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NEW MEMBER:
Re: New Member, a little experience with 'toy CNC' but got a bigger baby now :-) !!
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Drives using 24v for motors and 5v for opto-couplers -
15-03-2026
Thread: Nema 17 stepper motors ?
by gd485- Replies
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Re: Nema 17 stepper motors ?
I agree Nema 17 are more suited to laser engraving or 3d printer. Any cnc machine that uses a cutter needs a lot more power to overcome the cutting forces. As you are cutting wood you could use...
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08-03-2026
Thread: Wooden creations
by Lee Roberts- Replies
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Re: Wooden creations
Hi Nikos,
I have attached your photos for your last post for you, your work looks great thanks for sharing. Attached is some MDF items i made last year, the BMW is 6ft long and now hangs in a car... -
08-03-2026
Thread: Wooden creations
by Lee Roberts- Replies
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Re: Wooden creations
@NikosR
If you would like to email them to me, I can upload them for you and attach to your posts ?
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28-02-2026
Thread: How to Upload?
by Muzzer- Replies
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Re: How to Upload?
For clarity, I think the simple answer to Niko's question is "no, there is no minimum number of posts you must make before you are permitted to post images".
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28-02-2026
Thread: How to Upload?
by Lee Roberts- Replies
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Re: How to Upload?
Hi Niko,
Go to " Go Advanced " button, then from that screen you should see the option below Attachments > Manage Attachments.
Sorry about all this, the good news is am now settled in a new... -
24-02-2026
Thread: How to Upload?
by Lee Roberts- Replies
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Re: How to Upload?
Negative. Welcome and enjoy!
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20-02-2026
Thread: How to Upload?
by JohnHaine- Replies
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Re: How to Upload?
Look at Muzzer's post 2 or 3 above.
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06-01-2026
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NEW MEMBER:
Hi from Church Gresley, Derbyshire,
Hi, newbie here, my name is Ray I am 77 years old. I am glad to join this forum as I am going to need help with building my own CNC router, but mainly creating software etc;
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28-12-2025
Thread: "Fixing" my Bosch GOF 900 wood router
by routercnc- Replies
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Re: "Fixing" my Bosch GOF 900 wood router
Time to fix it properly . . . well my way anyway
https://youtu.be/6ruQvzAwo4s -
13-07-2025
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Forum Access Issues – Explanation & Fix Update
Hi everyone,
Some of you will have noticed regular periods where the forum has become completely inaccessible, throwing up database errors like "Unable to connect to database" and/or similar. I... -
25-05-2022
Thread: A few MDF bits
by Neale- Replies
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Re: A few MDF bits
Ah, just seen this after replying to your previous post and now see what the question really was.
Answer in many cases is the same, though - people design their own. For things like house signs,... -
09-01-2022
Thread: House Number
by paulh72- Replies
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Re: House Number
Very nice work your friend will be happy :yahoo::yahoo:
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11-03-2021
Thread: House Number
by Wal- Replies
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House Number
Hello all.
Made this house number for a friend of a friend.
Not sure what the wood was - found it lying around at the mill where I have my small unit.
The usual epoxy resin (RF Bright)... -
16-06-2020
Thread: this is the sort of things I do
by woodhutt- Replies
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Re: this is the sort of things I do
I am a big admirer of woodworking arts and that's the reason I am here. I have seen so many arts in my life but this one is really cool. I am doing some craft things with my wood router that i have...
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05-05-2020
Thread: Help with tapered holes
by phill05- Replies
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Re: Help with tapered holes
Here one to try,
Example to draw a ER32 collet holder: Draw out your largest circle say 32mm dia within draw smaller circle say 25mm dia, draw another circle say 17mm Dia, draw a vertical line 9mm... -
04-05-2020
Thread: Help with tapered holes
by Voicecoil- Replies
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Re: Help with tapered holes
One thing that might help (if it goes to the sort of angles you're looking for) is the Vectric chamfer plug-in/widget or whatever they call it*. It's meant to be able to cut chamfers of any arbitrary...
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11-01-2020
Thread: Laptop for connecting to CNC?
by Boyan Silyavski- Replies
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Re: Laptop for connecting to CNC?
DDCSV cnc controller . Have the earlier version on my machine and still working like a champ. I am tired of saying how much trouble was Mach 3 + Windows. Check on internet there is enough info and...
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08-01-2020
Thread: this is the sort of things I do
by Bumps- Replies
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this is the sort of things I do
These are the sort of things that I do.
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08-03-2019
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My Sound Dampening Enclosure for almost finished CNC Router
Hello All,
I thought I'd share my progress with my sound dampening enclosure I've been building for my CNC router.
When I started building my CNC, I knew I'd have to have some sort of enclosure,... -
20-04-2018
Thread: Painting pine
by Washout- Replies
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Re: Painting pine
Hi dfox1987
I would recommend sealing the wood first with a clear varnish, then apply your colour coat then sand back, if I'm understanding what you're trying to do.
Hope that helps.
Chris -
06-07-2017
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Re: Generating multiple paths at incremental depths -easily
What and why are you trying to do this way??? You import a model in Aspire, slice it. Then go to machine it 3d. Thats it. It does not loose detail, what could happen is minor artifacts here and...
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23-08-2014
Thread: Wooden sunglasses
by Nthkentman- Replies
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Re: Wooden sunglasses
They look darn good !
When I am competent enough to use my machine as skilfully I'm gonna give that a go !
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