... [snip] No, not really. I have only a handful of tools with a 1/2" shank, and only one of them gets used regularly (an edge finder). Pretty much all other ...
I don't know what it is supposed to be exactly, so I just went out to the garage, and checked. It appears to be exactly 7.5", with an old stretched belt under...
I've been using a taig mill for quite some time now, and I've always wondered, and never quite figured out what one part was for. It looks like a length of...
... Although there's no instruction manual so I can't be certain, I think it's meant to be used together with a bolt in the T-slot next to it as a travel stop....
Trammed my mill today, and discovered it has developed an error in Y. Not as easily adjusted as errors in X! I think I recall the usual fix is a shim in the...
It is as Alex said a post for stops on the x-axis. It;s a vestigial feature as Taig never made x axis stops. You can remove the gib locking screw that goes...
Just did it. A pair of really large vice grips, a small pry bar and a skinned knuckle did it, though barely. The skinned knuckle tells me this was not the best...
Nick, thanks for the steady reply, as usual. Sorry about the extra copy of my original email floating around way later than the first. I sent one a few days...
The dovetail is the part that the headstock attaches to, on the z-axis. It's about 3" long and screwed to the z-axis slide. ... -- felice@... is Nicholas...
... You can see it in this picture: http://www.alexholden.net/photos/index.php?album=%2FMill% 2F&image=dcp02149.jpg -- ... If it doesn't work, you're not...
Hello all, I just have a few questions. What is the best method for holding down dog tags and other small tags for simple engravings? Bar clamps get in the...
If you know the shape of the tag you're going to be cutting, you can use the mill to cut out a custom plate that'll just grab the outer 1mm or so of the tag....
Superglue them to a sacrificial plate. After machining the glue will release with some heat-do this in a well ventilated area because you do NOT want to...
What about a Jewellers's Pin Vise? (Also called a Peg Clamp, and note jeweler is also spelled jeweller.) ...
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I'm trying to cut a small part out of 1/16" brass plate, using a 1/8" 2-flute mill on my Taig CNC machine. I've done this many times before, with no problem....
This is the old dovetail column mill? ... -- felice@... is Nicholas Carter and Felice Luftschein. See our homepage at www.cartertools.com/nfhome.html...
There is only adjustment at one side of the dovetail slide. The easiest way to get correct adjustment is to remove the motor so the slide isn't being biased in...
And I use Mitee-Grip. Also at the miteebite.com site... look at "Products, then "Other" (bottom right corner), then "Mitee-Grip". Paul, Central OR ***** ... ...
Edge clamps like these might work as well: http://www.2linc.com/adjustable_workstops_edgeclamps.htm [I have no financial interests in this company.] ... down ...
This is in the "just idle thinking" category, but I just got a Mindstorms NXT robot kit (around $240), you know for the kids, really. Ok, I lied, I bought it...
I don't see any reason why not. Go for it! For what it's worth I've been kicking around similar ideas, but using a small embedded processor and some H-bridges...
Hi If you like Lego then take a look here: http://jwstolk.xs4all.nl/millp.htm or here: http://www.ozbricks.com/bobfay/newmill.htm or eventually take a google...