Thanks Nick...I guess my Jacob's chuck with the #1 Morse taper won't be of any use on a Taig! Hope these next questions aren't too silly...looking at the parts...
7044
Bad Brad
atkin_on
Aug 2, 2002 5:39 pm
A live center has a contact point that rotates with the part and is usually supported by some kind of bearing. A dead center stays stationary in relation to...
7045
Nicholas Carter and F...
nickandfelice
Aug 2, 2002 5:58 pm
... Sadly, no. ... It is a live center, and replaces the ram with the dead center and drill chuck thread. ... For small grinding of toolbits, basically it...
7046
penitent75
Aug 2, 2002 7:04 pm
Hey all, I got hit with a bright idea, and of course thought I'd run it by my much more experienced peers (ie you all!). What about mounting the motor stand...
7047
Steve Blackmore
stevepilotltd
Aug 2, 2002 9:44 pm
... Sounds dangerous to me! Surely your supposed to tighten the motor when you've changed belt settings? I don't have the lathe - just the mill, but I wouldn't...
7048
balsanu_gabi
Aug 2, 2002 10:51 pm
Hi to all again, I have one question: What is the dimension of the smallest tools for engravings? (for Micro Mill). This question is about engraving photo's,...
7049
Scott A. Stephens
scottsss2001
Aug 2, 2002 10:53 pm
Check out http://www.cuttingedgecnc.com/ He has done engraving work on candels....
7050
markzemanek
Aug 3, 2002 1:25 am
Does the Taig need to be lubricated like the bigger lathes do (i.e. along the ways, cross slide, dovetails, gibs, etc.)? If so, what type and weight of oil are...
7051
Steve Blackmore
stevepilotltd
Aug 3, 2002 7:17 am
... They are as small as your supplier will grind them. They are usually supplied as carbide blanks plus a grinding charge. When blunt you send them back and...
7052
stevenson_engineers
stevenson_en...
Aug 3, 2002 9:22 pm
Managed to get the steppers fitted to my CNC conversion tonight. I've put three pics up on my web space. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/machines/taig1.jpg ...
7053
rtracing7
Aug 4, 2002 6:10 pm
i have never tried this and was wandering if or what special tools and any other info that you can give me. i am going to try in turn a shaft down to 2.5mm and...
7054
Tom Benedict
inetd_conf
Aug 4, 2002 6:38 pm
... Turns out on a lathe the size of the Taig, HSS tooling works better than carbide. The temps generated in using carbide tooling are enough to make the...
7055
Steve Blackmore
stevepilotltd
Aug 4, 2002 11:38 pm
... Tom - don't you use coolant? I know a lot of people consider it messy, inconvenient, added expense and all the other excuses - but since I converted I wont...
7056
Tom Benedict
inetd_conf
Aug 4, 2002 11:56 pm
... Oh heck yeah! Tons of it. Ecocool mixed 1:19 with water. ... I cut plastics dry, too. I know there are some coolants that work well with plastic (milk...
7057
Larry Richter
xapur
Aug 5, 2002 1:31 am
... Somewhere this week I saw a description of combat damage that had a phrase in it along the lines of "the lightning white flash of titanium burning."...
7058
Nicholas Carter and F...
nickandfelice
Aug 5, 2002 5:35 pm
I doubt it would stand up, as well it will accumulate crap in the hooks and loops. Best to just make a simple one from a good door hinge. felice@... is...
7059
Nicholas Carter and F...
nickandfelice
Aug 5, 2002 5:37 pm
You can use any oil, but if you can, get your hands on some medium weight way oil/lube, as it works well for this application. felice@... is Felice...
7060
Nicholas Carter and F...
nickandfelice
Aug 5, 2002 5:41 pm
Beautiful! Nice way bellows too.Make sure that whatever handwheels you put on the shafts don't create a flywheel effect that will cause lost steps - this is...
7061
Tom Benedict
inetd_conf
Aug 5, 2002 6:58 pm
Has anyone done a comparison between door hinge motor mounts and sliding shaft motor mounts? Once upon a time I really wanted to make a new motor mount using...
7062
stevenson_engineers
stevenson_en...
Aug 5, 2002 8:55 pm
... Thanks Nick for that info. I have found out I can spin the toothed belt pulley on the motor end from the bottom of the box section so I may not bother at...
7063
steel2chips
Aug 6, 2002 12:53 am
Thanks to BDI, and thanks to the wealth of information from people on this group (Tom), I have my Taig 2000le running EMC on 4 axis using the MicroProto...
7064
Tom Benedict
inetd_conf
Aug 6, 2002 1:59 am
Dude! Ummm, mind sharing what you did with parport.c? My desire to code got overruled by my desire to cut metal, so I never got the fourth axis running off...
7065
steel2chips
Aug 6, 2002 2:48 am
Tom, I know how you feel WRT actually doing something with the mill. :-) I've uploaded the files to the files area "steel2chips EMC hack". As I said,...
7066
Tom Benedict
inetd_conf
Aug 6, 2002 1:47 pm
Coolio! I'll compile a new version tonight. (WOOHOO!) Man, I've been dying to play around with Vector's 4th axis stuff... Tom...
7067
balsanu_gabi
Aug 6, 2002 5:39 pm
Hi to all, Anyone on this list has a video(mpeg, wmp, or somteings else) with Micro Mill at work (any work)? Or maybe someone have a link to this kind of...
7068
Tom Benedict
inetd_conf
Aug 6, 2002 8:19 pm
Huh... Wish I could say yes, but I don't think I've ever run across one. (Now I'm wondering if I know anyone with a DV recorder...) Tom...
7069
pikecollector
Aug 6, 2002 8:44 pm
Try this link for some movies of the CNC version: http://www.super-tech.com/root/supercam/ Scroll down to the Super Tech Movie Gallery..... Joe in NH...
7070
Scott A. Stephens
scottsss2001
Aug 6, 2002 8:45 pm
I have three that I downloaded at one time from one of the links on Nicks web page. I forget which. I think it was Supertech....But I can not be sure. They...
7071
steel2chips
Aug 7, 2002 2:22 am
Tom, I've noticed that the Y and Z axis directions are reversed WRT the MaxNC and MPS2000 software. I'll upload another hardcoded hack that fixs that. ...
7072
Tom Benedict
inetd_conf
Aug 7, 2002 2:18 pm
That's ok. I noticed that, too, and changed their direction in the config files. I didn't get a chance to build a new EMC last night, unfortunately, and ...
