CNC me do
From: koswix18 Feb 2015 11:14
To: Killamarshian (HAL9001)
19 of 68
Aww, Sheffield is too far away :(
That's some damn fine looking kit there, though. Wish we had an AMRC typle place up here :(
That's some damn fine looking kit there, though. Wish we had an AMRC typle place up here :(
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From: Serg (NUKKLEAR)18 Feb 2015 11:24
To: Killamarshian (HAL9001)
20 of 68
So jealous...
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From: Killamarshian (HAL9001)18 Feb 2015 19:42
To: ALL21 of 68
Don't be jealous. It has taken me 37 years to get to where I am. I am sure you guys will reach much higher than me and much quicker.
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From: koswix18 Feb 2015 21:13
To: Killamarshian (HAL9001)
22 of 68
I dunno, in 27 37 years I'll be 69. And I've still got 2 years of uni left to go :((
EDITED: 20 Feb 2015 15:51 by KOSWIX
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From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)18 Feb 2015 22:04
To: Killamarshian (HAL9001)
23 of 68
I can make a paper airplane.
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From: Killamarshian (HAL9001)20 Feb 2015 08:19
To: koswix
24 of 68
quote: koswix
I dunno, in 27 years I'll be 69. And I've still got 2 years of uni left to go :((
To be honest I spent almost 20 years on the factory floor. I moved into the engineering department at 37 and graduated with a 2:1 Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering at 42 (all payed for by the company). I did the degree on day release so it took 5 years.
So you could say I got here in 16 years.
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From: koswix20 Feb 2015 09:17
To: Killamarshian (HAL9001)
25 of 68
Good work! Gives me encouragement to stick at it.
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From: koswix20 Feb 2015 09:22
To: ALL26 of 68
I finally got to do some welding! I'm pretty terrible at it, but I've seen worse. But now I have a frame to build my cnc on!
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From: johngti_mk-ii20 Feb 2015 09:42
To: koswix
27 of 68
Blimey. That makes you nearly as old as me
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From: ANT_THOMAS20 Feb 2015 09:45
To: johngti_mk-ii
28 of 68
Kos is definitely one of the people on here who I always think is younger than he actually is.
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From: koswix20 Feb 2015 10:59
To: ANT_THOMAS
29 of 68
I'm 32. Still haven't matured (dance)
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From: Chris (CHRISSS)20 Feb 2015 11:41
To: koswix
30 of 68
And still useless at maths. Or was that a typo?
EDITED: 20 Feb 2015 11:41 by CHRISSS
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From: Dan (HERMAND)20 Feb 2015 12:05
To: ALL31 of 68
This thread reminds me that I need to grab some spares for my MIG. It's been years since I've welded, but I was doing okay at the time.
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From: johngti_mk-ii20 Feb 2015 12:10
To: Chris (CHRISSS)
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There's definitely a typo in one of the messages. Unless time is measured differently in Scottish
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From: koswix20 Feb 2015 15:50
To: Chris (CHRISSS)
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/you/ are pulling me up on a typo? Oh the irony.
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From: Chris (CHRISSS)20 Feb 2015 18:09
To: koswix
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Hahaha. Fair point. I think I'm doing better recently.
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From: koswix23 Feb 2015 17:22
To: koswix
35 of 68
Got my stepper motors today. Don't have the proper drivers yet so only running them at 750mA (instead of 4.5A) but even at that piddly current I can't stall them by hand. Well impressed.
CNC4You Nema 23 3.1Nm stepper motors: http://youtu.be/4ZhwKfWf3iY
CNC4You Nema 23 3.1Nm stepper motors: http://youtu.be/4ZhwKfWf3iY
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From: ANT_THOMAS23 Feb 2015 17:28
To: koswix
36 of 68
The stepper motors are for controlling the movements along the axes?
Have you bought a router for it yet?
Have you bought a router for it yet?
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From: koswix23 Feb 2015 21:05
To: ANT_THOMAS
37 of 68
Yup, steppers for x, y and z axis. Would have made more sense to get a smaller one for the z, but the three were together in bundle for a nice price.
The cutting head is going to be kind of modular. Probably start with one of my face dremels and upgrade as I learn more about how to use it. I'd love one of those 3kW water cooled spindles on aliexpress. Or a plasma cutter!
The cutting head is going to be kind of modular. Probably start with one of my face dremels and upgrade as I learn more about how to use it. I'd love one of those 3kW water cooled spindles on aliexpress. Or a plasma cutter!
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