So, I realized I had this diagram wrong with the home switches (I use software limits)
Having issues with the X home function. I have the break out board open, and I am shunting the M1 Home...
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So, I realized I had this diagram wrong with the home switches (I use software limits)
Having issues with the X home function. I have the break out board open, and I am shunting the M1 Home...
This build was put on an almost indefinite hold. No bad reasons, things just slowed down, getting older and harder to lift heavy things. I have an already running machine that does have...
Man, what a heartbreaking end after all that work :(
What part of Texas? I miss Texas. People are so much nicer down there.
I remember this thread from over a decade ago. I feel like the problem with engineers, is they keep engineering. They never stop and commit to make the project, so 12 years later you can have a way...
Ultimately the repair was successful. Also got into anodizing!
https://i.imgur.com/KzlKltvl.jpg
Had another repair. Y axis pillow block screws. Threading into aluminum. Every so often over the years I would have to tighten, without ever over doing it. So I simply drilled out the 4 screws and...
Tragedy struck :tired:
https://i.imgur.com/7uKiQya.jpg
how many years of usage the belt finally broke.
Finally got around to machining the new slots for new A2 jaws that I am going to harden:
https://i.imgur.com/qwQqAT5l.jpg
Also I took 0.032 off the originals (0.03 with an end mill, and 2 thou...
Glad to hear. I have been doing all sorts of little things I wouldnt normally do, like waste entire days tramming and tweaking the machine. Its making me want to continue my second build, but I...
I actually found out why my axis was off 0.2"... my coaxial indicator is fugging up.
Also I am in the midst of some actual LONG overdue upgrades. Machine has been rockin and rolling for years,...
I have been using this for helical boring on the CNC:
https://www.mcmaster.com/4425N21/
Yes I will be turning it on the lathe. The idea is to make the tap. for starters because I simply want to...
I am currently doing that on my CNC, but its not as accurate as turning would be on the lathe. Plus if I need to touch up the threads, I will NEVER be able to do anything to those threads once it...
Astronomy threads are large diameter objects with super fine threads. This tap I am looking to make is M48 x 0.75. So its practically 2" wide, with the teeth sticking out about 1/2 a mm on each...
Have a unique application that requires a tap for photography threads, and nowhere on earth can I find this tap for sale, so I am going to try and make it. I have successfully had a helical boring...
Remember those nice new vise jaws I made?
https://i.imgur.com/bINetyel.jpg
:violin:
It has been gathering dust with zero update. breaks my heart because of the pandemic I have been working from home and having way more free time and really getting back into machining. (also throw...
Can't find replacement vise jaws, so I am going to make some new ones with the closest spec I could find to my originals. By specs I mean physical size. The cheapest precision ground steel that I...
Its hard to say, since I have a vice and tool plate on it at the moment, but if I strip all that off, the nose hovers just above the table, and has 18" of Z travel. a perfect 18x18x18 work envelope.
I have never used Mach 3 to cut threads before, but I have an unusual project that requires the threads to be cut to the above spec.
In looking at the thread cutting wizard,
X Center Pos: 0.0...
no idea. The door isn't lifting off the ground, its sliding off a roof. Its an observatory roof cover. I figure since my CNC motor can lift my tormach head vertical with no problems, it can slide...
My local astronomy club came to me with a problem. The retractable 10' roof had a VERY old screw style garage door opener. We have gone back and forth with contractors to repair (because the motor...
I have a functioning Arduino uno board and the corresponding motor control stacked on top of it. I would like to have a spare board. How do I copy the settings of one set of boards, onto the...
the fuses were fine. they would have lit up if they were bad.
figured out the problem. KA0 needed to be reset. I didnt even know you could do anything with these things. Called tech support...
I should mention that the lathe does power on... but the power feed button doesnt.
Lathe power up. Its a Grizzly G0750g 12x36 gunsmithing lathe. https://cdn0.grizzly.com/manuals/g0750g_m.pdf
https://i.imgur.com/c2wWq14.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/gmejysu.jpg
I just figured out...
honestly, no updates. Machine still functions just fine. I have cut hardened damascus steel with it (albeit slow) replaced a few couplers over the years, and the occasional stepper motor. I...
see? and people thought I nagged :P
going on 2 years now.
Also, always overbuild. The fact that I can fit a transmission bell housing impressed me.
http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss343/nateman_doo/IMG_20170324_201513_417_zpsdqdiajwp.jpg
nagging? its been a year, and I asked once. How is that nagging?
Been over a year... Didn't see an update from this pour. Not nice to leave us hanging man...