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To be honest, if it's done right you actually get a better finish on aluminum because of the higher spindle speeds which suit cutting aluminum, conventional mills very often don't have the RPM to cut...

The reference is the cutting action, not table movement. You can have a table which moves in both X and Y directions, or only Y or only X, or a moving gantry, where the table is stationary, but the...

Me too, epoxy has it's uses but glass is harder wearing classier material. The walnut was an offcut from a chainsaw mill that has been hanging around in the workshop of a while as it had warped so...

Steve P who has commented on one of my end grain inlay chopping board videos on Youtube was asking for some info on my settings. He's on this forum so I said I'd post my workflow on here as opposed...

Yes, it's doable, I've done it many many times. I've also tried your suggestion and it doesn't work quite as well as you'd imagine on large rail surfaces. It takes an age to get right and can defeat...

Re Damping.

This (Excellent) paper may interest you of you are thinking of building a machine and filling steel tubes with damping material. There are practical examples towards the end. Of note...

It doesn't have to be the DIR line that breaks. On my machine I have had the same problem with the Z axis and on the 3D printer the Y axis has failed twice causing distorted prints. The Y axis is the...

First, let me say this post isn't intended to sway your buying decision because by now after speaking with you at length I'd like to think you realise I that's not my style or way.!

The surface...

Robertspark's UCCNC Macros, Screenset and MODBUS manual is also a very helpful reference. See attached. Not only does it highlight all the inbuilt macro functions, but also has tables at the end...

I've recieved a question about my UCCNC setup, so thought I'd share and discuss my config in public, just incase it helps a future builder.

The vast majority of these settings are taken directly...

A stunning piece of furniture Andrew pleased your making use of the router in making your furniture.

Regards probing the glass then a better way may be to use scanning software like this. Not...

Tormach's spindles are silly overpriced and underpowered IMO, as are the machines in general.!

For small tooling, less than 3mm, I wouldn't fit less than 40K. We are just about to build a machine...

I've used Solidworks and Inventor professionally and Alibre (first), then Solid Edge, Onshape and Fusion (now) as a hobby user. They are all very similar "mid range" CAD systems and very capable in...

Vectric software is pretty good - I've not used anything else obviously but it is very intuitative and does all I need. You'll get the hang of it super quick.

The press was a Eureka moment for me...

Just a warning - there is a scammer who keeps listing a Boxford machine on ebay at a low starting bid price. He asks you to email him for the buy it now price. He replies by email and gives you a low...

Well, not exactly correct, we set it up UCCNC before you took the machine so the pendants can be added at a later date if required. This is why it just worked for you.
However, that said it's not...

The pendant is plug and play. Dongle in a usb slot and hey presto it works like a charm.

Touch off plate and spanner’s came with the machine

Freecad 0.19 Released as stable version. Well worth an investigation.
Check out the German guy on utube for great tutorials. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8otDF_C_fw&ab_channel=FreeCADAcademy

Like many (I assume) I had grown to love having the features of a full 3D parametric modelling available to me for my home projects, not that I often need all the power it provides. The removal of...

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That's exactly my intended meaning. Whether my meaning is right or wrong... but I think it's right. I normally get a "ignore-me pester box" whenever I import g-code from Fusion that typically...

It doesn't have auto squaring, each motor moves independently while homing and you just adjust the home switches to square the gantry.

Very funny :yahoo:

Looks good Mark, for the long job's If you don't want to run for long periods you have a couple of options.

#1 Put the machine into "feed hold" turn the spindle off and leave the PC switched on...

CANbus lines only wobble up and down by a volt - so although higher signal levels can appear to make the job easier, they aren't necessary. And of course, they can become the cause of noise problems...