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I need some more tips BUMP! I will get with you in a few days :)

With that being a 9", I doubt the spindle bore is over an inch. With a 52" bed you might be under the 36" as well

Thanks! Was needing a few things and just saved $50.00!

I use these and love them. There is probably a person in your area that can custom make them to your ears. http://earinc.com/shop/custom-fit/insta-mold-solid-earplugs/

You might get lucky and these would fit or maybe shoot Jim a message and see if he can help http://cuemonster.com/inc/sdetail/761/1027

What wood are you looking for?

I will join the crowd!

Stop talking about them and lets see them :) I can't wait to see this lathe

George, you have any idea about the price range of the lathes? Going to have a large bore headstock for us cue guys?

Neil I have not seen a tailstock for it. I know you can find a Chinese one fairly cheap and adjust the height as needed. You think the 6:1 ratio would be ok for inlay work?

Is this the best of both worlds? Is a 6-1 ratio enough? This will be just an inlay indexer and not a spinner http://www.ebay.com/itm/151497826888?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

I was looking at a 6:1 belt drive and thought that might even be to low. What is recommended? This would be for indexing only and not a spinner

Hey Willee! Is the 36 going to give you enough travel? I think the 36 only has something like 30-31 inches of travel on the X. Be a tight bed to fit the head and tail onto too. George makes a 42 that might work for ya. Just something to think about. Have a good one!

Hey Mac, Thanks for checking that. I know TW shared a picture one time of the inlay cnc he built and it had a Chinese 4th on it. He said he had to rebuild it some if I remember correctly. I still have not come to a conclusion yet but this does help a lot. I just remembered the other day that...

I will trade a headstock and tailstock housing ;-) Don't forget to send me a total and I will take 5 of these as well.

Thanks for the help guys! I was already thinking of rotating in one direction and making a "center" hole to check my position when I spin back around when it allows. I just wanted to make sure I didn't already get myself started with a "sloppy" indexer and have to worry with it all the time.

HaHa, Thanks Royce. Well I passed the math portion of the test but still having a hard time processing it. Would that .00145 be spread out over the 360 degrees or is it saying that if I drilled a hole and spun the cue one full time that I could be off .00145 from lining back up with that hole...

So backlash on a 4th axis is measured in arc seconds and minutes. I have seen them advertised from a couple seconds to 15 plus minutes. I know anything in the seconds would work just fine but I am not looking to spend thousands on a indexer. So if my math is right something with 8 arc minutes...

Thanks Guys! Gary that looks like some good reading. I will check it out. Royce, yes the milling spindle. I was thinking of just putting in a relay to power off the spindle when I get to the end of a run unless there is an easier way. The only thing I was thinking was if anyone was having any...

Hey guys I was wondering before I wire up everything if some one had any opinions. I am starting to get the wiring done for my new cnc. I will be using a Tekno Electrospindle and Mach3 or 4 for control. I can either wire it to a relay to turn on and off the spindle with speed control on the vfd...