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Compression cutters have both up cut and down cut flute patterns.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8WVR3zAxNs

Here's the video on 2 sided parts. Its pretty lacking and that's probably because I didn't plan anything before picking up my phone and recording....

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And the two dead cutters. HSS isn't really suited to this material as its even more abrasive than MDF but a combination of 4 flutes and a hefty 105mm...

Yep same here. I always enjoy seeing how others tackled a job and it often gives me idea's. Utube has hundreds of cnc video's luckily.



Too right I watched the whole thing! I'm still new at...

Not normally worth posting about replacing the bed but I picked up a sheet of Trespa Athlon from a friend and have to say this is makes a great bed. Plenty of mass, well damped against vibration,...

Its one of these.

Buy Numatic NVD750 Workshop Vacuum Extractor from Axminster, fast delivery for the UK

With two 1200w motors there's plenty of suction. The bristles keep the stuff thrown by...

Had another go at making a dust shoe and after picking up some cast acrylic this attempt came out much better. A week or so ago I did try to cut the same parts out of extruded acrylic and that stuff...

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Its a bit of a crap shoot with the cheapest VFD suppliers. Sometimes you get decent bearings, sometimes less so. Sometimes you only get 2 bearings, sometimes 4. Main problem is the...

Here's some useful setup information for Haunyang VFD that I've collected and collated whilst on my internet travels.

NOTE: Always check these settings are applicable to your Haunyang VFD as there...

That works fine for a single switch on a dual axis but if you want to home each of the two sides of the gantry independently ie. to auto square. then you leave this disabled. It could be you had this...

Not normally a company annoys me to the point of making a negative post about them but Valuframe has done just that.

Valuframe - Aluminium Extrusions > Aluminium Profile > Aluminium Extrusion >...

The 2.2Kw model is 80mm dia. It varies for the others.

As for Spindle mount options your looking at making your own really. You can get them from places like ebay US and various CNC retailers over...

I use CorelDraw for this and find it works well most of the time. Its entirely dependant upon the quality of the bitmap and the subject matter but it has a degree of adjustability that should see...

From what I've read on here. In the grand scheme of things its shite really and even with gearing the speed would be limited because of the low volts.

The real kits start at about £300 and upwards...

Cheers guys. Its solidworks for CAD and then Keyshot 2.3 for the renders.

KeyShot - 3D Rendering and Animation software

These are pretty rough as things go. Done just to give me an overview of...

No problem, I wish I'd known about this place back when I first started looking around. Nothing wrong with a frank opinion, I'd rather have that than the marketing speak!

From my limited knowledge...