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3D bas-relief portraits for badge manufacturing. J.R.R. Tolkien, Salvador Dali, Joseph Brodsky, Kurt Cobain, Bob Marley, Steve Jobs.

Thanks for this. I think you are correct. My Z axis was near the limit of its travel and the steel used for the part is gauge plate. The part is...

Hard to be certain on the info provided but my first thought would be backlash and flex in the mechanical system, rather than CAM setup. Backlash...

you can also use the input output triggers to disable the spindle pushbutton relay for safety so you cant eject the tool during cutting ,,,enter the...

Ahhh that's great, thanks for that. I'm on Holiday at the minute but I'll give that a go when I'm back, thank you

hi phil just seen your message ,havent been on for a while ,,if you goto settings , i/o trigger , output trigger ,enter your input port and pin...

Hello I'm from near bath what help do you need lathe or mill plus control software you are using I'm a skilled machinst

Mine was rather extreme too: I ended up making my own pulley, as it seems that many of the pulley suppliers make their pulleys from the same...

Hi Muzzer this is an opportune post of yours as I have a very similar problem with HTD drive to a lathe cross screw. Small drive pulley 12 T and...

Completely unrelated to your original question, I recently got a pack of gas struts for another project that I made for someone, and now that it has...

Thank you Muzzer and yngndrw for your assistance. I ordered the 250NM strut in 6/15 size and 220mm extended length (centre of cup to centre of cup)...

Is this still for sale? Recently acquired a Denford CNC with a porter cable as the spindle and these would be ideal. The originals seem to be...

Yeah it is like an air curtain i think, it helps keep the Spindle cool as well as keeps the chips away.... Great thanks, i plan to do it through...

I would assume cone cleaning would be the air blast while changing tools, to ensure that the tapers are clean, which should only blast during tool...

Hi m_c, Judging by the rest of the manual, that is a good point. It could be wrong, though, I'm not knowledgeable enough to know either way....

That diagram looks like 3/2 valves, but I'm not sure why they'd have two in series, other than as an additional safety measure should one stick....

The controller might have remembered the last position, but I've never used any of the original Boxford software, so can't say either way. These...

Ah okay thank you, I thought that they must have either relied on remembering which tool was used when it was last used, you required you to tell...

I've never personally owned one of these types of turrets, but they're usually a basic ratchet setup. You tell the controller what the initial...

If you are not certain of the required force, you can get "adjustable" versions. When they say adjustable, they mean you can let the gas out but not...

Thank you so much for this information. I really appreciate all the detail. I was originally going to order 400N but your suggestion of 250-300N...