of setting up you mach configuration to control the spindle. Kinda like you did for the keygrabber. Also how do you switch between manual and cnc spindle function.

I'll get working on something like the keygrabber tutorial.
I switch between manual and PC with a 4P2T switch.
It swaps between power coming from the C6 board and the mill circuit board.

I have the flood coolant up and running now.
The pump from surplus center works great, nice and quiet too.
Have a video up here.
Later Hoss

[hoss2006]

Well here we are, the 1 year anniversary of this thread.:banana:
83,141 views and 445 replies!
Been a busy year.
Hope the information I passed along helped out, it was my pleasure.
Ran into a few snags along the way but was able to work on through.
Threw some money down the drain, fried electronics, etc, but made some money too.
Thanks to everyone that contributed here,
and thanks to those that helped a brother out with donations,ad clicks and DVD-ROM purchases.
Made it all worth while.:cheers:
Wonder what I'll get into this year?:idea:
Enough yapping, time to get back to work.
Later Hoss

P.S. below are most of the projects I started and finished this year.

[hoss2006]

Made some Motor Covers for the steppers yesterday to protect them a bit from the coolant.
Used 1/8 in. Clear Lexan Polycarbonate 9034 Sheeting from USPlastic.com.
Made a wood form the size of the motor and mount, cut the sheet to size,
then used a heat gun to form it around the block.
Made a video here that shows how.
Works pretty nice, now I'll have to see what else I can cover up.
Later Hoss

[Bob Adams]

I'll get working on something like the keygrabber tutorial.
I switch between manual and PC with a 4P2T switch.
It swaps between power coming from the C6 board and the mill circuit board.

I have the flood coolant up and running now.
The pump from surplus center works great, nice and quiet too.
Have a video up here.
Later Hoss

Hey Hoss is this the Switch you used?
http://www.surpluscenter.com/item.as...tname=electric
Nice job on the Motor Covers
Bob A
http://www.cad2gcode.com/cncprojects

[hoss2006]

Hey Bob,
That switch only has 3 wires, you need to have 2 separate circuits(4 wires)
I actually used this ROTARY SWITCH, 4 POLE 3 POSTION from allelectronics.com.
The 3rd position I use in the middle as an all off position but it's not necessary.
Hoss

[Thazul]

Great work Hoss!
Gonna click some ads and then go work on mine.
Keep up the good work.

-

Andy

[donald_ortega]

Donald Ortega
[email protected]

Hoss

Re: Thank you for all of your good works and supplying us with these great inventions!

Dear Hoss

Do you have any parts in a kit form, that I could purchase to make a similar cnc conversion.

My machine is a manual machine, but if I had a kit with all the parts, or even some of them, I would make my wax mold cuter into a cnc wax mold cutter!

I am very grateful for all of your replies, and wish you best always. I believe that if you had a
complete kit, you would sell out fast, and become the Hoss of Haas Machine Similar Fame.

It would be a great privilege to meet you, but I live in Buena Park California. I would gladly pay
your price, if you had a complete or even semi complete, kit for guys like me that are not professional machinist.

You are a Great Machinist. I am a lowly bean counter, and pencil pusher, looking to make a
hobby machine for old age supplemental income. I am certain that you are some kind of genius?

Anyway thank you from all of us for your generosity and sharing these great and wonderful projects, which are incredible and beyond all expecations!!!

Sincerely

Don Ortega

P.S. If you were a non profit company I think you would be getting millions for your inventions.

[maxboostbusa]

Congrats on all the accomplishments for the year, it will be great to see what you have in store for the new year. I am on my road to CNC'ing my mini mill currently largely thanks to this site and especially with this post, your ATC post and your site. I am thinking about buying your DVD and drawing set and was wondering if it included any drawings on the tilt/rotating head, and the tool tray for the ATC? Thanks for all the help and insite.

[Jay C]

One of the hazards of putting your stuff in public

Don have a look at www.cncfusion.com for commercial kits.

[hoss2006]

Hey Andy,
Thanks a lot, you da man!:cheers:

Hey Don,
Thanks, glad to help when I can.
Kits most likely are in the future but not soon,
have too many other projects I want to make and have fun with first.
Don't have the money to order all the stock and parts to get it all rolling anyway.
Sure wouldn't pull a cncbridges scam and take peoples money with nothing to sell.
Might just have to look into a small business loan.
Would like to do like Widgetmaster and make 10 kits up then sell them when they are finished.
We'll see.

Maxboostbusa,
The DVD-rom does include all the prints for the tilt/rotating head etc, but not the ATC.
If you or anyone is interested, I can add a folder with all the ATC pics and prints at no extra charge.
Have 40 prints including 5 different layouts for the tool rack and over 350 pics.
Just add a note when ordering "with ATC".


Jay C,
I probably shouldn't have been so open with all the info,
figure I'll see a company from China selling one of my ideas sooner or later.
But I do have some protection as everything is copyrighted.
I had an idea for a truck tire step years ago and called one of those "get your idea patented" companies.
They told me it didn't sound promising so I dropped it.
Sure enough, 6 months later I saw something for sale just like it in a 4X4 magazine.
Coincidence? maybe.(chair)
later Hoss

[Micro Rotors]

I probably shouldn't have been so open with all the info,
figure I'll see a company from China selling one of my ideas sooner or later.
But I do have some protection as everything is copyrighted.

later Hoss

The Chinese do not care what you have done, it will be reproduced ... TRUST ME!

Hoss,
Excellent work and what a year with ALL YOUR accomplishments!!!!!

CONGRATS!

Well you do have your name out there and a lot of followers. I guess you could hold some back, but we are all somewhat talented enough to take a picture and copy what we see to some degree.

Again EXCELLENT WORK!

Bioll

[Jay C]

Jay C,
I probably shouldn't have been so open with all the info,
figure I'll see a company from China selling one of my ideas sooner or later.
But I do have some protection as everything is copyrighted.

later Hoss

My comment was more towards the attention (begging/pleading/rooting) you get when you do such great work I'm guilty too ... I remember asking you for some machining back in the early days of this thread also, I love that you were so generous with your designs and experiences ... it makes the idea of being able to do it myself more real.

Jay

[hoss2006]

Update!
I've had problems with my server in the recent past with hossmachine.com going down.

I now have a mirror site on different server in case there's another problem.

You can now get all the info at http://www.hossmachine.info too.

Thanks, Hoss

[Micro Rotors]

Hoss,

Good idea, BTW ... how is GoDaddy working for you? I hit ALL the ads while I was there for yhea!

Hey, lets see what you can do to a 7 x * Mini Lathe? Do you have one?

Bill

[hoss2006]

Hey Bill,
Thanks, but they didn't credit the clicks for some reason, must have given them a brain overload if you went too fast or too many.
I have parts left from my HF 7x10, but that's all.
I had a project in mind for it but it's way on the back burner now.
I've been eyeing the 11x26 lathe from grizzly tools.
It's plenty big to make what I want but just small enough to manage wrangling into the basement.
Hoss