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Hi Jeff, Dropped an email to you about it just now. Thanks for checking, I have been getting hundreds of spams a day. Best, Jason ... From: Jeffrey Csuy...
Jason Burton
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Dec 1, 2006
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Just wondering what other folks are using for heaters in their anodizing line tanks. I am thinking submersible aquarium heaters but would like some feedback...
Errol Groff
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Dec 1, 2006
10:38 pm
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Errol - this all might be a little OT, but I'm both an EDMer and a closet annodizer - I've only used my setup once - and it worked great - a "focuser" setup. ...
Bob Jacoby
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Dec 2, 2006
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Hey Errol good to hear from you I can't help you out with the anodizing but wondering if you ever got the EDM up and running??? If so what have the students...
Benjamin Nathan Fleming
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Dec 2, 2006
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Well don't I just feel like an idiot. Of course I had meant to send the inquiry about heaters to the anodizing group that I subscribe to. Apologies to all! ...
Errol Groff
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Dec 2, 2006
8:56 pm
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Ben: I have not yet completed the EDM yet. It is working its way to the top of the things to complete list however. I just completed a sandblaster setup that...
Errol Groff
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Dec 2, 2006
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LOL, Errol, I also belong to both groups and didn't even notice anything was amiss with the topic as I read email from both daily. By the way, I returned the...
J Blake
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Dec 3, 2006
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Hey Guys - Making good progress on my system and hope to post pix within a week or so - holding out until the special tape arrives to make the decals for my...
jacoby01
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Dec 3, 2006
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Hello all: I have a spectra light cnc mill in an enclosure This was a sherline mill setup for educational purposes I bought a controller with a xlylox 3 axis...
k_jongsma
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Dec 7, 2006
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Finally got a chance to post some decent pictures of my machine - don't know if it works, but at least it looks like it should! I bent the sheet metal itself...
jacoby01
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Dec 10, 2006
5:28 pm
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Bob, Very nice! I needed some inspiration. I have a pile of parts on my bench and Need to get to where your are. Thanks For the pic's. Don B _____ From:...
Mr DONALD BUTTERWORTH
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Dec 10, 2006
5:44 pm
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Hi All Well once again I am doing really small stuff. I built the EDM machine because I make weird parts for model engines.. so here is the question, and maybe...
richcarlxx
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Dec 16, 2006
3:52 am
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Rich, do you have a variac? Insert it into the 120V ac lead to the HV transformer to reduce the voltage available to the electrode. Then a smaller spark...
Rich Dean
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Dec 16, 2006
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I have a project where I need to drill 4 x 1/2" holes and 4 x 1/8" holes in a piece of aluminum. I need to do at least 25 pcs but will probably end up doing...
jamesengine2006
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Dec 16, 2006
5:37 pm
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Too slow, I would say. Your holemaking method should depend on how thick your parts are, what shape they are on the outside, what material you use and where...
Keith Green
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Dec 16, 2006
7:09 pm
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I am sorry if this is a reposted question, but I couldn't find the answer. How difficult would it be to have a wire edm move on 1 axis? I have a coil of wire...
bxmas13
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Dec 16, 2006
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From: "bxmas13" <bxmas13@...> ... It would be somewhere between 2 and 10 lines to program, depending on the edm and how you chouse to program it. Is...
Steve
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Dec 17, 2006
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I can make a wire EDM move in one axis easily. Very simple code. Your wire is the problem. Standard available wire sizes are .010" and .012" giving an overburn...
Rich Dean
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Dec 17, 2006
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Great thanks for the input! I am going to start building within the next month. Thanks again!!...
bxmas13
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Dec 17, 2006
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... will ... 4 "tube" ... holes ... need an ... 1/2" to ... This is a minor project with a standard manual Mill or even mill/drill equipped with a good stage 2...
Kenneth A. Emmert
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Dec 17, 2006
6:43 pm
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... It is quite common on smaller ram EDMs intended to scientific use to have a little wire system. For a single axis you can just build a sinker unit like...
Graham Stabler
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Dec 17, 2006
11:40 pm
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... Micro sinkers typically have much smaller caps and much higher value current limiting resistors. For the really small stuff they rely on parasitic...
Graham Stabler
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Dec 17, 2006
11:40 pm
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Dear All, My version of Ben's EDM got used for the purpose for which it was built last weekend: the removal of a broken 4-40 tap from a complex, irreplaceable...
ron@...
ronch2000
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Dec 18, 2006
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I have a Brothers Speedy Cut taping machine I am looking to sell. It has a rotery table with three mill/drills positioned around it and can handle a part up...
jerry stout
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Dec 18, 2006
1:09 am
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Rich, I also use my EDM for making model engines. It is built standard as per Ben's book. Just messing about to see how small I could go I've found this...
nickjones111
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Dec 18, 2006
10:35 am
825
Nick Splendid information! My unit is also stock per Ben's book. Just got some copper tube (hollow) and a piece of Carbon rod (both EDM Quality) from a friend....
Rich Carlstedt
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Dec 18, 2006
7:02 pm
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Rich, MSC sells Poco graphite rods. Perhaps just changing to a small cap is all you need. Typically the smallest is all I use. RichD...
Rich Dean
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Dec 18, 2006
7:12 pm
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Thanks for the offer but I assume the machine weighs lots and takes 220v? I'm kind of limited to a garage work shop at the time :-) _____ From:...
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jamesengine2006
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Dec 18, 2006
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... Nick, do you arrange plumbing to the electrode, or just direct the flushing nozzle to the general area of the electrode and and trust some will go through?...
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ronch2000
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Dec 18, 2006
10:14 pm
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Rich, POCO is a graphite electrode material. “POCO 1” being the cheapest in the range. There is a more refined POCO 2 as well. For very small holes I’ve...
Nick Jones
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Dec 19, 2006
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