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the ever ongoing "lets build a cnc lathe...." getting round to making the main spindle. was going to machine one with a (lets say) 127mm (5inch) step on the nose, then 3 or 4 bolts to hold the chuck on. since i came up with that many many moons ago, i have got my self a bigger lathe at that...

Saw a Boxford 125 tcl on the old internet and couldn't resist. As its going to be a while before i get my home build lathe up and running. Thought i would get the boxford to run some bits off till i do. The 125 has all it's boxford circuits in it and is running on Linuxcnc. There is nothing...

thought I would post this before I give them a phone..... Need to cut some gears, not done this before so it may be something I'm doing, the cutters are 48dp N06. N03. The material I'm using is EN16. The second the cutter touched the metal all the teeth striped. I thought it may be the...

Just got me self a nice new tig welder and have no idea how to use it..... maybe. right then.. got a DC tig many moons ago and have been having lots of fun with it. last week i got me self a AC/DC to have a go at some Ali welding. Things with the Ali welding arn't going to plan! i'll go aver...

any one out there using mach 4? I have a project coming up and i have discovered a fatal floor in my plans. although mach3 can handle 6 axis. the screen set i use can only handle 4. as the new project needs 5. i'm a bit stuffed. I have a few options to solve this. i could use the original...

i have some jobs coming up that could really do with a 4th axis. my cnc controller box is already geared up for a 4th and 5th axis, and with the advent of fusion 360 making its self free to all hobbyist (thanks Autodesk) it is now possible to run a 5 axis mill. so i have been hitting the...

hi all. been having a bit of a dilemma when it comes to the coolant on the old cnc mill. as i have been doing a few mods to the mill over the last few months, its chip rate has increased some what to the point that the coolant system i have a the mo cant clear the chips away. it's ok (ish) and...

been wanting to do this for a long time now and after the little crash i had a while back and all the Z axis problems Ive been having since, best get on with it. bit of history...... a few moons ago Muppet here broke a cardinal rule. I answered the phone when i was doing a tool change. came...

for those of you that read my "welcome" thread, may remember i tend to have a few projects going all at once. i don't plan it this way, it just tends to happen. well it's happened again. when i started to put the man cave together i wanted curtain machines and one machine i was after was a...

hi all, time to build a cnc lathe :) to start with im having a bit of a problem with the motor i'm going to use.... not to good with this electronic stuff and i'm not getting any luck on the zone. theirs been a lot of talk about using a treadmill motors to drive the spindle on mills and...

just been looking on the forum and i've just seen two threads with people showing there "small sheds". one of them is 20x13feet and the other is 20x20 feet. that to me is massive. i have also seen some man caves bigger that my house.:o so this got me thinking....who has the biggest man cave...

i have owned an RF45 for 3 odd years now and my ears can't take them ruddy gears any more. so for the sake of my hearing i think it's time for a belt mod. but what sort? i have seen many types of belts being used..... apart from one.... the common V belt. there is probably a reason for this...

hi all, just thought i would let the U.K frequenters on this forum know about an ali supplier that i have found that you may or may not know about. http://www.aluminiumwarehouse.co.uk/ i was just looking up prices for a 2" round and compared it to same 2" stock i got from eBay. the place on...

i may of got the subject wrong but this is what I'm after.. lets say i have a bit of material 6"x2" 1/4 thick. on the top face i'm going to mill a pattern of some sort 1/8 deep. then i would like to fill the pattern with coloured enamel or coloured resin. then face cut it all smooth like. so...

hi all, well, as i have been lurking around here for 15 hours 22 min and the norm seems to be introduce your self. thought i better had. I'm new (ish) to model engineering but not new to engineering, tool and die maker by trade. not done it for a wee bit, but its all coming back :) found this...