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I just wanted to thank everyone for the advise. Since I purchased the Precisebits collets I have broken nearly nothing (last 6 months) without changing any of my other procedures. I have a renewed...

Thanks everyone. I will order a replacement collet and see what happens.

Thanks again.

All of the broken bits parts are in the collet. The broken bit just seems to fall out on the rapids (I have it set for 2") as if I didn't tighten down the bit. I then have to release the collet to...

Thanks.

I will have to replace it and see what happens. 242096

Any issues using the "shortened" bits provided they are long enough to fit in the collet?

Hello everyone,

Totally newbie here. I have a pro4896 that I finally feel comfortable with and everything is working well. I am using a hitachi m12vc. I have been playing with cutting speeds...

Cable management was fun. While I would have loved to have bought the cable management kit, this project was already over budget and I was looking to save some money. The whole machine went together...

Are the support bars flipped? they are not center drilled. Mine went on either way though.

The pre-assembled z-axis made the gantry assemble simple. I did something stupid here that I will attribute to a lack of sleep.

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Please be aware that the the gantry sled support arms...

The gantry riser was one of the areas of concern for me. One of the goals of this project was to be able to use the machine for 3D printing as well. I therefore wanted to take advantage of the 12"...

Follow the recommendations about squaring up the angle brackets to the cross supports. Tighten then down and then slide them into the side rails. I played games with this for a couple of hours before...

One of the areas I deviated in was the table design. I heard lots of horror stories about metal twisting when welded or wooden tables being out of square when tables were being constructed. The...

Well,

I walked into this project with a large number of fears about the lack of instructions and documentation (perceived) from myself. As the assembly commenced, everything was labeled extremely...

Well, I made a little progress this weekend with the table. I wanted something that was really solid, but that I could still move. I still need to put the plywood down for the shelf and for the...

Definitely good to know, but it is too late for me now since the boxes are already in the garage.

I actually had some concerns about this issue already with the spoil board taking up too much...

How do you plan on using pneumatic cylinders for hold downs?



I have been deeply conflicted on what type of hold down to use (since I don't have the practical knowledge). While part of the...

Hello everyone,
I have been stalking this forum and other for a long time now. I decided I would build a CNC machine last November, and I finally got around to ordering all of the parts (and funding...