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  1. 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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    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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    Re: General purpose hook up wire

    This company https://chaloncomponents.co.uk/product-category/cable-management/tri-rated-cable/

    will even sell it by the mtr.
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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.

    https://www.protocasedesigner.com/cutouts/
  5. Thread: Game on!

    by Muzzer
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    BUILD LOG: 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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    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) . .


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrIEI-4Iupo
  7. 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...
  8. 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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    BUILD LOG: 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.

    Also, for anyone who likes oscilloscopes there is a review of the Hantek...
  10. Thread: Passivation

    by m_c
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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.
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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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    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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    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.

    I made it for myself, I have no commercial intentions whatsoever. I...
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    Sticky: 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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