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I don't think he dose, Zeefly hasn't been active here for a few months now....shame as there isn't even a pic of his finished machine with the bed on etc...

According to his YouTube channel non of...

Whoa! Have 3 months gone by? After finally getting the house ready for sale it was time for me today to have a bit of time in the man cave and Muzzer was mostly right in that it was easy to bore out...

For anyone interested here is episode 26 of the CNC series giving an overview of my humble but functional CNC controller.

Also, for anyone who likes oscilloscopes there is a review of the Hantek...

99% is about being a good salesman. Finding customers, and getting them to hire you to do their work.

No there is no tailstock but Denford did offer one. I've even seen drawings of them.

Were I doing your knurl on the Denford (or any small lathe) I'd set up a tool as used in a capstan lathe where...

You could always set it up doing loads of knurling :)

(I'd offer you one of my cut knurlers, but they are too big on the shank for the Baruffaldi tool turret slots )

I have a Fanuc based Cyclone with ATC, let me know if you have any questions.

I'm not sure on timeline, but all the lathe models they done are - Starturn, Mirac, Orac, Cyclone, Novaturn, Cyclone, ZeroTurn, and Turn270.

Zero Turn is the biggest, but all the zero machines are...

The oriental numpty farm is obviously still going strong.... just be thankful that live and neutral weren't swapped at your workplace.....

Yes, certainly keep the earth running through, it still has some safety value and will likely help with interference supression as well. And you'd only need a very basic 230V: 230V (or 230V : 2 x...

Incidentally, if it is simply a leakage matter (sometimes caused by a slightly wonky interference filter on the PSU input), adding an isolation transformer will often cure it.

Ok so i figured some stuff out.

Made some (very slow) progress and produced the first parts for my diy dust shoe.


I need to get familliar with F360 modelling and manufacture options contour ...

They not drive belt, they serve as protection to rails against chips/mist etc. Many of us use concertina folded covers.
Zeeflyboy has brought design to different level - read higher:)

I would of thought a ribbed design would be better for the main section. That way you could get a reasonably nice L/Boomerang type shape going from the main body up to the vertical surface for the...

How many of us amateurs have workshops with sufficient temperature control to prevent thermal movement of both machine and workpiece becoming significant?For that matter,what kind of tolerance do...

Thought I would do one more experiment based on a suggestion from dharmic, I took 0.5L of my already-mixed-to-instructions dye and diluted it with a further 1.5L of DI water... so waaaay more dilute...

Got a few hours to play this afternoon at long last!

Whipped up a little design out of some scrap plywood to finish off the anodising tank and cathode/anode setup.
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Hi guys,

Sorry there hasn't been any progress recently - a general mix between work ramping up for the summer, enjoying the nice weather, with a dash of laziness and a sprinkle of lack of...

Episode 20. Significant progress !


https://youtu.be/aw0pM_uV1kw

Hi guys finally,


Things are moving [emoji16]

https://youtu.be/DGThYTQ_QdE

Episode 19 is ready. This time we are mounting the gantry and getting it moving.


https://youtu.be/BRpSN7UU1cs

Episode 18. More metrology measurements and flatness checks . . . . then a bit more building to finish the bed.

https://youtu.be/0X1BItweoSY

It claims to be a "universal" machine but a true universal machine would have a table that pivots. It's actually a heavy horizontal mill with a Bridgeport vertical (quill) head. The table feeds will...

Seems a lot of money for an old dog. Can't imagine (m)any businesses paying that for it - if anything fails on it, the thing is scrap - you'd never get parts for it. I'd suggest it's not worth much...

I connect the steppers direct to the drives. Some use connectors at the input panel to the box but for me this is just another source of potential noise. How often do you need to move the machine? ...