Update on the door panels commissioning !!

The old say still rules.....never push further than....what can be done....it will inevitably....bite ya !!

Her's some for those bites happened while burning some "midnight oil" trying to achieve a promise to deliver this morning !! :p

Touch probe "glitch" !?!
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Loosing a bit.....to loos :o :p
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Loosing....my concentation.....colling wrong steps ( look at the 2 right gouges)
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Enjoy your day...
Cheers ;)

That's the machine's way of saying, " I am clocking out for the day" :)

..;)

Thank you Robert, appreciate it!

Nerver too late
 

a little over due I'd say.... :eek:

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How long have you been running those?

Overdue for some logos and a number as well.:)

Tom.... It's my 2nd change in 7yrs !
But yrs don't mean nothing, hrs of usage or better, length would be the way to say :eek::p
And that is something I have not accounted :rolleyes:

Al...
I've gave up serial when many yrs ago, way back when I lost the race for #21 or 27 for not being ready in time :o
I could of requested #100 when it came....but, since (#27 out)....I've gone with the though...why and what's the diff ??!...
I'm still around, faithful and honored Gerald ( and all of those who came to help back then.....which, irony, many had / have serial, but are no longer active here) ....
( and I'll stay around till my beast...or this group.....dies !)....hopefully, not any soon :)
Later ;)

Robert if you have one of those chinese spindles you can get the number of hours off the VFD. That's about as close as I could get to figuring out the hours.

Sorry...been using a porter 7518 since day one :p....rebuilted a few times ;)

Oh well, it was worth a shot

Hi Robert
Long time no see, if you are using Mach3, in the operator menu you can take a look maintanance hours.
Bonne journée

Although, I can assure you guys this is no reflection since my last rack change, here's some "fun" numbers....

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Laser attachement ?!
 

Lurking with the thought of adding / buying a laser attachment to add this capability to my great blue beast !

Anyone has some though or better, some experience with this ?
So fare, I've only found this.... (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Focusable-8W...-/231769470441 ) but, I have to say, I have not spend much time researching on the subject nor searching for various type available !!

Tks ;)

This will be interesting to watch. I just got a lazer from Darkly Labs. Works good, just a little low power. Only 4 watt.
Darren Salyer built one as well.

There is some laser discussion with links towards the end of my build thread.

Where have I been? I'm missing out on all this good stuff. Where's my laser?��

Darren....did you ever moved forward with the laser on your machine ??

No, I actually got a blacktooth laser. A standalone unit.

http://www.mechmate.com/forums/showt...t=laser+cutter

This guy put a laser on his machine.

We just received out Blacktooth kit from buildyourcnc.com. We won't start building it until April but I've unpacked all the bits and was pleased at how organized things were. Would love to hear any wisdom learned from the build or since you have had it running.

Darren, 40W laser !!...nice output,:eek:
Out of curiosity, have you test it's maxed out wood thickness it may cut, say with some ply ??

I've not done much, other than some test fires.
Its on my To-Do list.

Dust shoe bristle survey
 

Hi guys !!

Working on a design to update my dust shoe !!
Wondering what you guys are using as for a "soft" bristle dust shoe "skirt" ??

These past yrs I've been using a bristle a little to hard or should say "not flexible " enough and wishing to find another alternative.
I've been using this McMater Carr model #7372T12 ( cut down to +/- 1½ of bristles )and this one, occasionaly make my Z skip a few steps if it goes down on it !!
In other word, it's just not soft nor flexible friendly enough for my Z :rolleyes:

Thanks for your suggestions !!

I used the full 3" brush height and it is fine.

Personally I don't use brushes because I want to see what's going on. That's also why I made my shoe out of acrylic that rides at a fixed height about 1/4" above the materials, it has its +'s and -'s.

It's a known factor....having shorter bristle makes them a little more stiffer !!

Since I need ( should say I want @_# ) a new one, I'm seeking / hoping to "test" ( or like !!) some of this softer bristle as some other we can see on the web ...but not divulging suppliers sources ;0( !!?

My first attempt at a shoe used bristles from a cheap broom hot glued into pockets around the perimeter of the shoe. Worked and gave me the ability to change to firmer or softer bristles. (The brooms ended up being a bit shorter :rolleyes:)

I ended up using Ez-Flex flexible strip brush. Was spendy but went in without any problems. I cut grooves in my dust foot. Made the groove somewhat narrower that the brush, pressed it into the groove and finished by adding a little super glue.
http://sealeze.com/ind/ezflex2.html

Robert,

Reading the first few pages of your thread, really got me jealous of your workshop.
So many machines/tools yet tidy.