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Eddy, that machine looks great, but I would not have expected less from you!!! G.

I cut most of mine with a jigsaw and then tidy it up with a diamond file. Its very abrasive so blades dont last long and have to watch for CF strands getting sucked in to the motor. Best to get it...

Whilst we're close to the topic...for a while now I've been dismantling new ballnuts I've obtained from Chai, as it's not uncommon to find debris in them - be that just general dirt or bits of metal....

I got these ones Aliexpress.com : Buy CNC BALL NUT HOUSING, MOUNTING BRACKET FOR 2005 BALL SCREWS from Reliable nut wheel suppliers on lishui city hengli Automation Technology co., ltd. and they too...

Eddy I am sure 5mm bolts will be plenty strong enough. I will be interested to hear about the quality of those brackets they are not worth making at that price inc. del. Good find:congratulatory:

I spent an hour or two last week looking for some alternative fittings.
My Hiwin catalog lists a 90° oil fitting, but I have no idea where to get them from.

These might be able to be modified...

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used 4mm nylon elbows which were a push fit into the carriage

You've got a pm Eddy. .Me

Nice solution.

By the way is the angle bracket the only part holding the bearing? There will be some flex here if that is the fixed end. Is it part of some bigger grand design involving the...

Yes that's the way Tangential works, Mach as an option to use an Axis for Tangental moves.

Edit: Heres a vid of Tang knife and site to look at with some info....

Here is some information on the setup. http://www.picengrave.com/Laser%20Setups.pdf

If you want to read how it all started from the beginning and follow how it progressed to what we are doing now,...

Looking sweet eddy, keep up the good work.

.Me

I am going to clamp a piece of Aluminium sheet to the gantry back and use a large engineers square off the reference rail (bolted down) to square it.

The reference rail will be parallel to one...

That does look nice Eddy - well worth posting the photos. G.

Not a lot to report! I'd be pleased to get that much done in ta month. Looking really good as well. I got some counterbores from RS of all places, they only cost about a fiver each and they are more...

I couldn't watch this video. No safety guard, hand in closing machinery. Bloody OUCH! Time off work, then back to a job that only needs 1 hand. AND don't think it is safe because it has a spring...

PM'd you...

Yes that's the link.
Might take you a few shots to get it working well.
A few tips
Make centre distance between holes about 0.4mm bigger or more than hole size.
Set z retract limit quite low, I...

My guess would be the software by this guy...?

http://jasondorie.com/page_cnc.html

In fact, seeing a link to his software was one of the first things that got me into cnc machines!

Nice job...

I used a 30deg cutter for the engraving i think i had it running a little fast but my brother dsaid it was fine ( he runs three commercial cnc machines)

The get well soon was hardwood but tbh i...

Hi,
I used a 85 degree 2 flute v cutter. The holes are all the same distance apart centre to centre however there size changes according to depth(deeper equals larger). I'll put up a link to the...

Brilliant update Eddy, great idea with the draught excluder.

I've watched a few videos about clear coating wood with epoxy. To get the air bubbles out they normally play a blow torch flame over...

I meant to say hot air gun straight after the pour so the waves won't matter. I was told by the people at Wests a good way would be to mix in a container with a small hole at the bottom on the side...

I was told by someone to mix it in one container and then transfer it to another for the final bit of the mix and that way any unmixed bits round the sides/bottom edge etc. either get left or poured...