Hi Jim, I followed the link and am impressed with the work you've done. I to have a Digital Tool machine and converted to Mach software with Geckos. I designed...
Hi Greg, If you are using Bladecalc from Warloc or Hugh's spread sheet I don't think that they will provide enough information for CNC work. Andy Little's site...
Hi Mike, Thanks for the tutorial. It helped me a lot. I use Geckos also. I am going to switch to Mach as soon as I am convinced that I can make a "production"...
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Jim, I think if I knew what I was doing they may work but they are very bulky and no file is generated. Did Andy have a demo version or was it a buy it or not....
Greetings, I was wondering if anyone out there has come up with a way to connect a vacuum to the dual action, rotary head router that Rab has displayed and in...
I haven't figured out a good solution to this myself. I ran a 2" hose to the router head but without a skirt it wasn't very effective and a skirt tends to get...
Use 2" Loc-Line like what you would use for coolant on a mill or lathe. You can get wide nozzles for the end. Run your main 6" or 4" vacuum line to a Y and the...
Hi Rab and others, I want to design a 5 axis machine with a cutting depth of 48 inches. The bottom of the material will sit from 10-12 inches off of floor of ...
Add the likely max B-Axis offset to your max Z work area, see the tool offsets diagram here; http://www.rainnea.com/cnc_support.htm Rab ... of ... is...
I guess it all depends on your system and what you intend to do w/ it. I would make the travel 48" plus the two times the "B" offset distance, this would be...
Hello all, kinda new to the list... Just curious why you need 48" of 'z' travel? couldnt you get away with 48" of x or y? (not that I dont want 48" of z...
Hi CJ, To carve 44" thick foam blocks that are about 80" wide and up to 180" long. Mike ... w/ ... offset ... tool. ... to ... chainsaw ... floor ... head,...
Mike have you started building yet? My Z travel is 50" When the Z is fully up the machine is over 12' tall. Make sure you plan for that. Also unlike Rab's my Z...
... of ... is ... Hi Mike, If i understand ur 5 axis machine is is a foam culpturing machine. Having 5 axes it means that u have a rotading axis as well.Is...
Thank you Donny, That's the info I needed. My plan is being altered before I even get started. No I haven't started building......just now beginning to think...
Thanks for the offer E, I use Rhino 3 as my design software and can actually do the design. I guess it's the concept I need to get right before I do the...
Mike, Go here. http://www.tarus.com/styling.htm I was gonna build my machine like this but I kinda got stuck with my current design. Since I already had most...
are their any plans available anywhere on building a 5 axis head , similar to Rabs 5 axis router head i need a compact solution and it seems to suit , looking...
Hello all well it has been a while since I have been here. Well I am wondering is the toolkit encrypted because I am using the beta? The reason I ask is I was...
I want to thank everyone for all your great tips and leads. I have learned a lot from everyone, and soon plan on building my small 5- axis project. All the...
... You don't get the source, its actually quite valuable and there are so many people who would take it and produce commercial products from it, that is the...
Hi, I might be willing to make available some limited section of the source if it would allow users to contribute some functions to the Toolkit's development. ...
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