I allways here but hiding in the shodows watching.
But I do come out time to time to say high.
HI
One thing that many of the newly registered users might be doing is considering which brand (or DIY) of machine to go with. This forum was a big help for me in deciding which brand to go with. I've only posted one other time than this but I'm still waiting on my machine. I'm sure there will be plenty of "Help! I'm stuck once again" posts from me once it actually arrives.
I allways here but hiding in the shodows watching.
But I do come out time to time to say high.
HI
I've been asking some dumb questions, but no body has picked on me! So I guess that means it's safe to come out and play! (er I mean post!)
Hope to see more posts from newbies!
Mike...
Nice to meet "you all"
How far south did you say Dave?
Welcome to a great Forum,
Ken
another Ohio'n
Originally posted by Ken_Shea
Nice to meet "you all"
How far south did you say Dave?
Welcome to a great Forum,
Ken
another Ohio'n
Hey Ken, Just about right in the middle between Columbus and Cincinnati just off of 71 in Wilmington. Where you out of?
Oh BTW, travled enough, give me 2 days on site and I sound like a local. Although Jersey was tough
I gotta wonder...
Why do so many people come by to just watch, make no comment or participate?
The Fadal poll that is running has seen 850 views to date
10 votes so far = 1.1% participation
That's the worst voter turnout ever!
It's a free country only if we participate!
Scott_bob
Scott_bob
LoL!
'Rekd
Matt
San Diego, Ca
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Hi,
I've been lurking for some time now just absorbing the huge amount of information here before committing myself to purchasing the necessary to make a CNC router.
I am a teacher of Design Technology in Liverpool, England and as such am not surprised there are so many lurkers. People learn in many differnt ways, some like to shout about their achievements from the roof tops while others are more subdued and restrained. Just as with personalities, some of us are shy, not quite sure of ourselves and justifiably reticent. Bear with us - we will communicate in our own time.
I will have many questions to ask when the project gets under way. My intention is to use the experience of building a machine for the school as both a learning and teaching tool. The proposed spec is a 2000 x 500 x 100 machine for light milling and routing. Not yet decided to go stepper or servo.
This is the best forum on the planet, please let people use it the way they want.
All the best to everyone.
Hi
I stumbled over this zone a few days ago. Since then spend many hours reading many interesting posts. Learned something too, hopefully :-)
I'm on my second MDF machine just now.
The CNC stuff has been in my mind for years and a SMC-1500 card has been in the project drawer for years too :-)
When I started thinking about CNC aluminium structures was the only way to go. Then I saw an ad in Elector Magazine from Milford showing an MDF-based machine. Why haven't I got that idea long time ago? Well a quick and dirty machine was built i short time with ideas and techniques from several places on the web. Drawerslides, rollerblade bearings etc... The machine was doing the job quite well, but is too large for my shop.
The new machine has a working area of around 150mm*300mm and a Z of hopefully at least 100mm. A fourth axis is planned too.
Just my 2øre from Denmark
/Niels
Niels,
From one Dane to another, how about some pics?
If you can figure out how to do it, cause I can't keep the files small enough!
Cheers,
Jens
Stop talking about it and do it already!!!!!
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Jens,
You probably need to resize your graphics to something smaller and save it as jpeg/jpg file.
Stupid questions make me smarter...
See how smart I've become at www.9w2bsr.com ;-P
All,
I stumbled on this Forum a couple of months ago and have been intensely lurking since. Thank you all for sharing your knowledge and experiences.
I've caught the CNC bug and started a router. The only progress so far besides a brain crammed full of options is some spinning motors. I purchased the HobbyCNC Package from Dave and am very impressed with the quality of the product and support Dave provided. It went together flawlessly, but I had some optimistic starting frequencies in TurboCNC that caused the motors to just flinch and hum. Finally got things worked out and have a video of things spinning:
http://members.cox.net/mburford/143_4338.AVI (~4MB)
I'm planning on going the cheap MDF "learner" route so many of you suggest. No definite plans yet except to play around with many of the ideas seen here. I will try to get my website up and running to document the progress.
I became hooked on CNC in an internet kind of way. I started out to build the Gingery Crucible Furnace and Lathe. When I was searching around for casting info, I found hot foam links that pointed to CNC hot foam machines and that was all that was needed. The furnace is done, but the CNC project has preempted the lathe project for now. Here is a link to some photos of the Furnace project:
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mb0...hoo.com/mb0978
Take care all,
Mike
[QUOTE]Originally posted by cncmek
[B]Hey Ken, Just about right in the middle between Columbus and Cincinnati just off of 71 in Wilmington. Where you out of?
Hi Dave,
My mail says Mount Gilead, but I am actually 7 miles north of that little berg right on US Highway 42, about 45 miles or so due north of Columbus, we are darn near neighbors
If you are ever up this way stop in and introduce yourself, would be pleased to meet you.
Ken Shea
6528 US Highway 42
Mount Gilead, Ohio 43338
Ken
Hey is this thing working?
"Show up and cut it"
Yep Yep.Originally posted by Hardway
Hey is this thing working?
'Rekd
Matt
San Diego, Ca
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Hi Dave,
My mail says Mount Gilead, but I am actually 7 miles north of that little berg right on US Highway 42, about 45 miles or so due north of Columbus, we are darn near neighbors
If you are ever up this way stop in and introduce yourself, would be pleased to meet you.
Ken Shea
6528 US Highway 42
Mount Gilead, Ohio 43338
Ken [/B][/QUOTE]
Will do if the chance comes up, Thanks for the invite
Dave
Hey, im new to this forum, but i can see that there is a lot of
talent/information.
I am a HAAS field service tech, so if anyone needs any questions
answered, let me know. Maybe I can help.
I want to FIX your HAAS
NOT CLEAN IT!
LoL!I want to FIX your HAAS
NOT CLEAN IT!
Welcome to the forums!
'Rekd
Matt
San Diego, Ca
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That's a great line.I want to FIX your HAAS
Do you have on the back of your work shirts, in big letters?
"Show up and cut it"
figure I will add to this topic
I'm new, and learning about CNC
I'm a avid Rhino user that design's cars for fun and for Freelance projects. I have 3 projects under way, one of them I have built a site around the design process and what the car will be powered with and the chassis design it will have.
I'm here to see if I can learn anything about how to get a 3d model into what I hear are called tool paths.
I need to find out what that means to me and my 3d model.
anyways this place looks like a great resource, lets hope I can learn something.
http://wtdesign.flashex.com/
Wyatt Turner
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