Group , In case it might be of interest to someone, I have put up a page with few photos of my CNC conversion. http://flosi.tripod.com/mycnc/mycnc.html ...
Hi guys, Well, it looks like I have a couple of leadscrews to replace. I have a 5400 CNC mill, and my Y axis was bent slightly when I got it. I also ordered...
Hi Flosi, ... Very nice! Looks like a pretty solid box too! I just upgraded my power supply, but yours has a much nicer "coolness" factor with those toroidal...
... Hi Fred: I received those DeskCNC controller boards today, they sure are small! Can you tell us more about the threading you did, and the gcode you used to...
Doug Fortune
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... The "theory" was that all this thick al would dissipate some of the heat and therefore make the unit "cool". That is, produce as little heat as posible and...
Hi Flosi, ... There's a 24v fan blowing across the heatsinks of the xylotex boards, and they're only configured for 2A each, not the 2.5A that they're capable...
... small! ... circular ... I should have some info on the DeskCNC user forum over the weekend. Our setup is a quadrature encoder, with timing belt to the...
Hi Dave, This might do it. "exploded mill" on the Sherline website. http://www.sherline.com/CNC2000X.pdf You might want to check the tram before and after. ...
Well, I got my Moglice kit last week and I finally finished modifying my system with it today. I performed a similar procedure as Ron (thanks again Ron for...
Adrian, Thanks for providing the description of your attempt to modify your z-axis. I have also ordered a small nut repair kit with the intent of modifying my...
... I did not do my Z axis, only X and Y. I will measure them later today, its been a couple years since I did that so I dont remember the numbers. I know on...
... I think that you've got to look at ALL sources of things that may appear to be backlash. You reworked your saddle nut, which is surely ONE source. Before...
Hi Adrian: The comment you made about bits getting stuck in the threads and having to be cleaned out concerns me. Was the screw perfectly smooth and unmarred? ...
Right. Sorry, I keep getting you and Randy confused. It was he (passive_i) who posted the pics where he did all three axes under "Fun with Moglice" in the...
... and having ... Yes, it sort of concerned me too. If I do it over again (which I may very well do), I would: 1) Unscrew the saddle nut and take it off...
... appear to ... you ... backlash ... saddle nut ... Moglice ... I used the same method to measure backlash before and after. This should show me the...
... of ... the ... to ... No problem. Thanks to you (and everyone else) that took the trouble to reply and offer suggestions. Regarding the leadscrews and...
... Adrian, my backlash as well as I can measure it is .0025" on X and .001" on Y and Z. I was also hoping for half-thou backlash, and I attribute mine to...
Hi to the lists, I'd always thought/heard that windows 2000 had no DOS. OK, I realize that it doesn't boot up on top of, or from DOS like all windows up to...
Alan, all versions of Windows have the "command prompt". In Windows NT/2000/XP this is NOT a DOS session like it is in Windows 95/98/ME, it is just a command...
Thanks so much, Randy, for the response. What you stated is very interesting. Maybe it really isn't such a great idea to remove the nut after the Moglice...
Hi Peter, That's about what I figured. Need a driver to get past the protection. But nice to find a "DOS window". Still a lot of functions that work better...
... That's where I got clever ;-) and used Teflon (because I had a little cylinder of it and because it is such a soft plastic.) I also cut out ~1/3 of the...
For pictures and info about the DeskCNC threading, please follow this link: http://www.imsrv.com/cgi-bin/discus/show.cgi?1004/101600 Fred Smith - IMService ...
If you want to run from "real dos" on a Windown 2000 machine you'll need to create a boot disk with dos on it and boot to that. Then you can run your dos...
Hi Monte, Yeah, that's what I do anyway for Windoz98. I had a lot of fun at first with .CNC file names. I copy to floppy to transfer files, and when I saved...
Keep in mind that running programs from the hard drive will only work if you formatted FAT instead of NTFS. If you don't plan to run DOS programs, NTFS is a...
In a message dated 4/2/2005 2:56:10 P.M. Central Standard Time, KM6VV@... writes: What about XP? Is there a command prompt? I have XP on this computer I...
Start -> run -> then type "cmd" <enter> Or Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt Pete _____________________________________________________ ...
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