Visit to Camaster

[rrrevels]

I am planning a trip to Camaster to investigate and drool over a mini cobra. I plan to drive to either Trenton or La Fayette the afternoon of the 18th and be at Camaster the morning of the 19th. I am looking forward to meeting Joey and the guys. I have been reading the forum for a number of months.

Since my friend and I bought a used Shop Sabre (he has it in his shop) I have been thinking of either upgrading my home built router or buying one. The mini cobra has caught my eye. I am investigating the feasibility of buying after all I am just a hobbyist and not in business. My friend is the business one. I just like to play.

Jim, if you are available and are of a mind, it would nice to meet you.

Till the 19th,

Russ

[cabnet636]

a mini cobra is a ful blown camaster in smaller table format and there sure ain't no flies on it, i helped my friend joesph get one and he is cranking out some incredible stuff!! he is one of our support group and is on his way over here to help me run ground in the dust collection system. i'll post some pics of his machine or you can see them at

www.camheads.org

if you have trouble joining the site let me know, i'll get you in

jim

[rrrevels]

Hi Jim,

I registered for the camheads site a couple of weeks ago but still can't see the pictures.

I talked to Joey this morning and am looking forward to visiting on the 19th. Sounds like there may be a lot of possibilities with the options available.

We are having pretty good sucess with the shopsabre and wincnc. Wincnc is still an irritation on some things, Joey said he would help me out while I'm there.

Russ

[cabnet636]

joey can definantly help you with win cnc, i am learning more every day!!

we will get you into the site.

jim

[Cut to the Bone]

you should be good to go on the site. If there are any questions that need to be taken care of with wincnc just drop me a e-mail. And if you can hook that pc up to the net if it is not and download a program called crossloop. I can look at your files if you would like. i am looking forward to the 19th

Joey

[Cut to the Bone]

R3 = R cubed

[rrrevels]

Good Morning Joey and Jim,

The more I think about WinCNC perceived problems the more I think the problem is my understanding of how it operates. The manual doesn't have a step by step operation section and since it operates different than what I am used to with Mach3 I get frustrated. I think the most helpful thing would be a quick demo of the basic operation and file handling. The program and router are working fine. I will be trying to figure out how to set up a 4th axis on it in the future but for now we will be just using a spinning wood lathe as the 4th axis and using the spindle as a lathe tool for making spindles and table legs. Nothing fancy other than the profile. Eventually we will be making a 4th axis with either a servo or stepper to be able to do much more detailed items.

I have my trip all planned out am getting anxious. I have been thinking about visiting since the spring. I had a Suzuki Burgman 650 scooter that I was going to ride up but a guy ran a red light in June and totaled it. My truck will have to do. It will just use a lot more fuel.

See you on the 19th.

R3
ha ha

[rrrevels]

Jim,

I have been looking for the pictures of Joseph's mini cobra. So far I haven't run across them. From what you said it doesn't sound like there is any difference between it and the big ones other than size. This is the stuff of which dreams are made.

[Cut to the Bone]

Stepper on the 4th it has way more low end torque and thats what you need on a cnc lathe it is not going to be spinning fast. you need the holding power of the stepper
joey

[Cut to the Bone]

here is a link to the pics of josephs machine on camheads

http://www.camheads.org/showthread.php?t=17

[rrrevels]

Joey,

You have my attention. The red one in the first post is what I am dreaming about.

Russ

[rrrevels]

Good Morning Joey,

What is the price of diesel fuel in your area? I will be filling up around there and was wondering about filling up either in Gadsden, Al or Trenton.

Marking off the days.

The yellow mini cobra that Jim posted the picture of is nice!! Now to maybe see one in person. Or at least something similar. Time is dragging by.

Russ