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I have read this thread until my eyes have bled. When I seen that you chose 8020 it drew me in. You have a mighty fine machine. Congratulations on the excellent build. I myself am in possession of ...

Very nice. I like how you casted your own gear. May I ask what sort of projects you plan to do with it?

This sound really cool. Would you be able to take some pictures. I like the idea of using an old singer sewing machine. They sorta have an old school lathe look about them.

All during the mid 80's through the 90's I worked in a bodyshop as an auto mechanic. Now I wasn't a "body man" or a "painter" but I was around them enough to know the ins and outs of body filler and...

I have read the entire post both on the cnc hot wire cutting forums and here and this is what I'm getting.


Hello I'm looking to build a hot wire cutter I currently use a manual hot wire cutter....

Those switches are an excellent choice for being used as homming switches. Now with that being said let me point out that they shouldn't be used as overtravel switches because of the fact that the...

All in all it doesnt look like a bad build. As long as it does what you want.

How about making a setup where your y and z were limited but you x axis wasn't. What I'm talking about here it is whats used every day in the computing world in the form of printers. All you would...

Nice Mustang and Baja Bug. Ubuntu is awesome. I myself am leaning toward using emc2. I will watch with interest:)

Very nice sign. Also very nice of you to make it.

Looks like a very nice design great job. Forgive me for asking this but why wouldn't you use socket head Allen bolts for the thk rail? Also wouldn't the thk rail benefit more from being mounted on...

It looks to me to be a single start ball screw.

Very nice chalk board Can't wait to get ahold of them Gingery books Ive been studying them (the Gingery machines) for the last eight years and even been subscribed to the yahoo groups. It was nice to...

Now I've done it. Ive ordered the books from Lindsay Publications. Build a Complete Metalworking Shop from Scrap!

Very nice Wes. When I mentioned adding cnc to one of the Gingery machines the thought in my head in particular was the lathe for threading and and indexing. Your right though in the thought of...

Oh by the way nice cable carrier I thought of doing something like that with discarded soda pop bottles. But after seeing your pvc pipe idea I like that idea even better.:cheers:

Also the lathe helps to make its self. I have always admired the Gingery line of machines. I think it would be awesome to turn one of them into a cnc machine. Kind of a machine that is self...

I really liked your tab and keyed construction using parts that were laser cut. And your oldham couplers were tops. But the kicker for me was the fact that you used a Gingery shaper to make some...

The table saw method is pretty much the route I was thinking. At the moment I cant seem to find my miter fence or my rip fence (it might have got lost in my last move). So I think I may make a sled...

Currently I own a 10" table saw, a small vertical band saw, and an abrasive chop saw. So of these combinations which saw with what blade would be the best combination for cutting 8020? Please take...

You could buy it build it work it and lose interest in one day. That way you could sell it to me for 1/10 the price. And then I can convince my wife that it is not an expensive hobby:idea: Just...

Did any one purchase this router? Or did you change your mind ?

You canhttp://www.phlatforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=98&t=2#p2 create g code from within sketchup.All you need to do is add the phlatscript file into sketchup, and the best part is it is open source.

Im interested as well And Im willing to pick it up. I use to live in Jackson so please post a pic and I will be there in cash with a trailer to pick it up If it meets my criteria

Good job. Looks to me like you had an excellent source for the parts an kept the prices to a minimum. How do you like emc2? Im burning a copy of it right now.

Ive considered using prox switches but have yet to start the build

Your build inspires me. Slowly and surely I'm scrounging up the parts to do a similar build. I've gotten all of my aluminum out of a dumpster and I'm considering using cogged belts for the x y and...

Looks like some pretty good quality stuff. Do the other 12 motors come with the ball screw units? If so I'd be interested in 4 of them.

What constitutes a good deal is a satisfied buyer and a happy seller. If you are satisfied with Patrick's machine then you got a good deal. The fact that www.buildyourcnc.com does actually video a...

I'm in the process of considering what kind of machine to build I have a considerable amount of 8020 aluminum aquired from out of a dumpster. I have bought a four axis cnc driver board from ebay and...