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I still have a laptop with 7 on it. It was a company laptop (large blue tech company) so it can't be upgraded without paying. I like 7. I leave that one at work now and had one with 10 on it. You...

A quick check on Powermatic's website for service centers list several in the Tampa area who do in house and field repairs. I suspect if you called them they would come out and work on Grizzly...

Never bought an extended warranty and even if I had to spend $12k on a transmission I would have still come out ahead by not purchasing one once you figure in the number of cars I've owned and the...

It was a real guess at RPM. The link you posted to the Chinese one on Amazon was a 6 to 1 ratio. I made this one 4 to 1. The stepper can go so slow it almost looks like it's stopped with the...

I made a second leg out of some scrap read oak (newel posts). I'm still trying to decide on what the final pulley ratio should be. But I found the set screw on the stepper either wasn't tight (I...

It's nice to know that it comes off the spoilboard easily. The machine I was using had a 20hp vacuum pump, not something most people would have the ability to supply power to. But it's sized that...

I can't watch the video on this laptop but it looks like you just put glue on the edges in a couple of spots. Did you just glue it directly to your spoilboard? If so is the glue easy to remove or...

Nice. I have a project that custom knobs would be ideal for.

The main reason for using a stepper is so I can control it and possibly make rope patterns and increment the project by a set number of degrees. For example, if I wanted to add fluting to the...

Here's a video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSCcD2pc0DY

So it's been a bit of learning but this is where I ended up. The first is after it finished but before I sanded it. I probably spent 5 to 10 minutes smoothing it out with a RO sander. The second is...

The test went sort of ok. Right off the bat I was having issues with my VFD for the spindle (low voltage) before actually cutting anything. I recently did some upgrades so I need to look into...

It's a 4 to 1 ratio but I'm using a rather small timing belt. Not sure if it'll handle the forces. But it was in my junk drawer so I used it. I know the one John asked about in a different thread...

Well sort of. It was something I was planning and I did buy a few parts to make it happen. But when John posted his tapered leg idea that motivated me to get-r-done.

Here's a short video of my...

My plan is to try and do this.
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I'm just going to remove the white section inside the dashed lines. I'll move the spindle slowly and set the code multiple depths using .2" (using a...

John, how did you come up with the g-code to make the leg? I'm close to finishing the rotary I had posted ideas on making. Once it's done I'll create a thread showing what i did in case you are...

The place that I bought my soapstone stove from sells new wood stoves but they also rebuild older stoves. I don't know if they sell them or if it's just for the owner but you can give them a call. ...

I think you made the right choice. If you plan on owning the car for long enough sooner or later you will see the difference in paint. On a side note when I was about 10 years old I remember...

With the setup I have (z-20 Z axis and a 3hp spindle) I have about 7 1/2" between the bottom of the Spindle mount to the top of the spoilboard. I have the spindle set up so there's about 6" between...

I never thought to ask but are you just looking for the rotary to turn at a slow speed vs using a cordless drill? If so you could just use a signal generator ($15) going to a stepper driver...

USPS doesn't seem to update their computers as often as the big two. Often it'll take a day or two for a shipment go from number created to actually in transit. Often the day USPS says it'll show...

Decades ago I was in a trade where you had traidemen and apprentences. It took years to move up. When we brought in someone new we always taught them that being a professional was more than doing...

It doesn't bother me a bit. We all know prices are going up. You can't raise wages as fast as they have been and not expect it. You can't have crazy inflation like we've seen over the last couple...

I was just going to use a manual toggle switch. I've seen people say you shouldn't disconnect a stepper motor when it has holding current on it but we do it all the time where i work and have never...

I've thought about adding one but haven't fully decided how to do it. I've upgraded my steppers to the "pro" version with one of the steppers with a brake. I had to order the stepper with the brake...