Forum: Introduce yourself and start planning
Sun 22 September 2013, 06:53
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Replies: 5
Views: 7,247
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Forum: Introduce yourself and start planning
Thu 05 September 2013, 02:52
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Replies: 1
Views: 3,614
welcome
Hello and welcome i'm sure you will find some members here that are in your local area :) read read and ask questions and answers will appear for you :D I am envious that you are starting this...
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Forum: MechMates already cutting
Wed 17 July 2013, 04:47
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Replies: 735
Views: 486,564
Hello
Hi Bruce,
Welcome I hope your project progresses a little faster than mine lol. Keep us updated on your progress, Is this for home or your business?
Cheers Andrew
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Forum: MechMates already cutting
Mon 28 January 2013, 01:25
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Replies: 257
Views: 154,140
Sorry to hear about your situation i am sure u...
Sorry to hear about your situation i am sure u will look back and realise this is not so much of a bad thing, spend the time and get the MM working right and keep looking for the next job life will...
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Forum: General - MM Build
Thu 17 January 2013, 02:29
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Replies: 5
Views: 9,206
Hello and welcome
There have been people that...
Hello and welcome
There have been people that have machined steel but it is not really recommended for the reasons you mentioned but with light cuts and many passes it is possible.
Aluminium and...
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Forum: Introduce yourself and start planning
Thu 10 January 2013, 19:40
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Replies: 4
Views: 4,794
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Forum: Construction started, but not cutting yet
Sat 15 December 2012, 01:28
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Replies: 46
Views: 45,237
more parts
I think I've got just about everything now the racks and pinions arrived the cable chain is fitted up (sort of) the only things needed are buttons and button boxes, spindle(waiting until machine...
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Forum: Introduce yourself and start planning
Wed 28 November 2012, 22:15
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Replies: 6
Views: 6,878
Hello,
Man am i envious being in Brisvegas you have a few excellent machines around you a few that spring to mind are,
Surfcnc
AuSMaDDoG
and skippy
just look around in the Mechmates already cutting and...
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Forum: Construction started, but not cutting yet
Sat 24 November 2012, 05:06
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Replies: 46
Views: 45,237
surgery
I went to see the specialist on Friday and Im booked in for surgery on the 23rd January 2013 looking forward to less pain in my future, so i suppose the goal now is to finish the MM before i am layed...
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Forum: MechMates already cutting
Fri 09 November 2012, 01:30
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Replies: 130
Views: 95,390
Hi Ken I would have thought that if it's purely...
Hi Ken I would have thought that if it's purely for rust prevention then the radiator coolant would do the trick i'm just worried that it may be very toxic when the plasma vaporises it also have the...
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Forum: MechMates already cutting
Thu 08 November 2012, 02:03
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Replies: 130
Views: 95,390
Umm my knowledge of pools is that poor people...
Umm my knowledge of pools is that poor people fill with chlorine, the well off fill with salt water (I'm well off I've got the Pacific ocean at my door) the really rich fill with Champagne LOL
...
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Forum: MechMates already cutting
Thu 08 November 2012, 01:11
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Replies: 610
Views: 480,217
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Forum: MechMates already cutting
Wed 07 November 2012, 02:37
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Replies: 130
Views: 95,390
Congratulations Ken
It looks as though your...
Congratulations Ken
It looks as though your control cabinet is on the large size too don't be shy post up the size:D LOL looks like a great build, the way you felt sorting out your wiring is...
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Forum: MechMates already cutting
Wed 07 November 2012, 01:59
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Replies: 100
Views: 82,056
Hi David,
just caught up on your post the...
Hi David,
just caught up on your post the answer to the VFD reducing the current draw is that it fixes the Power Factor of the motor and draws mostly True power from the mains instead of Inductive...
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Forum: Miscellaneous / General / Whatever / Catchall
Wed 07 November 2012, 01:32
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Replies: 6
Views: 8,969
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Forum: Construction started, but not cutting yet
Wed 07 November 2012, 01:20
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Replies: 46
Views: 45,237
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Forum: Construction started, but not cutting yet
Tue 06 November 2012, 05:53
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Replies: 46
Views: 45,237
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Forum: Construction started, but not cutting yet
Tue 06 November 2012, 05:14
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Replies: 46
Views: 45,237
photos and progress
Finished the Gantry today and welded some more bracing into the table base need about 3 feet more steel:o to finish.
some of the photos are pre renovation of the workshop see if you can spot the...
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Forum: Miscellaneous / General / Whatever / Catchall
Tue 06 November 2012, 04:07
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Replies: 6
Views: 8,969
Thanks Mike
Thanks to all who posted and offered to help
A big thanks to Mike The title is just what I wanted XXooXX Ha Ha;)
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Forum: Miscellaneous / General / Whatever / Catchall
Mon 29 October 2012, 04:40
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Replies: 6
Views: 8,969
Bribe?
Hi Ken
Its called (financially based motivation) if you call it anything else you could be charged:D
I think Mike is the man then, wonder what its going to cost me? my first born MM? LOL
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Forum: Miscellaneous / General / Whatever / Catchall
Mon 29 October 2012, 03:38
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Replies: 6
Views: 8,969
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Forum: Construction started, but not cutting yet
Mon 29 October 2012, 03:31
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Replies: 46
Views: 45,237
shop
Hi Alan
The whole shop (my fathers shed) was recently destroyed because someone decided it needed a rear exit for a car, the large tree behind the shed stopped it:D. So all that blue you see is...
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Forum: MechMates already cutting
Mon 29 October 2012, 02:56
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Replies: 667
Views: 338,874
cnc lathe?
Hi
Is this the start of a new cnc kit to add to the workshop if it works out will be good project to add to our workshops:)
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Forum: Construction started, but not cutting yet
Sun 28 October 2012, 04:57
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Replies: 46
Views: 45,237
Progress
Hi everyone reading through my post it looks though i have disappeared but i haven't:o I've been too embarrassed to post pics of my progress so far. I feel as though there is enough now so here goes...
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Forum: Profiled (laser cut) & bent steel plate
Thu 23 August 2012, 05:18
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Replies: 3
Views: 11,051
looking for kits
Hi Chris,
look in the Market place Rick Nixon (rnixon) from Melbourne he is the only distributor so far for Australia his price is good and Quality will blow you away absolutely excellent:D...
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