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Geoff,
Just a heads up but any extrusion ordered from KJN at Hinkley comes cut to length very accurately and requires no more work.

KJN Aluminium Profile

Decent prices as well.

Every time you increase microsteps you loose torque.
There is no advantage in going above 8 and you only have to do the setup once.

I disagree with this strongly. it looks a nice machine, well made and made in the UK so higher costs.
There is a limit where a manufacturer can throw in all the bells and whistles and still make a...

From what I can see this can all be done with one set of punches on a simple fly press, google fly press.

If the male and female have the bend shape in your last picture, bottom right but also the...

It could also be missing steps because the Z axis is too weak / tight or trying to move too fast.
What happens is you are 10mm off the work, everything zeroed and command a Z-10 move which should...

Don't listen to Jonathan, he's still learning :wink:

Use http://www.beltingonline.com/5mm-htd-timing-belts-4575 for belts and pulleys, more choice and cheaper.
good service as well

Why not take the list that Mach uses ?
No good insisting that 'THIS' is the standard if your machine can't handle it.

Good book and really a bible is CNC Programming Handbook by Smid.
Bit pricey...

I fooking told you so three years ago - dipshit.

Hard facts of life here, no calculations but based on building over 120 cnc machines or conversions. The X3 cnc kit sold by ARC sold 58 units for a start and I'm not counting any of the Sieg CNC...

Taking it from the beginning you need CAD, then CAM, then a controller for a CNC machine.
Cad you know about, CAM is a program like Cut3D which turns the drawing into G code which is just a text...

Read the ZP5A setup instructions, they use for wierd pin layouts, not 23 for one axis, 45 for another.

Just not enough information.
What router, has the ports and pins been setup ? we need more info.

Try different velocity and acceleration settings in Mach

Lidl are doing some 250kg electric hoists with some form of jib [ not undone that box yet ] for £59.99
Already have one on the big CNC for lifting the vises and 4th axis on, both weight best end of...

Various people sell just a small charge pump board as an add on.

http://www.cnc4pc.com/Store/osc/product_info.php?cPath=23&products_id=51

Easy, --total number of step / pitch

In you case for the 16 x 2 axis that 1600 / 2 so set to 800

For the 12 x 1.75 that's 1600 / 1.75 so set to 914.2857

19mm or 3/4" would be fine, there,s nothing there in the extra 6mm or 1/4" that will add anything to the design.

Best to go for 20 on the long axis with 16 on the rest.

Mark,
Should be plenty of photos as Grandson needs all this for his project CV thingy.

Done a few of these previously and quick run down is to strip the motor and take measurements mainly where...

Just off out now but I'll do one tonight using Draftsight and Vectrics Cut 2D if that suits ?

Post a bit of a sketch of the shape if you can.

Tug,
Can you give me some info on your 3040 router please ?
i have been looking at the 3040 and the 6040 but according to the blurb they are very similar in size. I thought the 3040 was 300mm x...

About the only decent lathe program I have seen is Dolphin.

Many software writers treat lathe as a two axis mill when in fact it isn't, believe it or not lathe is far harder.
On a mill the...

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Blue / white and Blue is a dead short
Same for all the others.


Gary is correct, so is the mad professor.
There are 4 ways...

Paul,

First off the good news, you don't have to buy a program to do what you want.
there are loads of free ones out there that will do all you need.

One good free program is Draftsight, do a...

Don't think I can offer anything else at this point, they look to have a unique system and a web search found someone in Israel with one and he was having similar problems which did not seem to get...