The Home Machinist!

Rick, We did a demo one day on a brand new KX1 of a loco wheel 85mm in diameter [ sorry for the metric units ] in the rush i cut a slice of bar and went to the customers premises and when i got there asked to use the lathe to face the blank up and found out I had cut a slice off a stainless bar :cry...

In that case try asking on http://www.smallcncsupport.com
This is the official support website for the KX series mills. Part of the site is hidden and only accessed by registered users but there is part of the forum that anyone can use.

I'm sure someone will come to your aid.

Try getting in touch with Chris Wood at Little Machine Shop and ask if there is anyone in your area with one.

I read the site and they say it's not transferable. To buy the license it's less than $200 should I decide to really pursue some serious CNC'ing. I guess I'm really in too deep to swim out at the point. LoL Thanks Sorry for the wrong information, they did used to be transferable when Art ran the so...

When you get the computer open up Mach and go into help then help about. If it's only the demo mode it will say demo. If it's registered it will give the name of the registered user. To be right you will need to contact Mach Support and tell them who you bought it from and they will change the licen...

I'm in the "if it is supposed to be 40°, make it 40°" camp. I imagine a Poly-V belt would "work" on a grooveless pulley but that doesn't make it right. Look at the picture of making the pulley It has grooves, it is not grooveless. In any case many poly vee's run on grooveless pu...

Cool machine! 7000 per hour? That's a lot of "chips" :D Actually it's slow, since about 1925 commercial pencil sharpeners work on a linishing belt principle where the pencil is rolled along a tapered bed at the 1/2 angle, as they come off at the end they are sharp. At full chat these can ...

Harold, I only posted this quick dodge for the people who want to actually make something. I know it's not correct in theory and won't pass any QC test but I didn't realise this board was for pro machinists working for Boeing ? Silly me for reading Home Machinists and QC in the same sentence. In def...

11 TPI thread chaser plunge fed into blank. http://www.stevenson-engineers.co.uk/files/poly%20vee%20tool.jpg Instant poly vee pulley, the purists will say that the profile isn't correct but I have these running on machines 8 hours per day, 4 1/2 days per week at 9,000 rpm with no problems. John S.

It matter not one iota how Mach is setup inches or mm AS LONG AS THE INITIAL SETTING IS LEFT AS IS. Because the KX series mills are all metric we set them up in step per mm. The native units are not what you want to work in but native to setting. If you want to work in mainly inches put G20 F6.0 in ...

Marty,
I have bought quite a few ballscrews + > 25 from linearmotion in China with no problems and good service, can't see you having a problem.

Did you still keep a copy of your Mach license ?

John S.

Current is 4 amps. Volts will depend on your driver, but in general between 5 and 10x the voltage rating of the motor. A power supply with 15-30 VDC, capable of 4 amps output. The driver will limit the current to the motor. I've heard you should drive the motors at 20-25x the nameplate voltage. Mar...