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Doc Nickel
Senior Member
Last Activity: Yesterday, 10:15 PM
Joined: 03-26-2003
Location: Way up North
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-Certainly. But consider how many small parts that can be made. Theoretically, this machine has a max swing of 4"- that is, it can take a 4"... -
-Manual tapping head, probably something like a Tapmatic, and likely something with an R8 shank so I can use it in the manual mills.
I have...Leave a comment:
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On the manual, as noted, the Centroid one is basically written for engineers- people who already intuitively know terms like VCP and don't have to check...Leave a comment:
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Tomato has it spot-on.
In some cases, like a milling machine that takes a 40-taper, the manufacturer doesn't necessarily need to make in-house...Leave a comment:
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-That's basically the recommended tool.
There are, of course, several ways to skin that particular cat. The machine, for example, is perfectly...Leave a comment:
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The guys over there are Johnny-on-the-spot if you have a question about the actual board or software, if you format the question properly and give them...Leave a comment:
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As noted, this is for a CNC lathe. It "knows" where the tip of each tool is, and when you tell it to change tools, it simply moves the slide...Leave a comment:
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Aaaand done!
Found I still had a half bottle of Casey's gun blue, so I degreased the blocks as best I could (not well enough...Leave a comment:
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Gang Tool Blocks
Several months ago, I picked up an Omniturn CNC lathe, which uses gang tooling. The purchase of the machine itself took pretty much all my spare funding-... -
Anybody see Mark Rober's YouTube videos on porch pirates and the "glitter bomb" bits? He's inadvertently stumbled on some whole rings of thieves,...Leave a comment:
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-There's considerable speculation it's intentional, at least in some cases. It basically self-selects out people who aren't going to fall for the scam...Leave a comment:
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This past summer, I wanted to buy a CNC lathe, and had settled on finding an Omniturn GT-75. I didn't find too many on the usual dealer sites, and posted...Leave a comment:
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The people on the Centroid forum are great when you need help with the actual build and wiring of your machine.
Actually using it, not so...Leave a comment:
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This is the big sticky point to home-shop CNC.
Once you're used to the process, a fellow can make a simple cut with a CNC almost as fast...Leave a comment:
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-Oy.
"Why no, Mr. Expert. I just take a good long beer-whiz in the sump, dump in about yea much used motor oil, then use...Leave a comment:
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I'm in the same boat. Haven't used flood on any of the manual machines, but last year I got a real turret lathe up and running, and this year I added...Leave a comment:
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