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I am not sure that medical codition is something to laugh at? Jim.

Is the broom head still attached?

Well, I have added a stiffener to the bottom of the extrusion and that helped some. I could add a plate to the side like Jake suggested. The issue I see here is that I would need to add to both sides. If not then the stress the tail stock causes will just move a different direction. In the end I...

Don, you are correct, I am hinged on both sides. You will want that to swing easily with no play. I find center on my cue at the chuck end and then check center on the tail stock end. I will adjust my tail stock end to match the chuck center. After that I sweep the length of my part for...

Gary, I have a similar tilt bed on my cnc. If you raise the hinge end up a bit then you will be able to tilt with taper going either direction. A word of causation , when you apply pressure with tail stock the bed will bow and the center of the cue will bow upwards. Mine is as much as .010". I...

Gary, the camera is very useful for a few things. I have an offset in Mach to move over the distance between my camera and the spindle. This is easy to determine as you drill a small hole into a scrap piece. With your DROs zeroed out jog until your camera is centered over the hole. Record that...

No apologies needed. Hope it was a good deal. Did you get the smooth stepper? I like those. Things to add are a camera and home switches. Looks good, Jim

Just a thought, is the bed level and square? Is the head stock? I once watched a maintenance guy try to tram in a spindle on a turning center (CNC lathe). He was trying to shim the head stock and spindle for run out. He was having a terrible time of it. I asked him if the spindle was square on...

Contacting Bobcad Gary, try this:866-408-3226 with Your Promotional Code ( 106388 ) Ask for Al DePoalo if you get the run around as he is my contact. You should be able to get the latest ver. of Bobcad for around $500. I can't give you an exact price since it has been awhile since I have...

Gary, that was most likely me. I have a contact at Bobcad that you can contact and you will not get sales men call you all the time. You can download Bobcad from the internet as a trial. When you enter your information you will get a call the next day. Let me do some research and I will get you...

I see that you are in Georgia and that your main player is a Lomax. Lomax's shop is north of Atlanta. Why not contact him. He is very familiar with the Predator product. He would be able to adjust the shaft and keep the warranty intact. PM me if you need his contact information. He is a great...

Just used the 5/15 gun drill. Just wanted to thank you Kj for the gundrill. I just used it with the Atlas 3/8-16 tap for wait bolt. It worked much better than a drill. Just drilled a starter hole and drilled it easy with the gundrill. I should get another one. Let me know if you have any left...

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Ok. I am confused. How many axes does your cnc have? The work Bob is doing here in the video is simple indexing. That is not to say what he is doing is easy. He is a pro. Jim

Hey let me know if you get that to work. After seeing how Bobcad did it I laughed. I created a post that does all the work for me. I just edit the g code and change a variable at the top an bam. Jim

Oh I suppose you could. I like to use my camera in the same areas that I use my spindle. Sometimes it's on a full almost finished cue or a jump cue or a parts table at different Heights. Since I use the one inch offset based on Z at 1" all I have to do is touch my tool off the top if part and...

Good question. The camera is mounted next to my spindle. It will travel up and down with the Z axis. Positioning is done with the camera in focus at Z 1.0. The camera is used to find positions for the X and Y axis. Now this is the setup to use for a vertical mill. I have never seen a horizontal...

Looks like that camera will work. I have my camera focused at 1" from my tool tip. That way when I touch my tool off on my part and set Z to 0. I can move up to Z1.0 and then shift over to my camera. It will be in focus. This gives me plenty of room for when I jog the camera around over my work...

Yes, Mach 3 has a built in webcam plug in. It works great. I purchased a modified web cam from ebay. I don't think this particular one is still available or I would just add the link. I could inlay a diamond on a gnat's butt if needed. I don't take credit for knowing about the camera. Cory...

Jim, Bobcad will generate the Gcode based on the geometry location when you create it. The starting point is simply the location that your machine will go to before it starts machining your part or pocket. Now I have built into my post processor a move that takes X, Y, and A to Zero and Z to 1.0...