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* Edit: Rick beat me by a couple minutes posting. I built a lathe with mostly off the shelf components. LEAD Lathe It could have been all off...
This was the model number on his Amazon link: 23HS5628 Motor. Google provided this: [ATTACH]
I am a little confused. What do you mean by "not compiling the drawing"? Are you saying that in OpenBuilds CAM, when you are creating the gcode...
X32 hook-up: docs:blackbox-x32:start [OpenBuilds Documentation] and within those instructions you will find how to hook up the touch plate....
What happens if you jog close to the limit switches and then try homing? It is faster to do it this way and some configurations will stop trying...
I have never had one come loose, nor have I tightened them to the point of stripping. I do use thread lock on many of my screws, but I don't think...
I built one for mine 40"x60" (approximately). It is made from particleboard. It is dimensionally stable and about 20% cheaper than MDF and I hate...
What kind, and how much grease did you use? Here is a guide with lubrication information:...
Ha! I have I just looked at a rebuild of my CNC machine Fusion project folder. I have 72 files just in that one project. So my estimate of 100...
There is not a limit of 10 files. There is a limit of having 10 files "editable" at once. I have probably close to 100 files. As a hobbyist,...
I may not be understanding correctly. Did you align one rail with the dial, put both sets of blocks on, slide the plate on both rails and tighten...
I clamped a dial indicator to a 6.35 mm scrap of aluminum plate that ran in the slot of the vslot rail. I tightened the first screw, went to the...
Glad you got it all sorted out.
I just looked at it again and yeah, I can't figure it out either. That is too bad. It would have been a handy tool. When I have wanted to make...
It is a spiral that moves down the x axis. It sends the cutter X= 11.875 inches and Y42660 (I believe degrees = 118/5 revolutions) as a spiral at...
I really need to test that spreadsheet out myself. I have been meaning to, but have been so busy with family stuff I have not had a chance.
I only use the rotary demon post processor and all the designs I cut are in the .stl format. I do not use the rounding gadget. I have Vcarve...
No. The steps/mm stays the same (because they are converted to degrees, the machine will cut a little beyond 360 degrees for endmill diamete, then...
If in the U.S., google "Kress spindle" and there are a lot of U.S. suppliers.
I have always wondered how a person doing this knows that the switches are exactly in the right place on both sides to know it will be square, and...
