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Hello Jim,

Thanks for the feedback and for taking the time to view my build thread. To answer your question, I actually milled into the Y-Axis Saddle to accommodate 1/2 the ball nut. I then...

Hi Scott, thanks for the positive feedback. I will pass on your kind comments to my student Travis. I really liked your zippo lighter with the Heisenberg engraving. The wife and I loved that show....

G'day Bill. Thanks for viewing my thread and for commenting. I couldn't agree more with you. CAD, CAM and CNC is definitely the way of the future. Don't get me wrong, hand skills are important but...

Hey Peter, that belt drive conversion kit looks very nice. Very jealous now ;-)

Hi again Peter,

When you say slot the Z-Axis column do you machine the mid section down further or actually machine into the base to get the column lower. If you need a hand to machine it give me...

Here are some CNC projects / products that I have completed since converting the TM20LV. Like I previously stated, the Grizzly mills aren't available in Australia, but there are many similarities...

Thought I would post these following pics of me machining down the mill vice to fit within my chip tray/box for Robw17. I got the idea of machining off the end of the vice from "Matt - CNCshopmill on...

Hello Fastest1, thanks for checking out my build progress and for taking the time to comment. It's really great to get positive feedback such as yours. Cheers, Aaron (Melb, Australia)

Hello robw17, thanks for checking out my thread and for commenting. Yeah, I'm really happy with the finish of my little TM20 CNC conversion. It has taken a little while to get to this stage, but it...

Hi BTP, I actually emailed the guy that built Luke's kit. Luke gave me the email or web address, but I can't remember now. The person that I contacted said that he wasn't going ahead with the kit...

Hi Peter, congratulations on the conversion of your Titan TM20LV. That thing is rapid feeding like it's on steroids. Very impressed indeed. Just goes to show how versatile the little Gecko 540...

Hello Alax7, thanks for taking the time to read my post and for commenting. I'm not sure what the boys plan on doing. I think an enclosure would be an excellent idea and it should be on their...

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This is Travis' machine (one of my past students) and he is all set up and ready to go. Travis, is now a 2nd year apprentice fitter and turner and he has been doing lots of engraving with...

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Z-Axis lift nut housing.

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Z-Axis ball screw bearing housing / drive plate machined and installed.

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Mass production of the stepper motor plates. 3 per machine x 3 individual machines = 9 plates in total.

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Stepper motor standoffs made on the Titan TL250 lathe. These 36 little...

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In this photo we have started resembling the base, saddle, Y & X axis and do some fine adjustment on the gibbs.

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The photo above shows the underside of the machine and fit of...

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CAD design of the X-Axis bearing support and drive end plate.

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CAM toolpaths of the part.

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In order to mount the "X-Axis" ball screw we had to machine into the mill's saddle. To accomplish this we used 3D CAM milling software called Vetric Cut-3D to post process the G-Code to...

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Y-Axis bearing plate designed in PTC Pro-Desktop

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Y-Axis bearing plate being machined on my Titan TM20 milling machine.

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Enlarging the hole to fit the Y-Axis 16mm ball screw shaft.

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Breaking off the small bits with a hammer and cold chisel.

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Hi Guys, my name is Aaron and l'm a school teacher (Design Technology) in Melbourne Australia. Last year (July 2013) three of engineering students purchased 3 little Sieg SX2LF desktop milling...

Hi Peter, thanks for getting back to me on this. You're a wealth of information regarding CNC electronics. Do you plan on getting any of those KBIC controllers in stock sometime soon? Another...

Hi and thanks for commenting. I forgot to ask Peter Homman, but I'll ask you if that's ok? Do you know if you can you use the use the KBIC board with CNC control via Mach 3? As I need to control...

Hi Peter,

nice to hear from you mate. Thanks for the information, I really appreciate it. Actually I was speaking to my old mate yesterday, (Tony Pugatschew Intellecta technologies), and he told...

This is my belt drive conversion documented on YouTube
http://youtu.be/_X0Ixi1lHkU

November / December 2013

My kit arrived successfully from Stuart Duncan (Titan Machinery NSW Central Coast). It was well packed and appeared to have everything in the kit. It wasn't until I...

November 2013

Ok, it's time to get rid of this crappy gear drive and upgrade to a belt drive similar to CruddCNC or Hoss Machine. I contacted the guy that supplied Crudd's belt drive upgrade...

I love this milling machine, but I can't stand the crappy gear drive head. It is so noisy and annoying. I even stripped the brass drive gear as the gear mesh was never set correctly from the...

Hi guys,

I haven't posted anything new to this thread for a very long time. So I thought I'd update for you. Well I've been busy here at home and recently built a small extension out the back of...

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Time to have a close inspection of the original Rhino ST6 spindle motor (April 2014)

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God damn it, the motor is 90vdc and will have to be replaced!

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