Re: Making a really thin paraboloid I think this started out by trying to make a paraboloidal reticle. Optical systems with field curvature sometimes...
... In this instance the optics have yet to be designed, so it's really up to him. He figured making a parabolic shape would be tougher, from a machining...
Hi Folks in the groups taigtools, sherline, Metal_Shapers, atlas618lathe, and atlas_craftsman. Just to let you know that my personal website has had its 80...
I finished the prototype. It's not all THAT thin, but that's for another day. I've uploaded pictures to my photo gallery. It's cut out of 2" diameter...
Hello - I am considering getting a Taig lathe. I am casting some silicon bronze oarlocks for a boat. I will want to turn the cast oarlock shank down from...
... Having the spinning mass on the right shouldn't cause a problem, but there may be another issue. I'll go into this in a sec. ... There should be enough...
Hi all, A question from a newbie and appreciate any help. I have bought a Fincor 2610 controller from ebay, in the manual it says this controller is for those...
With great difficulty. Wasn't fun. It involved stacking riser blocks under the headstock. Most of it was a facing cut, so I didn't need to clear the...
I am wondering if anyone has modified their Taig Mill to utilize optical encoders for the axes and fed back those encoder outputs to locate the mill axes in...
I use a MaxNC 10 CL kit (www.maxnc.com) that uses optical encoder feedback (closed loop) attached to the back of the stepper motors. I bought the kit from...
My guess would be the controller is ok. It did say it was for "General DC motors" and theres nothing special about that motor to prevent it from working. You...
... I haven't, but it has come up from time to time. ... When you say you'd like to utilize absolute X,Y,Z coordinates, do you mean that you'd like some way to...
Has anyone beside myself been missing digest? I seem to be missing about one a week or so. I didn't receive 1172 for example. I went back to my five day...
I have the Taig cnc mill and I'm having a problem. When machining something that the Z axis goes up and down alot. The cutter drops a little more each pass....
... Quite likely your losing steps rasing the Z axis and the spindle motor, what size steppers at what volts/amps? Also try decreasing the acceleration...
... speed. ... There the standard 200 oz-in motors that came with it from microproto no changes to the machine have been made. Using the manual jog the z axis...
... Not ... No thats definatly not it but thanks. It's something to do with the z axis going up and down. The more up and down direction changes the worse it...
It sounds like limit and home switches are reasonable upgrades, assuming I could use them to re-calibrate an open-loop setup in the middle of a routine: they'd...
... Hi Brad - It may not be stalling, just loosing the odd step on startup from stopped, it's not noticable until it's done lots of moves and it becomes...
... It is, but there are some caveats. You have to find switches that are very repeatable. You may also need to do stuff with the switch signal to help it be...
This may sound odd, but also look at other equipment on the same AC circuit. This one has bitten me more than once. When I first set up my shop in Texas, it...
I wound up on a web site for a PCB milling machine that got me thinking about toolchangers again. At one point someone (ticutter?) was discussing designing a...
... So I tried it again tonight. Changed speed to 5 inch a minute rapid start to 100 was 600 steps to 400 was 800 and step inc left alone at 2. Still have the...
WAS CNSIDERING BUYING TAIG MILL 2019 , I PRIMARILY WANT TO MACHINE STEEL AND STAINLESS STEEL. JUST FINISHED 2YRS OF SCHOOL AT COUNTY VO- TECH . LIKE TO HVE...
... If you've been using full-sized mills at school, something the size of a Taig may be... Well, it'll be different. It will machine carbon and stainless...
