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Thank you so much for your tips and info! I highly appreciate it.

Regarding the press punching, what if my brass piece is 1-2mm thick and shape to be punched area is around 5-8mm ? Would 1-2 ton...

I am going to cut the teeth on a lathe, you have me an idea regarding the cavities of the gear, what if I make the gear blanks with cavities by punching them? Would that be a good idea? (If brass is...

Thanks for the reply!

The gears are mainly from brass, heat treat them?

I am not doing production, only small quantity of gears. But willing to avoid hand filing the spokes of each (they are...

Hi everyone!
I have a question regarding the cutting of small gears (each less then 0.5inch diameter)

How to go about crossing out the spokes / cavities ?

First mill out the cavities and then...

Thank you for the information and again sorry that I've hijacked the post.

(At least I keep it on the subject)

Regarding The GeckoDrive box that you've mentioned - it would work well with...

Thank you so much for all the information!

Sorry for hijacking the post :)

So if I will choose a Taig I should get it CNC ready and mount a motor and control box locally - in that case, would...

thank you all for the participation :)

I plan on machining small amount of parts per day, not a commercial production line. the parts are small precision parts (as small as 10-15mm).


How...

Regarding to tolerance I think .001 would be enough


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Thank you all for the replies and tips!

So let's assume I am getting a Taig cnc mill, what can be done to improve its accuracy and reduce backlash?

I understand that replacing the stock lead...

Thank you awerby for your straightforward honesty!
I can do with a tolerance close to that as well (i'd say I need approx. \ around 0.0001 of an inch).
BTW - As a Taig reseller, do you know of any...

Hi everyone!

As the title explains, I was wondering about the metal machining capabilities of the Taig CNC machine which was recommended to me a couple of times.

I am looking to machine small...

Thank you for the honest reply!

I was considering getting a grizzly mill and converting it to CNC, but then if I am going to machine brass I thought it would be overkill.

The grizzly with CNC...

Hi guys,

I have a question regarding the sub 2k USD cnc routers from China (3 axis, aluminum body) :

Will it be able to machine precision parts from stock brass ?

I am talking about parts...

I was just wondering if there is any free alternative to SolidWorks toolbox in case I don't have it ?

Like a good library of compatible standard parts?

Mainly small precision gears, shafts,...

Thanks so much for the replies! I am looking for smooth circular curves in a block of metal, to house a set of gears (pretty small precision gears)


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Hello guys,

a newbie here, with yet another question about cnc mills:

The question is simply what I've typed in the title - Do I need to have a 4th axis on my cnc milling machine in order to...

Hi guys,

I have a few questions regarding mechanical CAD software, hope someone could please dig in and help:


I was wondering if it is worth to learn FreeCAD for designing small precision...

thanks for all the replies guys! I appreciate it very much

thanks for the replies and suggestions, very helpful :)

How about this Taig CNC mill ?
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Thanks for your honest replies, I will check into that :)

What about bench drill to cnc conversions ? are they any good ?

What parts would you recommend me to use in case I am going to go about assembling a machine from parts ?

thanks

I see ;)

And what If I can upgrade the frame a bit to avoid flexing, do you think it is possible ? Or it's a waste of time - like adding some weight and rebars to the frame of the stock machine.
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It's for machining small parts for a miniature live steam engine, and possibly other micro-mechanic projects.

Hi guys,

I am looking to machine precision parts from brass (small parts - 1-2cm in size, some a little smaller)

I was looking into the $1K USD chinese made mini-CNC routers (3-4 axis) offered...

Hi guys,

I am thinking about the option of building a 3 axis CNC using parts (after I have been told that any of the budget "chinese" frames are not rigit enough to machine small steel parts)

I...

Hi friends,

I have found this CNC kit and wondering if this one once assembled will be able to handle machining of small percision (10mm-5cm) parts (that are not too think - probably 50mm think...

Thanks for the input and all the tips and info :)

It's correct - even though I do have access to a basic workshop I am pretty sure I don't have all the machinery required to build a machine for...

Thanks for the replies guys! It gives me a lot of info on what to look for!

Thanks for the feedback LeeWay :)

If I'm thinking about it - How do I go about stiffing the rails and bearing of the axis ?

Should it be done by replacing the stock parts (that came with the...

thanks for the tips !

and what if I will reinforce the aluminium body with extra thick reinforcement plates ? whould that add to the machine's rigidity ?
like on the attached photo:
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