Finally Registered...
I've viewed this site for about a year now and thought it's time to join the club. IT / electro-mechanical specialist for the past 25 years. I've experimented with and designed small electronic circuit...
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I am Dir of engineering at a toy company. I have built my own cnc machine and need help with ongoing problems.
View ArticleNeed Help! Controller stopped working
After 2 full days trying to find out why one servo motor was faulting my system, I changed my computer to an old laptop that had a parallel printer port. Everything seemed to be better. Changed the one...
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Grizzly G0556 Pan and Box Brake - Adjustable Backstop!
See attached, brake backstop mod for my G0556. Alu is 6061-T6 cut on my CNC'd Sieg X2 mill. Guides and strips are teflon. Brass threaded rod ends were turned on my mini-lathe. The goal of this mod is...
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X2 Mill Cabinet - Wish I had done it sooner...
I put my CNC'd X2 mill in a big blue cabinet, 78 inches tall (on lockable casters), 2 feet deep, 3 feet wide (I think Sandusky made the cabinet). I framed the table in 2x4's and 1/2" ply. I added 2x4...
View ArticleNeed Help! Fanuc 21i NC Basic files.
Dear all. Do any one have NC basic files for Fanuc 21i( the best way is in .mem extension), or some thing like it to reinstall the ROM board. The old ROM board was brocken down and we have not any...
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Tool setter got crashed on Doosan Puma 400L, how to realign properly?
A now ex-employee "quit" pulled out a t-nut too far and spun the chuck into the tool setter under power in low gear knocking the tool setter WAY out of wack, now it's my job to realign it, I first off...
View Article2011 STI Magwell Drawings
a friend wanted me to look into making a magwell for his 2011 STI. i don't know guns, i'm a machinist so i don't know if i have it right. the bullets are side by side or something. if someone has...
View ArticleProblem How to use
Hey guys I have FeatureCAM 2012 and I am changing my post processor to be able to work with my turn mill. but everytime i use <IF><ROTARYX><THEN> Xbuild gives an error saying about...
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Long time no post!
Nearly 7 months after my last update and a lot has happened with the kitchen. For the most part it is complete (about 99.9%) and has been well recieved by family, friends and most importantly, my wife....
View ArticleNeed Help! Mach 3 units not same as inches on my cnc
Hi, i'm just a newb but when i move my cnc, lets say x-axis, 4'' it shows at 1.33 on the mach 3 program? is it set in mm? what exactly am i doing wrong?
View ArticleSide by Side errors starting ST2
SE ST-2 on Windows 7 64bit. It used to work but something happened.. I tried repair, then uninstall-reboot-install. No help. Using sxstrace.exe in DOS i get: ERROR: Cannot resolve reference...
View ArticleNeed Help! g76 THREADING what is "UN"
hey there I was wondering what "UN" means when written after the diameter of the thread cut. is it the same as TPI? i am trying to find out my Depth of cuts and minor DIA and Chamfer DIA but the #s...
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24x24 steal frame momus
I have been working on rebuilding a momus machine for a few months now and I am almost ready to connect it to a computer and see it move. Last thing I need is a router. I have upgraded to a 24x24...
View ArticleMach 3 setup
Anyone in the nj area who knows how to set up Mach 3? I have a seig x3 and promica cnc conversion kit and probotix 3 axis controller with Mach 3 on a computer everything is all hooked up all I need is...
View ArticleLeetro 6525 card back to 6515 card
We will go back to 6515 Leetro card from Aug 10th,2013 instead of 6525 card now. Thank you for your support!
View Articlehow to choose suitable cnc router?
as you know there are so many kinds of cnc router, so,you will get puzzled how to choose these are some attentions you have to pay 1,the power. different cnc router has different power. the usage is...
View ArticleMachine calibration.
Hi there, Sorry if this is covered, I thought it would be, but searching for 'calibrate' came back with no results!? I've got a bit of an issue with my 1212/120 machine. It's not totally accurate at...
View ArticleProblem Tool change
last Friday I noticed that when the machine was doing a tool change it looks like there was not enough air it looks kind of slow and week so I noticed that yes my compressor was not on, any ways I...
View ArticleFirst move problem
When I do a 4 axis flip tool path with a .127 mm tapered ball mill and less than .025mm step over I get a problem with the first move showing up randomly hundreds of times in the Gcode . I like to used...
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