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Been a while since I worked on this project, but its now getting close to completion. Here's a few videos to bring the project up to date:

Fixing an issue with the scratchplate:
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That's why you ALWAYS use a hammer to put it together. Pre-empt the pain..!

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There is probably an argument to be made that I could live without them...

Maybe I'll go with just a single pair at the front and see how it comes out... easy enough to add a second pair at the...

Hi guys,

Maybe you dont know but one of the things i am making is a small musical instrument , thumb piano, which i call the Acoustic Kalimba.

Now with the Christmas coming there is still time...

Thanks Neil - I've granted you access to the model, but I've no idea what that will look like on your end. It shoudl let you start working in it directly or at least on a version that you can upload...

Dictionary wise both are same.

But in electrical engineering context both words differ in scope. Ground is a general term that refers to a reference potential against which all voltages are...

Dave, once setup drop a couple of shallow keyways in the plate both vertically and horizontally so you can drop a piece of key steel in to act as back and / or side stops to get parts square

Hi Richard,

Sounds to me like you have few conflicts happening here regards what Mach3 does exactly and what's needed or invloved with running and getting machine to do what you need. Because I'm...

Hi Neil, sounding really good, BUT, please please please do not cut MDF or exotic woods without a good amount of extraction and/or a damn good breathing mask ( I am only assuming you don't wear a...

As suggested in another thread, here is a starter thread showing a collection of finished DIY router builds from members of this forum. If Lee is OK with this (could it be a sticky?), my suggestions...

Neal they are separate grounds but you don't need 5 core 4 cores is enough. Heres how you wire it to IP-M controller.

Starting with On/OFF. Take DCM to Pin 25 then FWD to Pin 12 or 13 depending...

Nice work Neil looks great, lol to the info on the switches.

.Me

This is why you want slow cure epoxy - this a time lapse- https://vimeo.com/166112200 the movement is barely perceivable in real time. 18448 well it's done. Now we wait... 18449

Hi Neil,

Sorry - missed the question at the bottom - I use this tape:

Silverline 198134 Fixman Double-Sided Tape, 50 mm x 33 m from Amazon


http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00F80K5OS

Cheers

Ahh right it's for a plane!

:) I will it's just a waiting game really, mechanically all I need for it now is two gantry side plates, two bearing plates and 3 motors, Dean is lined up ready to make...

It is impossible to say what size of motors you require without giving details re your machine. It might be a good idea to start your own build log to keep all the questions in one place.

Very productive day today.

Sneaky peak...

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I'm starting to regret mentioning TurboCAD - that's the product that I have more-or-less abandoned in favour of Fusion 360, even when I'm only wanting to do 2D drawing. While it's fine as a 2D tool,...

If you buy solder from China, it is generally 63/37 Sn/Pb, which avoids the whiskering problem. Commercially you can't use it, but as an amateur you are not bound by recent regulations to industry....

Yes it's fine and if it's water cooled Spindle just try to put the water pipes between signal and power cables. Provided you have correct grounds then you shoudln't have any troubles.

Edit: Doh...

I have the budget one above and it works well I can do my bed in a few minutes

Wide cutter will give you perfect finish if trammed correct and take fraction of the time.

Wouldn't get a fly cutter these spindles don't like them. Get one of these with indexed tips...

Neil are you thinking to T-slot the bed on the machine using the spindle.? IF so then you'll struggle because the spindle is far too fast for T-slot cutters.
Personally I find a matrix of tapped...

Damn, always happens just when you don't need it. I've seen broken taps removed using a small punch or point and hammer to carefully unscrew them. Whether it will work depends how well the thread is...

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Achieved first motion today, got it lashed up to an old BOB and very poor PC (way below Mach3 specs) and it seems happy, a...