thanks to all for tips and ideas .. I got a 6 mm endmill that I could mount in the biggest collet that is included with the proxxon and then tryed again . ...
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klystron
Nov 1, 2011 9:45 am
In article <j7q3h9+r5as@eGroups.com>, ... Yes, see: http://www.arceurotrade.co.uk/Catalogue/Cutting-Tools/Milling-Cutters/HSS-End-Mills For example. Within a...
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Steve Blackmore
stevepilotltd
Nov 2, 2011 12:32 am
... Better range than that easily available. Sussex tools stock 6mm Weldon shank cutters in 15 different sizes in the 1 to 6mm range. If I shop about I can get...
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klystron
Nov 2, 2011 10:47 am
In article <v031b7lffmpofu2jf70sj4782mdcc2bm19@...>, ... I presume this is: http://www.sussextools.co.uk/ Website noted -- Stuart ...
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samcopa
Nov 11, 2011 1:15 pm
Thank you all for your suggestions. I did get a desk top computer. I have been working with GSIMPLE, MACH3, CAMBAM, and DXF files. Got the drives running!!...
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clumsysoftballerz
clumsysoftba...
Nov 12, 2011 10:52 am
if you are using mach, and have the switches set up as home switches and define your table size when it hits the switch on a home command it will touch the...
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jbsantee
Nov 14, 2011 2:35 am
Well got the DRO's cobbled together and the gas spring upgrade done. Perhaps now I'll be able to use it instead of work on it. ...
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clumsysoftballerz
clumsysoftba...
Nov 14, 2011 2:17 pm
so you have two X2's and an X1? nice collection! good work on the conversion! cambam is the cheapest and easiest cam I have seen and used. just draw your...
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jbsantee
Nov 14, 2011 2:39 pm
... It was quite by accident, it started with the X1 I was buying a mini lathe for a friend off of Craigs list and it was part of the package. The LMS X2 came...
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clumsysoftballerz
clumsysoftba...
Nov 15, 2011 1:51 pm
I can't wait to have room for a tormach and a BP because it is pretty frustrating to have to program everything. my x3 will end up being a really nice cnc...
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jbsantee
Nov 15, 2011 9:16 pm
... I have a Van Norman 22L & Southbend 16" when I get ahead of the game sometime and get 220 out to the garage. I have a BP M head for the overarm on the Van...
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clumsysoftballerz
clumsysoftba...
Nov 16, 2011 2:00 pm
funny you say that. I thought the same thing so the last few projects I videod everything to post on youtube for that exact reason. my channel is...
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jbsantee
Nov 16, 2011 6:57 pm
... Very cool, I used to love to go to the Speedway races at the Ventura fairgrounds back in the 70's and 80's. Something about the smell of alcohol and big...
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will_cambs_913
Nov 18, 2011 2:02 pm
Hi, I'm in need of a few bevel gears so I thought I's give the mill a run... The problem is several fold. Firstly I don't have a tool cutter. Secondly I don't...
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Steve Blackmore
stevepilotltd
Nov 19, 2011 12:14 am
... Yea - read http://www.roymech.co.uk/Useful_Tables/Drive/Bevel_Gears.html ... Or buy two. Steve Blackmore --...
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will_cambs_913
Nov 19, 2011 7:30 pm
... The maths! \well, that explains the words people use - any help on the math for making the cuts?...
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John
stevenson_en...
Nov 19, 2011 8:19 pm
Will, Firstly there are two types of bevel gear. The correct type you see all the while with tapered teeth and tapered depth and the constant depth bevels that...
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will_cambs_913
Nov 21, 2011 1:43 pm
Thanks thats great! It does mean that I have to get an indexing rotary table... that might mean waiting till after Christmas :(...
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nedtron
Dec 13, 2011 9:55 am
Greetings, "I will be able to control the spindle with mach 3 which can't be done on the sx3" My Grizzly G0619 (Sieg Sx3) has spindle speed control under Mach3...
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clumsysoftballerz
clumsysoftba...
Dec 13, 2011 6:41 pm
first off, NICE WEBSITE! very cool stuff and I haven't gotten through it all yet. When did you do that spindle conversion? The guys on CNC ZONE were still...
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clumsysoftballerz
clumsysoftba...
Dec 13, 2011 6:42 pm
first off, NICE WEBSITE! very cool stuff and I haven't gotten through it all yet. When did you do that spindle conversion? The guys on CNC ZONE were still...
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nedtron
Dec 14, 2011 5:21 am
Greetings, I converted the Grizzly G0619 (Sieg SX3) mill to CNC along with the Syil spindle control in 2007. Syil no longer sells the spindle control and it...
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nedtron
Dec 14, 2011 7:40 am
Greetings, This diagram shows my SX3 motor encoder voltages for one revolution of the motor shaft (24 detents): ...
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Neil Gillbanks
txmassagermtguy
Dec 18, 2011 6:36 pm
Has anyone tried to mount a z-axis motor on the top of the column? I am thinking if I drilled through the column and the bearing block at the end of the shaft,...
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Neil Gillbanks
txmassagermtguy
Dec 18, 2011 6:36 pm
I have a question on how to mill a part. This is my first real mill and I am unfamiliar with its' capabilities yet. I have to mill 4 x 1/8" holes and a 5/8"...
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Carl Hollopeter
chollo...
Dec 18, 2011 7:21 pm
I would drill the 4 holes first. Use them to screw the piece to 3/4" plywood or MDF and clamp the wood in the vise or to the table, then use a center cutting...
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Richard
rtupernny
Dec 18, 2011 10:03 pm
Neil; You did not say what mill you have. I am assuming that you have the X3 or SX3. I have been looking into doing the same thing to my SX3 but have not...
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Neil Gillbanks
txmassagermtguy
Dec 19, 2011 12:56 am
Richard I have the Grizzly 0619 so it is a SX3. I would definitely order a spare bearing block first! I have a Grizzly 0602 lathe so I can make any needed ...
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rftuper48@...
rtupernny
Dec 19, 2011 1:28 am
Neil; You have the same mill that I have. I found where I got the pix's from. Under files, Eirik's X3 details, Z axis motortest. Z drive-1 jpg. and Z drive-2...
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dfaprinting
Dec 19, 2011 3:44 am
A ball end mill might make the cutting a little easier. If the slot needs to be exact I would drill the ends to get the rounded areas, and then mill with a...
