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You could try ringing Multicam in NSW and ask the guy on the desk if he could suggest any of they clients to you ..If he wont ask for Kevin the Manager and onwer if he can suggest anyone.:roll:

You could try Multicam in NSW they have a good supply of cutting tools not the cheapest
but the tools will out last the cheap ones ... and no i dont work for them.. Speak to Russel
on the front...

Its about 5hp it appears to come with a vacuam hold down and a computer that may have the software to run it. They are good strong machine and if looked after will last 10 -20 years Ive seen quite...

When i worked for a company making cnc machines there was a home postion
set up in the software ,so at any time you broke a cutting tool or just
wanted to start a new job the first thing you did...

I think I saw some at miter 10 ,one of the bigger stores going out to the hume highway.
Iwas tempted to buy them but they where around the hundred dollers so settled for the FM ones as they where...

Try having a look at the multicam guys, now those are a machine ! Use to work for them.
Worked on the old machines that they made right up to the current models.
They certainly have evovled over...

I always tell our client (behind the boss's back) they are just a female computer!! which could explain why they do strange thinks for now reason..
says it all I think...

All the professional ones that I have seen or worked on are air cooled...
Before committing to anything try checking out what the big boys do first..

WD 40 is the way go, to slow down rust on the rails .It is what we recommend to our clients.
( I work for a Australian made cnc manufacter) just finished installing one today in warbuton for a...

I work in the industury and you can use any type of dust pick system .I t all depends on how much stuff you want to pick up...

Try doing a ring around the bigger kitchen making guys. If you cant find one email me and I may be able to get you a name.

The guys I know who work on the big cnc machines recommend the old WD40 for protection against rust ! As the said to me Wd 40 was developed to combat rust on the rockets in the silos.

Im not sure how old some of you are but who remebers the old mission impossible
series? well they always had a small oxy actlene kit.
Well I asked around and found a small kit that is mapp and oxy,...

Try swapping the drive card that is having the problem to power one of the other axis so as to elimanate weather its a drive problem or motor problem ,as you stated you have
reduced the accleration....

Caprell is the place I think you can get the alloy and the hold downs are called t nuts
and you can buy them from a company called multicam. They have a 8mm thread.

Some of the professional were usining the v style skate wheel bearings on a round rail up till about 5 years ago. Ive seen them up close and and they are still going strong. So dont dismiss
this...

On some of the machines Ive seen they used a block of alloy with the corners cut at
a 45 deg and the bearings mounted there, hope that makes sense. Thes where bon machines that were about five years...

A lot of guys I know use meths as a cutting fluid sprayed from a pump action bottle
or you could try a old windscreen washer system...

Well they were using 3.5kw up to 7kw spindels. so one bed fits all.

You need a electric brake on the z ,so when you turn off the machine the brake comes on
so it does not end up on the bed by the morning...

Some of the machines i have seen use 20mm rails on the x axis these machines are able to route 20 mm alloy in a couple of pass's , so this should do most people. These machines are less than five...

I now of several big manufacters that use aircoolled spindels multicam is one of them..

Yes you can buy the t slot alloy you may have to look around but its used on the commecial ones

Try a brake on the z axis so it dosnt drop over night....

[QUOTE=blue^ray;816124]Hmm, not sure if a problem or not but my gantry has a difference of ~0.5mm in height from one side to the other would it be a problem? (Start with a 1.05 gap and end with...

we used just recently a product that worked wonders on some old furniture restored the finish very well , so well we might try it on some more things around the house. Sadly I cant remember the name,...

not sure about your one but in some of the ones Ive worked on the xy and z are wired as such that the are seen one after the other. I hope this helps.

You could try Multicam for there bits or Carbitool both supply to the cnc industry.

Its called a perfated screen we had one where I use to work...

You buy a mac.

Not sure if this will help but it may be cheaper in the long run. I bought from total tools in moorabin a benzomatic with oxy kit a bit like a baby oxy actelene kit but u own it and dont have to rent...

I have welded the car exhaust systems using the old arc welder its a bastard to do.
I think it about 1.6mm i tack first then graduly increase the lenght of the weld..

The big boys use a pickuphead under the router head connected to a vac unit. it about
20- 30 mm deep with a four inch out let on it . the bigger the router bit or the bigger the
cut trough the...

You could try a company called Multicam they make cnc machines and sell the tools to cut with. try googling them They are in melb and newcastle ...If the cant help try carbi tools I
here there are...

Why dont you have a brake on the z axis motor like the big guys use?

[QUOTE=bloggs1968;772145]Hi all,
you could try chacing a second hand machine some might be below the 50k with a toolchanger 5-10 years old for a half reasonable machine... A new machine would cost...

There is a one about to arrive that is cheaper but only if you buy the the machinery as well..

It all so depends on your software some nest far better than others,It may depend on the price you pay for software.. Some will cost $30.000 to
$100.000 and some will be cheaper if you buy the...