I agree,,,,,,, Com Errors really turned me off........... Upgrades were in the pipe line we were told,,,,,,,, I am still waiting.......... I haven't turned on my Bot in, perhaps 3 years, maybe 4. ...
Type: Posts; User: Chuck Keysor
I agree,,,,,,, Com Errors really turned me off........... Upgrades were in the pipe line we were told,,,,,,,, I am still waiting.......... I haven't turned on my Bot in, perhaps 3 years, maybe 4. ...
I totally agree with Coryatjohn's recommendation to make molds and then cast the new parts you need.
1) The original parts are almost certainly made of cast composition or maybe plaster, not...
Sigh............ I only look at the forum a couple of times a week to see if there is anything new.... hoping for the announcement of a total upgrade to my old PRT alpha. I haven't turned on my Bot...
Sigh, I am sorry but not surprised to learn there isn't any improvement coming.............. Chuck
Thanks Ken for sharing the pictures of your vacuum box. Chuck
I was looking to buy a cast iron router table starting last fall. And as my Shopbot has a spindle, I didn't ever get into the PC routers. But I had assumed I'd use a Porter Cable router for my new...
Not only would GFRC be far cheaper than granite, and lighter depending on the ingredients, you could route a form in which to cast the plenum layer. For that matter, one could integrate the base and...
Eric, please don't laugh, but I'd like to suggest you investigate using a type of concrete called "GFRC".
I have long been interested in Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete, "GFRC", (but failed to...
Well, since you asked,,,,,,,,,,,,, your choice of text placement is really not pleasing to my eye. However you place it, "All gave some" needs to all be on one line, and "Some gave all" needs to...
Hello Shopbot friends:
Having worked as an electronics engineer in new product development for many years, it must be understood that any electronics with switching circuitry, (anything from SCR...
Thank you Brady! I always greatly appreciate your input. It would make more sense to put it in a sound isolating arrangement of some sort........ Unfortunately, this is in my basement, right...
Well, here it is, 7 years later,,,,,,,,, and my Roots blower is still sitting under my Bot.......... I am going to make various upgrades to my Bot this winter, and I'd rather have a smaller vacuum...
Hopefully I am not the only one who likes to find design inspiration in old sources........... And since this catalog is from 1897,,,, no CNC back then! Chuck...
Wow, that model of DC is amazing! Are some of the buildings cut out/modeled separately and attached to the base board, or are they all that way?
Thanks Eric for the added links to SketchUp videos. The sandbox tools appeared to be interesting, but from the short videos, it mostly looked like everything was geometrically based, and then just...
Thanks Eric. I had partially assumed Sketch-up was used because you know how to use it. And I did have the general understanding that Sketch-up is a very powerful general tool.
But it is of...
Hello Eric. I have never used SketchUp. But since you have Aspire, why didn't you just design the sign in Aspire? Aspire is a great design tool, and from what I saw in your video, SketchUp looks...
Daniel,,,,,,,, things aren't set up for me to take a picture, but I recall that attaching the foot isn't hard. However, I don't use the dust collection attachment, and maybe they both won't fit on...
Hmm, there seems to have been a fair amount of conjecture as to the original poster's (DC CNC) problem. However, he never did come back with good pictures or clarifications that would help those...
Brian, I have a PRT alpha, but I have just gotten done re-doing parts of mine. Though I am a dabbler, I will offer an initial comment, with the hope that someone who knows more will offer their...
Hello DC. I honestly couldn't figure out what problem you were describing, but after looking at your photo your issue became apparent. To at least start with a clear description of the problem,...
That was interesting reading Brady! Again, more things I had never realized. Thanks, Chuck
As but one of untold numbers of Botters who have been helped by Brady, I want to say thank you to him for his huge support to so many over so many years. Hopefully in the long run the comments made...
Looking at your first photo, I think things would have looked much nicer had you moved the eagle over to the left about 1/2"........ you would have removed "CHINA". Chuck
Thank you John. That seems like a logical solution to remove the excess space between the shafts and the sleeve bearings. Chuck