I made the purchase 11 hours ago, together with some other thing to make shipping worthwhile. Hope I can get them on my mill & lathe with no problem. Regards ...
I have a DRO setup that I put together several years ago. It looks basically like this. http://www.shars.com/products/gallery/2417/303-9323Main.jpg/ I bought...
I recently purchased a HF mini-mill and my first series of changes were to add 3 axis DRO, pulley drive, and gas spring. I purchased 2 12" and 1 6" iGaging...
I have for sale a CNCFUSION complete axis cnc conversion kit and 3 flexible couplers. See the items at CNCzone.com classified ads under misc. You will save...
Jess, I've been out of the minimill game for quite a while and just checked in again tonight. There have been amazing developments in the home/hobby machining...
My experience is the exact opposite. These cheap ones are not accurate ... in that they have a max +/- 0.02 mm error. This make them useless for knowing where...
Jess; I have a similar set up I got from Ebay and I like it. The only two items that would improve the unit(s). 1. The readouts are slow to update. 2. The...
Hi Jess- This thread might help: http://www.cncguns.com/forum/index.php?topic=1471.0 Not sure what mounting kit you have but the fignoggle plans are what I...
You are correct, the iGaging DROs are only accurate to .001" but for 95% of machine work, they work fine. If you are trying to make accurate cuts to press...
Very nice job, Rick. I like the bent clear (acrylic?) covers. What technique did you use to do that? ________________________________ From: Rick Grimm...
... Please dont say that to a machinist (I am not, truly. Maybe a journeyman). And note that the real guaranteed results are +/- 0.002" worst case, or +/- 0.04...
... Oh for crying out loud. You do know that nuts are usually made undersized, the first nut I picked up (nominally 13mm) measures 12.78mm. Oddly the cheap...
It´s the difference between good and so-so. Sometimes, both holes, nuts and bolts are made to good levels. Things like 3a/3b tolerances. And holes to much...
My actual point was your claim that 0.03mm of ‘slop’ will round off a nut. For the non-metric types, 0.03mm is tad over a thou in imperial (1 thou –...
The 1/8" plexiglass was heated with a hot air gun and formed over a piece of 3/4" thick wood and pressed into a channel form made up with 2x4s clamped to a...
Hi Tony: That would have been a perfect post without the sarcasm, it isn't needed here. Barry Young Group Owner, Group Mom, GRIZZHF Junior Machinist Den Mother...
Your dedication to precision is in some ways admirable, but a professional machine shop has a good many more things to be concerned with. Among them are...
Thanks for the description of the plastic fab. I am right behind you - I just started making DRO covers out of aluminum, and I plan on making a feed drive. ...
For the power feed I found a $25 24V 2Amp DC gear motor on eBay, it's 144 RPM @ 6 in/lbs of torque. I paired it with a $9 DC motor speed controller and $10...
as compared to store bought chicom junk Then why would you use a lower end mill to try to make stuff? Even if the scales are off, the stuff you make will only...
... YES ! Agree 100%. ... Also. ... Sometimes. It is very true that apparently it was common practice at one point for guys with cad to just spec very tight...
... This is not true at all. Any skilled person can make stuff to very good tolerances with any mill - including the cheap chinese ones. It just takes longer...
I used to say that any crappy machinist can make good parts on a great machine. That a good machinist can made good parts on a good machine and that a great...
I have to totally disagree. the DRO allows you to get close, fast. you do not have to count handle turns, just watch the numbers rolling by. a 1/4" 2 flute...
I can't quite see why you should state total disagreement as a proper DRO will give relative movement of the table in relation to the tool and automatically...
... Now that is just offensive. You may speak for yourself, pal, but on what do you base such a sweeping judgment of 4000 people you know nothing about? David...
I agree. I bought my minimill to make small parts that do not require great precision.... that being said I have made links for my steam engine that were +-...
