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In case anyone is looking for help fixing two pieces of extrusion together... 1605916059 10mm transfer punch to mark then centre punch to get holes centred. 16060 insert 10x25mm aluminium and...

Ok well I feel it's time to stand up and say something about this Stupidly excessive over building and Micro examining of build process's Ie Epoxy leveling going off on the forum.!!

So first let...

Ok I'll make this bit easier for you and tell you specs that I know work for this size and type machine.

Base frame: 50x50 or 60x60 x 3 or 4mm Steel. (Forget Ply wood waste of time)

Gantry:...

It's done !

This is before showing the moat in place. Clive S recommended 10mm epoxy each side of the linear rail so with my rail being about 20mm wide the epoxy bed has to be 40mm wide. Because...

Reactive Resins Syntac EPAFD epoxy with Synamin 201-c slow hardener.

This was the starting point using shims to level up the linear rail support beams.

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A test piece was made...

If you don't need slaved motors and using steppers then have a look at the Csmio-IP-M controller or the Csmio-IP-S if you need slaved motors or using Servos with high count encoders and want the full...

Ok Standing in front of the mill then X- is Left X+ right Y+ is moving away from you Y- towards Z + is upwards Z-. So the Dir & Step you would set relative so the motors turn in this direction.
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Hi,
congratulations!

I was there some years ago, so lets see how we can make your learning faster.

Here are some tips for you , i will try to order them like steps:

1. Mach3
-Buy it if you...

I use M8 for bolting together the Gantry your copying. M5 for fastening profiled Linear rails.
In general you'll need an assortment of M5,M6, M8.

Depending on how your fastening Steppers then...

So after spending so much time contemplating, FYI here are the best 3 choices I found in Europe,
considering price, type of metal, thickness and height and first of all certified precision and...

[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 for this size and with Gantry upto 70-80KG.

80V Digital drives and recommend Leadshine AM882
3Nm nema 23 motors like these SY60STH88-3008BF
70Vdc PSU preferably unregulated toroidal with...

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Nothing wrong with that question.??

DudZ for inside turning you need a Boring bar and for general outside or face turning then you just need standard tooling which comes in few forms.
Have a...

Ok well your thinking is sound and milling a Reference edge is correct way. Regards aligning the other rail then it's not has difficult has you may be thinking.! The correct or official way will use...

I recommend this archaic video if you are learning to stick weld...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWdgEaXWDxQ

No Don't buy 100A welder you need more Amp's spare for duty cycle. Biggest problem with cheap Arc welders is low Duty cycle or better put the time you can weld before the it trips out from over...

Bit busy at minute to reply properly to machine but I will later.!! . . . .This is just a BIG Yes to welder, it's not has difficult has you may think. Buy good rods and keep them dry, warm them in...

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...

You have basically answerd your own question when you state 4.2cfm FAD which means Free Air delivery. because they don't have a swept volume like a piston compressor they have to state what they put...

I powder coat my own parts. It's cheaper than paint.
I bought an unused electrostatic magic gun on ebay, the bloke I bought it off
bought it when he was restoring a car, but never got round to...

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....

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...

Irving, if you are reading this, it was on fire when I got there! :-)

MANY thanks to Adil, Geoffrey, Tony, Adam, Laurence, Joanne for all your help today and Grandma for the sarnies!


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If you are using west system 105, it will cost about £100 for 5kg epoxy and £50 for 1kg hardener. Depending on how hardcore you want to be with the aggergates you will end up with a mix that contains...