... Speak to Kurt Daley at Taig - he will be able to help you diagnose. ... The motors *do* draw current all the time the controller is powered on, so expect...
... <snip> Okay, I think I might understand a little better now. Does the "ram" travel back and forth along the axis of the machine? If so, does the cutting...
Yes, the ram travels back and forth with the stroke being adjusted by the operator for the job by moving the "scotch yoke" pivot point. The position of the ram...
Thanks Peter, I sent you an email before I wrote this. I will look at this some more when I get time. I like the idea of your turbo Taig Board. The prob...
Hi, I use a laptop, but would like to use my old Winnt desktop, seems turbo Taig is the way to go... practically unanimous :] "zud" ??? Not familiar with that...
Bill, I would definitely recommend Peter's board. I bought one of the very first ones and it's still going strong. It was not difficult to install although it...
I'm new to this forum, and so I have a cuple of questions: -Will there ever be a CNC lathe from Taig? -Have any of you used the Linux software EMC? Regards, ...
Taig will not probably have a CNC lathe anytime in the next couple of years, if ever. felice@... is Felice Luftschein and Nicholas Carter. Check out our ...
Don't know if you guys have already noticed or not, me having been looking elsewhere most of the summer, but the Lindsey Books catalog says that Dave Gingery,...
... I didn't know. Thanks for sending this. I can't say I bought his books in their first printing, but I've got all of Dave's and most of Vince's books. I...
... <snip> ... Yeah Geoff, that helps alot. I think I've got a good idea now of how it works in general. Like I said, it sounds like a really neat machine. Not...
... They've largely been replaced by the milling machine, which is why they don't much show up any more. Still, there are some operations you can do on a...
... I ... ViewItem&category=58254&item=3842605402&rd=1 ... is a ... If you can get this at a good price it will be a great deal. I am currently running my...
I wonder if anyone has the exact dimension from the bead to the center of the head stock on the taig lathe. I could get it with a height gauge but just thought...
Hi Group. I'm trying to make a few adapters for my wood lathe that require an MT2 taper. I made the first one by measuring the major OD and the minor OD of an...
Hi Lynn, Don't feel badly. Cutting precise tapers isn't one of those things you can do by swinging the compound around to some visual setting. Here are a...
Taig sells a "riser block" which raises the chuck height 1". This also comes with a corresponding block for the lathe crossfeed. This riser block also works...
As a newbie to machining, I want to ask a dumb question( forgive me). I understand the utility of a DRO but I plan on purchasing a TAIG CNC Mill soon and want...
... Ah shucks, I was afraid you was going to say that! This is going to get technical, isn't it? :-) ... This is basically how I did the one MT2 taper slug,...
... me). ... CNC ... with a ... Matt, I'm a newbie as well, but let me discuss and show what little I know. :-) Assuming (I know, I know) your mill will be an...
... use ... Methods ... I actually don't find this method tough (perhaps your method is slightly different). I setup two plunge indicators. One that measures...
... Hi Robin. This sounds like something i could do, if I could just understand the setup better. When you say that one indicator should measure the z axis...
... Basically, the hypotenuse of the triangle is the side of the compound rest. The Z axis indicator measures the movement of the carrage along the lathe bed...
I just ordered my taig cnc today. I'm going through enco "grocery" shopping, picking up some new tooling. I came upon a question. From the looks of the...
... I assume by "coolant" you mean using cutting fluids? If that's not the case, please ignore the rest of my e-mail. But if that's the case .... Cutting...