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Monthly Archives: October 2012
Measure twice cut once.
Ok.. I think I have the Sherline base measured correctly. My screw up was in the base sketch. It all works out.. I need the practise. Next step is the saddle.
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Arrgg. The Sherline base is not symetric.
I don’t know where the assembly feature is yet with Freecad. Basically I’m still just practising by modeling the components of my old sherline mill. This probably not the way to to this, but I basically copy and renamed the … Continue reading
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Thinking about ballscrews..
I’ve been toying with the idea of using ball screws on my little Sherline. Unfortunately the only way this could remotely make any kind of economic sense is if I went with the 5/8″ dia screw from Mcmaster. http://www.mcmaster.com/#ball-screws/=jwpffz The … Continue reading
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zwei fliegen mit einer klappe. DIY Sherline CNC retrofit and learning Freecad
Time for bed.. Lets see if I can sum it up shortly.. Got the CNC Sherline in barter. Turned out that third party CNC conversion was slock. (Basically slapped Steppers over manual washer bearing setup.) Too cheap to buy the … Continue reading
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Getting the CNC4PC machining camera to work on Linux
I’ve been eyeing this little camera from CNC4PC for a while and I wound up picking one up while I was at the 2012 cnc workshop. Sooner or later, I’m going to use it for machining, but actually I have … Continue reading
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Getting Back in the Groove.. Working through the freecad tutorial.
I’ve been exceeding busy the last couple of months and I finally had a little bit of time to squeeze in a couple of fun projects. A while I started playing around the sketcher and I found that is was … Continue reading
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