Need Help! BobCAD and 3D printing
I recently came across a need for building a 3D model and am planning to print a prototype. I'm a bit new to the 3D aspects of BobCAD but have been using it with my 4'x8' Camaster CNC machine for the...
View ArticleSource of Miniature End Mills?
Dear Friends - Looking for a cost effective source of miniature end mills & cutters for my Taig cnc mill. Would like to know if you would share your links, sites that you the members have...
View Articleconstruir un CNC avec drivers MR-J2S
Bonjour J'ai besoins de votre aide ... je voudrais modifier ma CNC et j'ai la difficulté de choisir mon contrôler et logiciel . Pour le moment j'ai 4 servo moteurs avec 4 x MR-J2S-60A (drivers) ......
View Articlebuild cnc
Hello I need your help ... I want to change my CNC and I have difficulty to choose my monitor and software. At the moment I have 4 servo motor and 4 MR-J2S-60A (drivers) ... What hardware and software...
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Linuxcnc, Phase drive and step morphing.
I thought this might be interesting to people running phase drives. (where each phase of the stepper is controlled..) (instead of step/dir) We purchased a few emco lathes from a local school.. They...
View ArticleNeed Help! Num 1020 OP not working
May boss and i this coming week are going to start milling but right now we cant use the work offset to make a OP (program origin). If anyone know nay trivk or tips and maybe instructions now how to...
View ArticleNeed Help! Fanuc FOCAS Library
Hi, I'm writing a program in vb.net to collect data from Fanuc Robocut EDMs. I'm can successfully establish communication with the machine and get some data but I'm struggling with a few things. Alarm...
View ArticleT-Slots CnC Router
Hey guys...Frame assembly is nearly complete for the 2nd CnC...I will post photos very soon
View Articlemr-j2s-60a wich controller and software
Hi i would make a cnc ... i have 4 motors and 4 drives MR-j2s-60a ... witch controller and software a can use for my cnc .
View ArticleAir supply question
How are you fellas getting moisture out of your air supplied to the spindle? I'm using 2 water traps positioned as close to the spindle as possible and make sure they are always drained. I've wondered...
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RFQ aluminum bars 48 pcs
Hi Everyone, I have a simple job for just a few pieces. It's my 1st time posting here, so let me know if I'm missing anything. Attached is the drawing. Pls provide a quote for aluminum 1/8" thick. I'l...
View ArticleA 0.1" cnc milled groove
Hi all, I have to mill a small groove on aluminium parts and I was not sure the small end mill will be able to do the job: :-) Laurent
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Integration of FANUC CNC with FANUC Robot - Peripherial IOs
Hi All, I have some issues with integration of FANUC CNC and FANUC robot. The system consists of the following: NC controller - A16B-3200-0190/06B; Three Peripheral IO boards - A16B-2200-0660/07B;...
View ArticleNeed Help! Tool Change
Hi All I have a customer who has purchased a Leadwell CNC VMC with a Mitsubishi Meldas 50D / 50M Series control. He is new to the world of CNC's and has purchased an older machine to get a feel of...
View ArticleStep Consistency
I've got my Carving CNC CNC6040+G540+Ethernet SmoothStepper+Mach3 set up, and while I wait for my spindle I'm doing some measurements. My calibration is 400 steps per mm. I use Jog mode with 0.01mm...
View ArticleNeed Help! Parameters and diagnostics on Fanuc O
I have two Fanuc O controlled machines, one is a mill and other is a lathe. On the mill i can download the parameters to my laptop in edit mode but i can not download the diagnostics. Tried setting PWE...
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Problem (v25) 4th Axis wrapping group TEXT -> machine engraves text over text...
Been trying to get some text around a cylinder (it's part of a a project I need to be done with..)... epic problem so far... thus I've tried to isolate the 4th Axis engraving operation and just use...
View ArticleNeed Help! PLC Ladder programming
Hi Boys (and girls) , my first post! We have a CNC lathe with a Fanuc 18T fapt control and I need to rewrite the machine ladder in it PLC. I know that the machine was possibly written with Fladder I or...
View ArticleTool length offset screwed up
We have a bridgeport tc-30 with dx-32. we are having a problem with the tlo and the z axis. in the tool tables it is showing our tools to be 325" long. if w try to change it to a reasonable number, say...
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