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Through the rail. Drill the rail and set up so, that when the carriage is over grease goes in through the rail hole.

Nice job Eddy, is that a Felder ?
Regards
Mike

I ended up buying the setup advertised on Aliexpress. It arrived today and I very pleased with the quality of the parts. It certainly beats the build quality of the countless cheap lasers I have used...

This arrived today, got hit with customs charges so in total the package cost around £750. The quality is great cant wait to see if it works as well as it looks.

Overall very impressed with...

Hi everyone,
Thanks for those who help me : the mill is working now with a new 380V 3PH motor and an inverter 220V 1PH -> 380V 3PH.
I designed a new support to hold the motor, plugged new coupling...

Hi Eddy
You will have to drill the 40x160 right through and use stud iron same dia as the slot width, small lengths of flat bar drilled and tapped to fit the 45deg section and you want a hole in the...

Possibly a stupid idea but how about a strip of Ali or strong plastic the shape of a double ended T nut then knock it in and cover with profile cap end

Think Your going to have to drill some holes and use standard connector elements or T-nuts. Will be tricky on that angle piece thou.!

I'd be interested in hearing of a good way to do this too. My only idea was to drill through the one profile, screw through and use a normal T Nut on the other. A bit more awkward with the angled...

Just a standard slide block and then drill the centre of the extrusion and bolt through from the side I believe

Hi,

Another forum post made me aware of a cheap european source for hiwin, CNC-store.it / CNC-store.eu, just completed a small order to check both the quality of the components and the...

Yes there will be some coming on over the coming weeks. The size of the cutting area is 1000mm x 1300mm. I still have the gantry to build and the ball screws to go aswell.

The Steppers have something unique about them which means they cannot be driven with standard stepper drives so most people switch them out. you can also uprate them to improve feedrates as the...

Hey Eddy,

Been away from the forum for a while and just reread your build. Really good stuff!

Just got myself a small workshop together (mill - lathe on the way) and starting to learn the ropes...

the joys of third world :-)

Cheers Eddy, at a great price too.

Ive been aware of this thread for a while, but tonight, only just read it.

Nice Design!!!. Must say, hats off to you much better than mine. I think every single thing I wished I did with mine you...

For single flute cutters I'm using APT www.shop-apt.co.uk - they are more expensive than some of the ebay sellers, but I'm finding the quality and longevity much better - I wouldn't recommend it but...

Will this help 12148 ..Clive

Sorry Eddy, it was just some plastic sheet I had lying around. You can see the floating shoe and plastic skirt on my old machine . . .

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Hi Eddy
i have a couple of shoes, 1 with the strip you linked to from toolstation (it does pull out of carrier strip), and one shorter which I used drawer liner roll from ikea that you can see...

Eddy, I've been playing with Protune on my XP machine today. I kept getting the error that you show. After a bit of research it turns out that it is due to the file stored in RAM on the drive being...

Well I thought I would end this thread thanking Jazzcnc and Eddycurrent for all there help. I have now had my cnc running on and off for over 20 hours and it has never missed a step. It looks like it...

Eddy look at his other vids like his laser shoe it's brilliant, I follow Peter and watch his vids, given me some great ideas. his clamps (white) are cut from and old cutting / chopping board, bet his...

If you were downunder, I would suggest trying your local Mens-Shed, but I've just discovered that Blighty is only just catching on to that brilliant Aussie invention called the Mens-Shed-Association,...