Haha! It was a FV ;) Sold the race car a couple months ago, which is why I have time to think about this stuff now.. Selling the car was a bit like buying it - best and worst decision at the same...
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Haha! It was a FV ;) Sold the race car a couple months ago, which is why I have time to think about this stuff now.. Selling the car was a bit like buying it - best and worst decision at the same...
Thanks Lee.. Sketching this all up in CAD and having a clear plan would help a ton. But that's not the way I work, I guess. I have a fairly clear plan in my head, but it's pretty fluid. heh...
Oh look, it's been almost exactly 2 years! Guess what I just started.. 302962
Machining super long slots with relative accuracy on a frankenstein machine like mine is a bit of a silly idea, to be...
Hehe.. I don't think the price is too out of line. The Korean folks sell two rails and 4 blocks on ebay for about $190, but those are used and you never really know what you're going to get. The real...
You might have a mechanical issue causing the lost steps, so the cheapest solution would be to figure that out first.. But if you are set on spending $1200 on motors, I'd take a good look at the DMM...
Thanks! Wish I had taken photos of the scissor mechanism underneath. I'll have to take it apart at some point! The mounting bracket is totally my style - a piece of angle aluminum I found on the...
Is this a servo machine? What exactly is making it throw the e-stop? Seems weird indeed. I've broken many endmills and had pullout problems, but never saw mach complain about any of that.
I've...
I forgot to update this thread, but I did get my Y axis cover finished up :)
It was my first time bending sheet metal for anything that actually had to fit together and I'm surprised it worked as...
If there's one thing Enco is good for, is buying a vise - just gotta sign up for their email list and wait for the 20%, free shipping codes. Happens pretty regularly and you can grab a 6" Kurt D688...
given how cheap and cheerful servo motors are now, I don't think it makes much sense to use a geneva mechanism anymore. Even with a rack full of tools, I'm sure Ray won't have any trouble finding an...
I might have worded it badly, but I agree. What I also meant to say is that unfortunately for a relatively small business like Mikini, once he made the mistake, it would have been very hard to...
I'm a couple months late to this thread, but wow that's a deal. If you get tired of it, I'll drive down from Vancouver BC and pick it up from you for 2k ;)
There was a mention earlier about...
Oops, I thought I had replied yesterday!
I'll post pics when I get a chance, but it'll be a while before this is done, I think. The "slight" tangent I mentioned above goes something like this....
I started making a new Y cover for my RF45 last weekend. I'm doing the scissor mechanism thing, similar to.... err.. I can't remember his name, but he has a build thread on the zone. Unfortunately,...
Ah! First there was flood coolant, then HSM toolpaths. Now he's experimenting with high helix carbide tools. Next thing you know, he'll be building a drawbar with a stack of bellevilles! :D
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No idea on specs or accuracy, but Tormach sells their 5" CNC vise for $295, I think. LOOKS good, I've been meaning to order it and give it a go, but shipping to Canada is painful on something like a...
I have one of those.. It is MUCH quieter than most other compressors. It is nowhere near silent, though :) just want to manage your expectations a little bit :D
Every now and then, I forget to...
Just noticed the post with the drawings! That's awesome that you decided to post them up. It would have been incredibly useful on my round of CNC'ing my machine! I may well redo some stuff with some...
I'm not sure why no one else mentioned this, but your instinct is correct - the noise of actually machining anything will far surpass the motor noise.. The machines with belt driven spindles will be...
how about polycarbonate (for the projectile resistance..) with transparent film that can be easily peeled off and replaced? I'm thinking about the transparent film they use on sandblasting cabinets.
I hadn't been paying much attention to the benchtop machines forum.. Wow, I've been missing out!
Thanks for documenting this stuff here, I'm sure it'll inspire a few nice lathes! I'm tempted :D So...
Not sure what year, but there's at least one E-Type that usually shows up at the Vintage races here in BC. Pretty spiffy "little" cars :D
edit: looks like it's a '64 as well. I think I was helping...
I can not appropriately express how useful a feeds and speeds calculator is for noobs like you and me. We're not machinists, we most likely will never be. But that's no reason to NOT use a CNC...
I've gotten 3 flute HSS end mills from enco a few times. I don't think I've seen high helix, 3 flute HSS end mills though, that would be neat. I'll check discount-tools..
So I've been using the machine on and off for the last 6 months without any major problems. Haven't actually used it as much as I wanted to, but between rebuilding the race car last year and crazy...
:D I love HSMXpress. I wish HSMWorks was cheaper - the ability to use 3D adaptive clearing even on prismatic parts is awesome! Makes zeros like me feel like CAM heroes..
That was nerve-wrackingly cool.. And now that I know that, I'm sure it'll come in handy some day hehe.
If you can swing it, that's definitely the combo to go for!
I've tried Fusion 360 for a few minutes and really liked what I saw, it's pretty incredible for the price (free for hobbyists, $50 a...
Yup, you're likely right.
Others have elaborated on this better than I can, but I dunno, just seems to work better for me as far as controlling chatter. Solidcam and their constant engagement...
I haven't read through the whole thread, but sounds like you've figured things out.. A couple months ago I was having trouble with one of my parts, it's a 3D part sculpted out of a big chunk of...