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Well, I've finally gone and bought one. I went for the new Bambu Lab P1S with AMS in the end. Seems to have good reviews, and the X1C was considerably more expensive for what seemed like a similar...

It would likely still have worked with a 10k pot.
Even quick blow fuses, only trip fast if they see a big enough current. There are blow speed charts, which show that if only slightly above their...

Given those dimensions, you could probably fit a servo motor.

Hard to say if it would stall at the lower speed, that's more a function of torque than power. Just change the pulley ratio surely? But you can vary the speed with the VFD of course.

Ideally you...

I’ve been out of my workshop for the best part of 12 months doing my loft conversion. On the home straight now with a mere couple of months to go, so will be back trying to think of a monster project...

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Still ticking, for now at least!

The reason why there are no pics of the completed build are because the whole thing got shelved - not real reason other than lack of time with the young'uns, and...

Evening,

A couple of recent pieces I made on the ol' mini mill...

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Brass saddles and bridge - the bridge is optional as the saddles are made...

Several months ago I was looking for a spindle for my up and coming CNC machine. I had been drooling at BT30 ATC spindles for a while. And I decided that it was finally time to take the plunge. I...

Look on ebay.co.uk for item number 182739548952 sold by "rennie_tool"
These are solid carbide 2 flute spiral ballnose, good price, cut well in hardwood, long lasting, available in all sizes and...

Have a look here they are good to work with and a good price: https://www.shop-apt.co.uk/carbide-end-mills.html

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Saw that yesterday in a Facebook group. Wish it was there 8 years ago. But still, a very good option. Price is good also and its in Europe, not USA or China as usually.
And to those that will say...

I've had many requests for the CAD of this machine. I've also had requests for narration so I decided to put together a 3 part mini series to show a shorter version of the build for new viewers and...

For anyone playing along - here's most of the varieties of just the PCL range:

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And I think I'm going to standardise here on PCL XFs as that's what the tools I have here have already.
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Re Damping.

This (Excellent) paper may interest you of you are thinking of building a machine and filling steel tubes with damping material. There are practical examples towards the end. Of note...

Have a look at my router cutting steel (plans incl.)
https://youtu.be/UboWO2BHDYQ

Reopening this old thread to share an observation about using ethanol as a cutting fluid for aluminum which may help others avoid problems.

We reported on a machinist who tried this in a poorly...

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I joined the forum last year looking for advice on where to get a machine that would be suitable for my hobby of building guitars. I was pointed in the direction of Dean ( JazzCNC ) and after...

Well, I think this site has always been like that. Some members don't seem to understand the difference between hobby and profession. There is a clear difference between between those who MUST have a...

The pictures were the right way up on my computer.....but glad to make our antipodean friends happy,

I have cut end plates with and without the lugs so I have options, I am going to test...

Just a warning - there is a scammer who keeps listing a Boxford machine on ebay at a low starting bid price. He asks you to email him for the buy it now price. He replies by email and gives you a low...

I really wasn't impressed with the directly wired result, it might work but... see below.

A quick rummage through the goody box showed that I already have everything I need for a proper break-out...

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Also see previous post LeoLFS

If you are wondering what we have been doing while holed up due to Covid the following design has occupied us for quite a while. I am also halfway...

I cut some polyurethane at 30000rpm with new, razor sharp 3 flute HSS cutters and oil free flood coolant (I've done some with air too), around 1mm DOC per pass, the parts were 10mm wide 1.5mm wall...

There generally isn't that much difference between an axis servo motor, and a spindle servo motor. The main difference is in how they're utilised.

A servo motor rated speed/torque is what it...