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Gentleman,
I think we would all agree that we would all have spindles if we could afford them.
I know I would love to have one and was telling my new boss so the other day.
I work for an...

Steve,
Her-Saf bits already leave a flat on the bottom as the point is offset about .014" for bit relief. See the note at the top of this page
http://www.hersaf.com/v_specs.html
Full line of V...

Kevin,
I worked a cabinet shop where we did something called miter folding. This idea is you cut most but not all the way through. To assemble you applied glue in the miter, folded it together,...

A Minnesota event... I will be there.
Mark you got mail.

This is interesting too.
http://www.camtech.ca/products/resin/resinSpecs.cfm
http://www.camtech.ca/products/resin/RfinProds.cfm

I don't know if they will sell just the rosin dispenser but...

I just stumbled across this link to free 3D software.
http://www.bakhter.com/html/freeware/3d_software.html
Jim

I have Solidworks which is a 3D parametric solid modeling program. I need to use G code for my machine and DoorBot for G code was not ready. Necessity being the mother of invention I turned to...

Nathan, Just to throw another option out there I use Rams"Gold" edition. http://www.rams3d.com/ Rams has a feature called skeleton for V carving. With text you give it a depth deeper then your...

I have this mister I got years ago for a metal cutting operation. It is called a Li'l mister by Trico.
http://www.tricomfg.com/store/ProdLineInfo.asp?ProdLineID=20&ProdSeg=MetalCutting
I think I...

John Murphy helped me design my vacuum table and spent lots of time explaining the ins and outs of using vacuum. He runs a good company. I use his Spoil*Board Cover Gasketing and it works very well....

Jimmy, The cut strategy must be engrave or center line for these parts. (I use Rams so I'm not familiar with the ShopBot/parts wizard terminology. )

Bill,
The 1/8 inch gasket material from All*Star Adhesive Products looks like their On-board type. This comes in different densities, what density did you find to work best?
Jim

Nathan, do you use Solidworks now? I have 2003 and have set up some MDF door templates. Change a couple of dimensions and output the DXF sketch. Way faster then drawing each door out in CAD.

I...

I came across this site with links to woodworking suppliers and thought people might be interested.
http://www.forestdirectory.com/manufacturers.aspx

First let me say There is a lot of valuable information here on the forum and I appreciate the advice and help.

I did some searching today for different feeds and speeds people use on the...

I find that G-code programs (I use Visual 4 Mill and Rams) usually cut the last thing drawn or modified in DXF file from the CAD program, then move towards the first thing drawn.
Just what I have...

Has anyone used these router collet extensions?
If so what do you think of them?

http://www.mlcswoodworking.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/smarthtml/pages/routcollet.html
Jim

Is there a setting to save it as an earlier version DXF in Geargen? In AutoCAD I save most of my DXF files in Version 12. They seem to open in most programs I use. Some programs would not open higher...

Brady,
Can you post some pictures of things you have cut with your plasma? I would like to see the edge quality.
Jim

Mike,
I have Visual mill 4 and Rams. I always thought it was odd the VM did not allow you set a separate Z speed. I thought this is something they would have changed (fixed in my opinion) In VM 5....

Mike, Z speed?
Do you do allot of 3d work?
If you have a 4x8 table then 600 Inches per minute is great but would you really want your Z with under a foot of travel to be going 600 IPM? Most of...

John,
I got some 6 inch long ball tip bits from this guy for a project once. He has a good selection of different bits. I think they were carbide, and reasonably priced too ....

Kevin,
I made a bunch of track for my 6 year old 4 years ago. I have a bunch of DXF files on my shop computer. I will try to zip and post them when I get to the shop again.
Jim

Wayne,

Now here is something I have experience with. I built my machine from scratch 4 years ago. I did R&P on the X and Y and a Ball screw (BS) on the Z. I am in the middle of Replacing my BS...

Bill,
I have a couple of 1"x 2'x4' sheets of UHMW left from a job. I would like more information on how to build these pucks. Or is it as simple as it looks in the picture. (the shape, the groove...