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Check the dimensions shown on the web site. You can take the Y axis stepper off. I had to snake mine under my deck stairs to get to my walkout basement. I made a full scale cardboard template of the...

So what is potentially new in path pilot 2.0 other than OS updated?


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Cool! Thats a great find. What page did you find that on? The big VMCs use inductive sensors I think?


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Excellent idea! My bins are getting unruly in my tool box.


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Ive been dying to have a physical feed rate and max vel override! Cant wait to see the review!


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I was looking into those clear path motors the other day and from what i gathered you can plug a usb into the clear path servo and set things like acceleration and deceleration. Their demo video...

Check out this post on the linux cnc forum. Pretty easy just press Control + Alt durning start up and you will boot right into gnome desktop. After that change the screen resolution and you'll have...

I have a regular 5 hp ridged from home depot hooked up to a similar second stage like the dust deputy "Rockler dust right" it works pretty good. It might be a big large for my shop vacuum but its old...

Where did you get those disk springs. Looks like a good upgrade. Is it worth adding better bearings and more of them in this type of spindle. Ive seen lots of advertisements for Bridgeport spindle...

I am also very interested in other peoples opinions. I hade a problem with my original spindle and got a new one on warranty. I have been questioning if I am having a belt slipping problem. I...

Tormach was super cool when i got my damaged vise and gave me the option to buy it at a discount or get a new one. Considering it had a giant ding in the corner opted for new one. They really do need...

They do the same thing at my house. I have a nice big farmers porch and the guy repeated leaves my packages out in the rain in a trash bag. I hope the packaging os better on the Tormach vises i had...

Thanks for the write up! I was messing around with it the other day and I was close but missing a few key items! Can you map new keyboard hot keys to different functions? I would like to build a...

Why cant they just have it say G54 in he cam tool? The 0 and 1,2,3 offsets just seem like and opportunity for a mistake to be made


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This pallet looks awesome! I've also had it on my growing short list of things to have for my Tormach. I built one of these venutri vacuum storing pumps over the summer. It works pretty good and auto...

Make sure everything is ok mechanically too. Check that your oiler is keeping the weighs lubed. You can also do a lost motion test with a dial indicator by stepping the table at various increments....

Any idea how to edit or figure our what commands the path pilot gui is sending?


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I would love a physical override knob. I've considered hacking an old key board control board or using an Arduino to make a small control panel. My current method is to click on the slider and keep...

So i went with my hunch this morning that the chatter was comming from the z axis. Sure enough when i put my dial indicator in the spindle incould flex the whole head around quite a bit .008 to...

Hey guys i need some ideas here. I got my tormach in September Ive been having allot of chatter issues with the machine but only in the x-axis. The machine has a brand new spindle as of last week...

The other question i meant to ask. Is there a way to place a coordinate system on a workpeice model? Sprut Cam seems to only want to focus on the part model


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Md,
I have a question for you. I have a pile of parts to make that require flipping them in the vice. Ive been pre setting multiple work offsets relative to my work stop and step jaw face and...

Yeah the waterline feature can be quirky because it is slicing the model into 2D profiles and if their is nothing there it gets confused. Try using the tool contact point setting in the tool dialog...

Awesome glad to hear their is another Tormach user!
Don't feel bad I was thinking the same thing when i assembled my 1100. The part that really got me was the X axis motor cover. It would have...

From what I have been experimenting with I think i have come to the conclusion a good practice is to leave all the work piece setups set to global cs or all something the same and the set the...

Awesome write up. Im printing this out and putting it in my manual! I had a round part that I was hacking my way though this same process. Do you leave all the parameters set to "previous operation"...

So now the ultimate question is how do you program the appropriate feed in Sprut cam to make the Trochoidal cutting optimal? Seeing the Tormach and Mach 3 are programed on the centerline i can seem...

Here is a link to a Sandvick article on trochoidal milling. Those guys know their stuff!
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Check out this video i found from Sandvick. Has some great equations as explanations of trochoidal milling. Including the pocket step which i was questioning earlier. They say it should be about 8%...

I have the pro license as well. When I spoke with Tormach about the additional HSM smoothing adjustments they said they were still working with sprutcam on the price for that upgraded ability. The...