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y'all, I have my machine torn down now, and am taking measurements to figure out the details of adding the Y and X ball screws. Don't have any pictures yet, probably will next post.I have checked out Ten High for ball screws. When I removed my old ones, I found they had 2 nuts for each screw, I assume to adjust out backlash. as opposed to the ones with 1 nut and custom size preloaded balls to remove the backlash. I was able to find any ball screws on the TenHigh site with 2 nuts. After a lot of poking around I ran across AliExpress.com. They sell ball screws with machined ends and 2 nuts. Don't know id they are trustworthy, located in China. I only ordered the Y axis screw, about $60 with shipping. Will see what I get when it comes.Motor Questions:I have been searching motors/Drivers/power supplies. One question is whether I should wire my motor bipolar series or parallel.Could someone shead some light on this please? Thanks,maury
I have a mill and are thinking of the cnc conversion myself, but not sure of the real world advantages for the home shop that is mainly making 1 of something.Neil
I can see lots of uses for one but its like 3D printers if it takes hours and hours to do the printing/machining And I know Mike's CNC mills like to add little features to make his parts unique so he still has to keep an eye on them And the original over 4 grand needed to buy even the little Seig one You could buy a decent mill and convert it for that sort of money Jo
Now for the second killer question. I used the nesting feature in Mach3 more than a few times, and I can't do without it. I don't want to buy nesting from BobCam. ---- Is there a nesting wizard for Mach4? ------Thanks,maury
The Z axis is in now too. Motor working properly. Just need to mount the head and counterweight and I can test out the machine.I have a config question:in the Port setup dialog there is a Kernel speed setting. Does anybody know what this does, and how I may set it to my best advantage?Thanks,maury