Welcome thread-tell us about you.

[BillTodd]

Continued here (before we upset the mods)

[cutter22]

hey, This site is great. I've just got into cnc about 2 years ago and now its the center of my woodshop in central Wisconsin. I picked up my 5X10 router in Texas and the guy showed me how to use it in about 8 hours. Everything else has been trial and error, and alot of router bits. I started out just cutting profiles for game cabinets and now I'm cutting more materials and more intracate designs for signs and things. Let me tell you I couldn't have done it without the information I've gotten from this sight. I hope someday I can return the favor by putting up some usefull info myself.

Thanks,
cutter22

[johntm]

Whew! What a site!

Thanks for allowing me in, I'll try not to be too big a jerk.

Anyway, I'm John Menefee from Middle Tennessee and I'm really new to CNC. I'm looking into buying a plasma table for making parts for vintage motorcycles - That's what I do. Maybe I can even make a little money off the new toy once I figure it all out.

[Marzan]

I'm Bill Todd, based in the UK in Colchester Essex. My principle business is electronics, but I've always had an interest in home machining.

I have a few projects on the go that might be of interest :

Drill/Mill - I've recently acquired a NuTool MD500-30 Drill/Mill (identical machines are sold under various names, usually ending in 30 e.g. RF30) which I intend to convert to cnc operation with whatever bits I can scrounge/recycle etc.

DRO - Using cheap digital scales/verniers with just one 8pin PIC per channel (4 channels to one serial port) , it connects to a PC running a VB5 application displaying mm,inch and fractional inch simultaniously.

If you want to know more, point me at an appropriate forum, and I'll join you there.

Regards,

Bill[/QUOTE]

Look like you haave been busy. The engraver looks great. I would be interested in how you used the PICs for your DRO`s. Did you design them yourself?
I wonder if they could work using encoders ?

Mario

[cobble]

Hi all - Wandered in from a link in a gunsmith forum. Hoping to purchase a milling machine in future. Cruising the posts to do some free form learning. Great site. Cobble

[BillTodd]

Originally Posted by Marzan I'm Bill Todd, based in the UK in Colchester Essex. My principle business is electronics, but I've always had an interest in home machining. I have a few projects on the go that might be of interest : Drill/Mill - I've recently acquired a NuTool MD500-30 Drill/Mill (identical machines are sold under various names, usually ending in 30 e.g. RF30) which I intend to convert to cnc operation with whatever bits I can scrounge/recycle etc. DRO - Using cheap digital scales/verniers with just one 8pin PIC per channel (4 channels to one serial port) , it connects to a PC running a VB5 application displaying mm,inch and fractional inch simultaniously. If you want to know more, point me at an appropriate forum, and I'll join you there. Regards, Bill

Look like you haave been busy. The engraver looks great. I would be interested in how you used the PICs for your DRO`s. Did you design them yourself?
I wonder if they could work using encoders ?

Mario[/QUOTE]


Hi Mario,

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[farelane]

Hi everyone.
My name is Frans.
I just registered and i was looking for a long time on the www for something like this.
Great forum and if my vacation is over i will post some .dxf-files what i made over the jears what i made for my work.
If my English spelling is not good??? don't shoot me,because i am Dutch

[Geof]

Originally Posted by farelane .....If my English spelling is not good??? don't shoot me,because i am Dutch

I think you can spell English words better than most people on CNCzone can spell Dutch words.

[kc6uvm]

Greetings and Salutations ,
I'm trying to get my shop back up and running after moving a while ago. The 13" SouthBend lathe was too big to move with me and I lost it. After I sell the murdercycle, a 700 lb paperweight, I should have enough to get a benchtop mill someday. I thought I'd pick a few brains in the process before I acquire a mill... The thought would be to buy something of quality that can be upgraded to CNC later. It's just I'm itching to get turning and burning on my projects (live steam railroading). And it's the same old story, ... I'm interested in acquiring new machinery, working on my live steam projects and the money is tight.

But back on task, this looked like an excellent forum to join. Looks like there is much useful information. Thanks,
George J. Becker
Lancaster, CA

[cvlac]

Hi all
My name is Costas,I'm a Mech Engineer working in Rodos Municipality -Greece.
I like this forum ,since I have te opportunity to read interesting things.I 'm participating to the Multimachne Yahoo group and I have already build a MM. My future plans is to improve my MM and then build a mall CNC milling machine to use to make some wooden models or casting aluminum.I have buy some stepper motors of 250 oz-in and a controller that I must assemble (and I have not yet find the time to do it).
Costas

[phill005]

Hi Ya all,

My name is Phill, I live in Derbyshire UK.
This looks a great site with every bit of information anyone would need to help us work our hobbies.
I am into model engineering have a fully equiped workshop that keeps me busy, I make tools, clocks, parts for rc model crawlers, currently building a RC scale Toyota pickup, now my works boss wants me to help him build a bench top cnc miller ( no rush so long as it's ready for the weekend) and this is just the place I hope to find all I need.
So get ready for some interesting questions ( or maybe some stupid ones lol)

catch you all later

Phill

[weldeyes]

Hi all !!
My name is Bryce Hutchison ; aged 51
I live in Queenstown on the west coast of Tasmania , Australia
At the moment I'm in my first year of my adult apprenticeship as
boiler maker welder.Yes ! I now I'm an old fart !
But your never too old to learn.
When I can find the time I will post some of what is in a few of
my text books , if anyone is interested.