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08-05-2022
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Re: DIY Gantry CNC Router - Y Axis - Moving Gantry vs Moving Work Bed
Briefly - moving-bed allows the gantry to be part of the structure of the machine, so stronger, and can be braced for more resistance to vibration. The moving bed can be pretty strong and...
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07-02-2021
Thread: M$ Antivirus found Trojan in UCCNC
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Re: M$ Antivirus found Trojan in UCCNC
Ok, when I saw this post it concerned me so I reached out to Balazs who owns CNCDrive to get the official word on this and here is his reply. I did ask his permission to post this which he agreed...
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05-02-2021
Thread: General purpose hook up wire
by Clive S- Replies
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Re: General purpose hook up wire
This company https://chaloncomponents.co.uk/product-category/cable-management/tri-rated-cable/
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02-05-2020
Thread: Panel Cut-out help please
by JAZZCNC- Replies
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Re: Panel Cut-out help please
Every type of hole you want to stick it in, Knock your self out Rob.
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Re: Game on!
You may be overthinking or misunderstanding this. Having spent most of my career designing and developing mains powered SMPS products, I would endorse the use of an isolation transformer. It's true...
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30-01-2020
Thread: metalworking pillar drill experiences
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Re: metalworking pillar drill experiences
Episode 2 : making the control box and deep dive into the XSY AT1 inverter setup. Impressed so far (for the price) . .
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27-01-2020
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Re: A couple of beginner questions... Profile sizes and cutting area size.
It's always better to have it setup up in the direction you view the machine. It doesn't really matter whether X runs across gantry or down machines length but it should always run left to right as...
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12-01-2020
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Re: Window 7 End Of Life - Should I Migrate To Win10 or Learn Linux?
While you contemplate changes,or not,could I suggest you answer your question about Linux by giving it a try?There are lots of distros out there and a quick look at www.distrowatch.com might amaze...
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30-08-2019
Thread: Here we go again . . . MK4
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Re: Here we go again . . . MK4
For anyone interested here is episode 26 of the CNC series giving an overview of my humble but functional CNC controller.
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20-04-2019
Thread: Passivation
by m_c- Replies
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Re: Passivation
Frost still sell various plating kits - www.frost.co.uk
They're not normally the cheapest source, but their plating kits seem comparable with other sources. -
28-10-2018
Thread: Chinese ATC spindles
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Re: Chinese ATC spindles
I got a quote from Jian-ken a few weeks ago, they quoted $1360 for a JGL-80/1.5R24-20 ATC, that's including delivery by Fedex. With the customs fees/VAT it would come just under £1100. The higher...
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30-09-2017
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Re: Chinese MGN rails. Should I use them?
I bought for my current build MGN12 and am very happy with the quality. I am super duper picky and "always Hiwin " type of a guy :stupid: . Before a couple of years i have ordered a test 20 size...
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25-03-2015
Thread: Fogless Mister Systems
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Re: Fogless Mister Systems
Since there is no requirement for a venturi or pressurized container almost anything works, I just used an old NOGA that I had.
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24-12-2009
Thread: What size stepper motor do I-need.
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What size stepper motor do I-need.
A Tutorial on motor torque calculations
A question oft asked on MYCNCUK is "how big a motor do I need?". There is no simple answer to this, and the options are usually:
a) follow someone elses...
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