Haven't revisited this thread in a long time. Your design would work, probably better than mine, though that's not exactly how mine works. The issue I had was I only had 2D CAD/CAM and you really...
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Haven't revisited this thread in a long time. Your design would work, probably better than mine, though that's not exactly how mine works. The issue I had was I only had 2D CAD/CAM and you really...
In VCarve, you can select a flat area tool to clear the field, this looks like it can be up to a 1/8" flat endmill. The finishing toolpath would be with your v bit. If you don't have VCarve, you...
The easiest way I know is to set up a relay that shorts the Z axis stepper when power is off which will essentially "lock" themotor enough to prevent the axis from dropping...
Yes I am, just busy lately with electric guitars... saw you post on AGF... Welcome there...
If you have a spoilboard and leveled it with the spindle, you should be able to get it pretty thin. I also try for around .004". Though with Mic-6, I actually onion skin all the way down to the...
Cutting long, thin strips may NOT be the best job for the tablesaw. There is a tendency for the sheet to lift and ride over the blade, and a tendency for one to attempt to push said sheet down,...
I just took some Plexiglas, drilled a hole for the bit to pass, and mounted it such that it stays stationary while the carriage moves (threaded rod mounted to frame of carriage through a couple...
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I'm pretty sure your configuration is A-C for the 2-axis table... A-B would be a gimbaled unit. A revolves around X, B around Y, C around Z.
Like the others have mentioned, the uprights and...
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Great work! Sorry about your past misfortunes. I've had some pretty bad times - and it got really ugly at one point - but I'm at a better place now, and when I'm working on my machines it has...
If you have Mach3 then hit the tilde key (~) on the keyboard, will bring up the MPG screen then you can adjust the jog as a percentage of max velocity.
This will be awesome...
Well for one, there's more aurface area on a square spindle for cooling. Second, since the body on the square spindle is aluminum extrusion, the aluminum can be more efficient at drawing away heat....
You can get a buffered breakout board which will output 5V. I believe you need to set the port to EPP...
If you have a spoilboard, just pin it down.
I paid about $1100, not including ISF fee which I paid prior to shipping. In my thread I posted the process which I repost here for anyone interested and had no clue (like I did:)
I think you got the Z sorted out... great job!
JerryBurks thread is one example, he went from similar steppers to 400oz-in and nearly doubled his performance.
I'd tend to agree... an idler is really only needed when one pulley is very small compared to the other, over a short center distance, that there is not 180 degree tooth engagement on the smaller...
There's an icon symbolizing pocket cutting. You can choose raster or offset. Choose offset. DoC is depth of cut. Set the stepover to about 15-20% as these are small tools. I'd try 10ipm to...
Good deals are only so if you can use them. You're beginning to amass a collection of parts that could have went to funding the right parts the first time. As Gerry says, at some point you just...
Running 6.52 on a WinXP laptop. Also can run it on Win7. For laser vector cutting you should be able to send HPGL, but it's been a while since I worked with laser.
Small endmill maybe .020-025"? Using offset toolpath... .005" DoC...
Different pitches mean potentially different dynamics for each axis. Using a coarser pitch may necessitate using a larger motor to compensate for the decreased "gear reduction." Also you machine...
SDP/SI... But for couplers, either spider type (with zero backlash) or Oldham couplers would work better than the cheap helical couplers...
I think for steel, you may have issues with the too high a spindle speed and not enough power. For the 6061, I have some parameters listed in the first couple pages (and in the descriptions in the...
For the onion skinning - use a larger tool to go down to onion skin level, then switch to a smaller tool to do the cutout.
Homasote, or Roxul - stone wool... Glue it to the framing, don't use nails.