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To be honest it's not rocket science but the Welder your using does make a difference to some degree.

Arc or MMA welders put a lot more heat into the steel than Mig or Tig so it's a good idea...

[Please note this post is not quite finished - I will be editing it in the next few days to include costings among other things]

Just over two years ago, when I made the steel frame for my router...

Ok first Not sure what your meaning here Dan with x2.? You only have 1 home switch per axis.



Ok well if using Micro switch type then you still have the LIMIT switches at the ends, so 2...

Hi Dan,

The way it's done is to series wire the E-stop and limits thru the 24V coil (coil not contact) of a relay. Then take the +5V signal from the BOB and run thru the contact of same relay and...

Thought it might be an idea to centralise some info on the commonly used 2.2Kw Chinese supplied spindle.

This is what I'm looking at:

China supplied
2.2Kw
Includes power supply
Including...

An easy way to provide the limit override (non-locking) and start (locking) logic is with a diode:


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An alternative would be to use a seperate contact on Relay 2 to enable Relay 1, but I...

Mike,

Can I suggest you get some terminology correct, it might save you some pain (physically and metaphorically) later

When referring to AC (mains) its Live, Neutral, Ground The colours being...

Today I received a question about feed rates regarding PCB’s on a DIY cnc router, so here we go.

In general when it comes to building a tool path; you will need to determine the correct feed...