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I also had a look at the Inventables site and saw their "Pro" range. These use profile rails and ballscrews (although the one I saw used 25mm...

Hi Simon Did you get around to buying this machine and is it a good machine. cheers Andrew

Its hard to see, but I suspect it is just an enclosed SCR drive. If it is, be aware the potentiometer pins will be floating around half mains...

Thanks Neale for a comprehensive post, I`ll have a think and see where i`m going with this. I thought it would be buy a decent machine and start...

Andrew, I sympathise with you but this is a fairly common request, and the answers usually don't please anyone - the person who replies because they...

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Hello anybody there

After much consideration I've decided to no longer build a cnc, any cnc for that matter. The reason is the large discrepancy between what I...

Unfortunately I just approved the capital request and for both machines it was only 120k including delivery. I didn't t find out until it was...

It would be useful to know exactly which Kimla machine you're getting to be able to look up the specs. in order for someone to be able to give you...

m_c thanks for your reply. attached is an image of the offending item . its always been a bit dicey, not sure what i was expecting..

It's most likely just a basic SCR speed controller suitably current/voltage limited. Have you got any pictures?

Will put on Ebay.The 2.2kw spindle motor is mounted on a motor plate that fits a Bridgeport BR2J head with a motor driven 10M pulley of 72 teeth...

love it. the great thing about ceramic is you cant use coolant coz it needs to be hot

Understood, not a bad price. Problem is, I dont need all of it. I'm primarily after the spindle motor / setup to see if I can upgrade my Bridgeport...

If I was a good bit younger, I might be tempted - I've just had a Covid jab, so that will give you a ball park idea of my age. :-) The Seig...

I'm not too keen to do a re-wire and using the existing parallel port would be my preference. When I got the KX1, the information about the...

Hi All I uploaded version 28 to Grabcad replacing version 25 Regards John

If you have a spindle that can only be driven by step/dir, and the Pokeys57CNCdb25 can only output PWM, it's not rocket science to convert PWM to...

That's a bit rubbish if you can't use a step/dir output to control a spindle. Other options to look at that would be a direct plugin to a parallel...

i love watching titans of cnc... its just complete machine porn

Ha ha. Cropwell, I wonder which Devon based company you mean ?! The Haas with the controller as big as the chinese router its stuck to is just crazy...

ADT-CNC4640 is the controller (£790 + VAT to buy new). FCNC4M Additional panel. CNC4A MPG. Would split if had a decent enough offer but, am only...

Im looking to cut mdf and plywood up to 400mm, with a budget of about a grand