Hi, Finally did this for you, sorry for the delay. Note that the parts list is not comprehensive, I left the small wattage resistors out as these are easy to...
Hi! I've finally bitten the bullet and decided to have a go at trying to do some EDM work. I've been working on the Reprap project (building an open source 3D...
Hi there, look at www.camtronics-cnc.com. They have sink and wire edm plans available, and the guy selling them has a very good reputation in the cnc world. I...
The plans sold by camtronics are worth their price. I'll say, however, that the wire EDM machine described, according to the author (not Dan Mauch, the...
Wow! Hours/inch for an 1/8 inch billet? I'm not sure that I have that kind of patience. That raises a very serious question, though. What sort of material ...
Actually I mislead you the burn info. is on page 103, any way the burn rate for a 3/8" dia. graphite electrode is about .006 per minute. Ben ... From: Forrest...
I was toying with the idea of EDM for making knives, and steel moulds for casting bronze, making copper electrodes would be as easy as pie with the casting set...
Please take me off your mailing list. Thank you. ... From: Forrest Higgs To: EDMHomeBuilders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 8:17 PM Subject:...
Darryl you have to do that your self. Go to the group home page and unsubscribe. Ben ... From: Darryl Horrocks <dhorrocks@...> Date: Sunday, August 10,...
Hi Charles, I am Toying with Bens EDM as well. I am based on Oz as well in QLD where are you ? and if you are buying from the states maybe we can team up and...
Hi Neil, I a little further south in NSW. I've bought Ben's board, but haven't done much with it as I'm fart-arseing around with a lot of other projects... too...
... Well - if we are talking southern Qld & Northern NSW maybe we can have a little Aussie EDM get together as I am half way between Brissy and the Goldy...
Hi, I built the EDM board following Ben's book but have not been able to get it to work in accordance with the test procedures as stated in the book. That was...
G'day The August meeting will be held this Sunday 17th August at McDonalds Cafe Bar Corner Berwick Street & Canning Highway Victoria Park Western Australia at...
Hi, I am in cheshire which is a bit far away from you but got great help getting my board running by posting the symptoms I experienced to the group. Send a...
to answer your question, the short answer is, yes, put your tank on the X-Y axis saddle and burn. the practical answer is for engraving edm doesn't work very...
Thanks. Is there any way I can send you an example pic of what I need so you can tell me how the sample was done? R.S. Hooper Hooper Law Enforcement Supply ...
Okay, let me see if I understand what's been said. You can slap a tank on an xy positioning table and do EDM cutting and shaping with a sinker machine...
I've bought and been through both Ben's and Bob Langlois' books on building DIY EDM's. Both authors are careful to note that you can kill yourself with...
"I'm fuzzy on just how you could kill yourself with an EDM rig in actual USE once you had it completed. " By not using a guard over the tank and sticking your...
ROTFLMAO! So basically you'd have to be a strong contender for a Darwin Award to kill yourself. :-p Any really likely scenarios that somebody with a few...
hi forrest, again the short answer is , yes, but- - - the first is that the edm built from the book is only IIRC 2 amperes, most CNC edms are 30 or more...
Thanks for the detailed answer, cary. I really appreciate your taking the time. What you said seems pretty clear to me, even without the sketch. I'm not...
There's been some talk about the possibility of starting a fire with kerosene. I could see the possibility of someone getting hurt in a fire. If you build it...
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