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Just my experience. I went in to buy some 100litre storage boxes off Masters on Monday (have bought them before and needed a five more). Shelf price was something like $33 no discount listed. I...

I believe Inkscape has a plugin for the living hinge. Haven't tried it.

My daughter has this skill. We wanted to put a bore down and I gave her a couple of welding rods to see what she could come up with. We marked the spot that she choose with a couple of rocks and got...

Hi RecyclingKiwi,

Checkout JoesCNC.com for some ideas. It's a DIY CNC machine where you purchase the plans which then gives you access to a private forum. I built one of his machines and very...

We started doing a couple of the local markets earlier this year and settled on using PayPal Here. Bit of a hassle to set up initially but works really well. Fees are very reasonable. We initially...

I was redoing the electronics on my homemade CNC machine about this time last year. I asked for a quote and delivery time on some Leadshine drivers from a dealer in China. The email quote came...

That's wonderful Saisay. Some people just don't understand what family is all about.
All the best
Kim

Hi fog,

What sort of cowl do you have fitted to you chimney? This is the type recommend by "Sooty" an old chimney sweep.

http://thefireplace.com.au/images/wood_flues/flues_wood_cowl_chimney.jpg...

Pinion gear loose on your motors?

Certainly worthwhile having a look at dj.

Cheers
Kim

Thanks Mark. Just went in to check my feed rate as I normally don't change from my default setting but change it on the fly when its actually cutting. So it says I used a 90 degree V bit 20mm and I...

A piece of Australian Cedar with a cut time of 3 hours 90 degree bit. A plug for our sponsors, three coats of shellac some burnt umber glaze, a light sand and a bit of a buff. I'm happy with the way...

Should have mentioned, I have a crv file for the aluminium one if its of any use.

Cheers

Good to hear that you are getting better results. Just thought I'd mention (not to be a kill joy or know it all) when I tried to use my aluminium touch plate when I was machining aluminium I couldn't...

Yes Bob, they are the ones. I've bought a number of endmills now from Oliver "The Drillman" they are good quality Kyocera brand made in USA (would have thought Japan or Korea) . I believe Oliver used...

Thought I would post a bit more as per Bob's suggestion :) Like most people I belong to a couple of forums, the main one being Joe's 4x4 Hybrid, and the topics of cutting aluminium come up regularly....

Bob,
PM sent.
Cheers
Kim

Hi Bob,

Definitely not an expert but I've had good luck cutting 20mm and 12mm aluminium plate. A proper aluminium endmill for a start (got mine off Drillman on ebay) and its probably counter...

Hi Bob,
Yep, I've seen that page. I'm pretty sure they are error messages - can't get the dashed thing to run. I've followed your setting to the T plus re-read the manual to see if there are any...

Well...........it may all be bright and shiny with its own knob but it it is still of dubious parentage. The manuals appear identical and I have the new VFD PD settings set up exactly the same as the...

The replacement VFD arrived from Hy yesterday. Looks like everything is where it should be. I'll connect it up in the next couple of day and let you know how it runs. Anyone else have the...

Thanks Bob and Mark for your help (from someone who has read this whole thread + the manual and every other web page I can find) every thing is back working as it should. I also spoke with Peter...

Thanks a lot Mark, I'll give those settings a shot as well. I needed to set PD 1 & 2 both back to 0 to get control back which I did. I believe I have a real noise issue as I have toroidal ferrites on...

Thanks Bob. I need to go into town tomorrow morning so I'l pick up some bits and pieces. Are you able to tell me what PD200 and 209 do. All the manuals I've seen only go up to the 180's.
Cheers
Kim

Hi Bob,
Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately I had to remove the comm plugin due to interference so I'm back to square one. I need to know how to do it manually until I can afford to buy the new...

Gentlemen,
Call it old age or stupidity but for the life of me I can't figure out how to change the speed on my VFD. I did have it running at 13500rpm but I want to run it a bit slower to do some...

Hi Kryn,
I built a Joe's 4x4 Hybrid that I'm very happy with. Doesn't have the 4th axis but that can be added later. I'm sure you've seen the discussion here about the Chinese add on. I don't think...

Hi Wolffie,
Only relatively new to litho's myself but have had good success with corian. See if you can pick up some off cuts from a kitchen bench top supplier. Had a hardware store in Sydney...

I believe Fitch Tools in Fyshwick ACT can do it. Lovely people to deal with and small family business...Tel: 62809127
Cheers
Kim

I use Kent's dust shoe on my 4x4 - works extremely well but may be a bit large KentCNC. I also did a search on youtube on Kents dust shoe and there are a couple of other designs that may be useful....

Just thought I'd throw this out there. In the shed where the CNC machine is located it's fairly cool around 6c. Before I can get the machine to work properly (not miss steps) I light the fire and...

Thanks Bob. I have been searching for the manufacturer without too much luck. I'll send off an email and see if I can get a response. Maybe they will come to the party.
Cheers

Hi Guys,

I'm having a problem with the VFD on boot-up. It just gets to the first step ASR 1.0 and hangs there. If I'm persistent enough with turning it on and off, leaving a suitable time...

Thanks Bob, no I hadn't seen that one at all. Thought I had made it home but looks like I still have a fair distance to travel.
Cheers

Guys,
Have got my new 3Kw spindle wired up and rearing to go. Changed all the PD settings as required but had to change PD 01 back to 0 and away it went.........just beautiful to see and hear. That...

Realize this is an old thread but this may help someone. The local Tradlink didn't have the recommended PVC fitting (013145 Qld only) but the guy looked up another earthen ware to PVC coupling 030585...

Thanks Noel. I've seen a lot of people happy with lovehappy's spindles. Seems to be a good product with after sales service as well. I was thinking of going the air cooled 1.5kw, but as it is only...

Thanks very much guys. I'll check linearmotionbearings out.

Kim

Hi Guys,
Would someone mind giving me a link to the supplier of the spindles "Chai" I believe his name is (is he lovehappy-shopping?). Looking a getting myself a small spindle for a recently...