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Aye you did, and got it wired, but I cannot get the servo to move, I have wired it to the correct pins etc in Mach4/ESS. I have been through...

Thank you, Eddy

Thank you Phil - They're definitely the cheapest UK ones I've seen

Nearly finished now! This time I sort out the drive pulley by deciding the make a new one . . .

Look on ebay.co.uk for item number 182739548952 sold by "rennie_tool" These are solid carbide 2 flute spiral ballnose, good price, cut well in...

Enjoy the hols mate Paul Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Crap - poke me to send the second board over when I'm back in the UK (next week).

Have a look here they are good to work with and a good price: https://www.shop-apt.co.uk/carbide-end-mills.html Phill

Have a look at scott and seargent, the CMT surfacing bits are pretty similar to the Wealdon but a good bit cheaper, same replacable blades, they have...

Hi Andrew C I have done quite a lot of signs and stuff. I am assuming you are using wood. I have found that if you want to fill in the...

Yes I can! I give this company props for inventing awesome and simple controlling cnc machines. I dig their quality and simplicity.

Can you suggest any proven milling machine?

Update (which is somewhat late) Turret now under full linuxcnc control via a turret controller based on an arduino The turret controller was...

Ok well, the 50mm version of this is what we use for surfacing with the 2.2Kw spindle and have used for HDPE and Aluminium on occasion and the finish...

https://industrial.panasonic.com/content/data/MT/PDF/MINAS-Xseries_manual_e.pdf is my "source of truth" here - please confirm yourself that it's...

Hi, just managed to get back to this... :uncomfortableness: Still having a problem with where the 24v Power should come from for the servos. My...

milling machine is better! Choose it.

There I found an abstract description of how to use this equipment, what it is for, etc. Unfortunately, I did not find detailed instructions on...

I use a 50mm carbide-tipped cutter in my HY spindle. I would say that I get away with it rather than it's ideal. Runs at 7K, which is about as slow...

Hi Dean It's the typical 2.2kw HY spindle. Mostly I have to face 600mm x 600mm hard plastics and occasionally smaller aluminium parts. I was...

If your spindle is the typical 2.2kw water-cooled spindle then you won't have enough torque at the low rpm's that a wide fly cutter or large shell...

I can't imagine you need a chiller for that in Finland, just use a large enough tank of water so the heat dissipates naturally, put it outside if...

Hi Neale, I got exactly the same problem. I tried to user the "SetDataInput(22,12,0) " in a m1s launched thru a Version R3.043.066 FR, but...