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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Rack and Pinion Reduction Drives

« on: January 25, 2011, 02:01:13 PM »

Nice craftsmanship!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: incresing speed on stepper motors

« on: January 23, 2011, 02:20:29 PM »

All the advise you've received is really great. No mistake about that. But.....
I would have to echo what Rich stated in his first reply.

define the intended use of the machine
IE; - define the desired axis feedrate / IPM

That right there, is really the key part of information you should be concerning yourself with. If you define the desired speed, everybody can give you a more accurate detail of what you should do. If you don't really know what speed you want, tell us what your going to be cutting, and the people around here will know what speed will best suit your needs. "Speed" is a common pitfall of 99% of beginners. "Most torque at cutting speed" is what you should be after, not how fast you can zip around the table. If all your wanting is to go faster, my spidey senses tell me your going to be right back in the same boat your in now, with a whole lot less money, and a whole lot more aggravation....A machine that does not do what you desire.

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Rc Helicopter "BIG RC HELICOPTER"

« on: January 07, 2011, 11:52:20 PM »

Awesome! I could turn that into a wreckage in about half a second Looks very nice, thanks for sharing it with us.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: DB-200S Spindle USA

« on: January 04, 2011, 03:23:17 PM »

Food for thought, Promech... If all you need to hold is .01mm, then making a jig for the mill, and plunging a carbide end mill might be an option, if most of the material is already removed and all you need is a finish cut. Obviously, you know allot more about the parts your holding in your hand, better than anybody on a forum. Figured I'd throw it out there, anyhow.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: 1987 Bridgeport Production Center Interact 412 to Mach3 Conversion

« on: January 03, 2011, 02:10:50 PM »

Do you chrome the pieces yourself, or send them out? If you send them out, do they charge you by the batch, or by the part?

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Tangent Corner / Re: Just look at the size of these Boobees.

« on: December 31, 2010, 03:39:07 PM »

That topic title is false advertising. I feel betrayed.

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Tangent Corner / Re: water saving device?

« on: December 31, 2010, 03:32:29 PM »

Don't take one.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: CNC Large Lathe Conversion pictures

« on: December 30, 2010, 01:11:02 PM »

  This is not my post about the lathe. Its Franks lathe (zonian1903). His location is not set in his profile, but I doubt he's close to us. Bummer. I'd like to see it turning some parts.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: 1987 Bridgeport Production Center Interact 412 to Mach3 Conversion

« on: December 29, 2010, 05:14:38 PM »

20 years? Holy smokes! How close do you live to a nuclear power plant? Does it glow green at night?

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: CNC Large Lathe Conversion pictures

« on: December 29, 2010, 09:22:33 AM »

That's way to fancy a bottle, Tweakie. We gotta get a 'lil bit of dirt and grime on us when we apply it. Scott, I live close to Athens. I missed you guys at the Athens diner get-together a few years back. We've actually had this discussion when we spoke about Unitrac a couple years back. I'm thinking you done some machine work for their railroad equipment, if memory serves. Retrofit maybe?