Centroid Community CNC Support Forum

Wow, thank you for that. That is amazing.

Dave, I just have to say that your neat freak type of life is commendable. I would love to be able to have my shop spotless every day. With a clean non cluttered shop productivity is so much better. I feel my shop is dirty even when it's clean. God bless you buddy.

Hi RayL, I've read over your post a few times and i'm still waiting to see what you built. All of us DIY CNC mill guys would love to see some ATC pictures or even video. I just bought a Skyfire SMV-2 machining center just to get a tool changer. Love to update my Charter Oaks CNC with a DIY tool chan...

Hi, They go into it in detail, do a search. It's come up before.

Hi Guys, Thanks for all your comments for sure. I do like the silicone tubing idea. As far as the tube slipping a little touch of super glue on the shafts will fix that, it works very well. There's no load on encoders they turn very easy. I have very little room that's why the coupling was made that...

Now that you know where I live and your freezing your you know what off on the East Coast it's not my fault. I lived in Michigan for 25 years until a job brought me here so I feel your pain but not the cold anymore. Thank goodness. Anyone who needs help on the west coast more than happy to help once...

So here's my encoder mount for my Charter Oaks mill. I have a air cylinder on top of the spindle shaft so I had to get creative with mounting but that's the fun, right? I used 2 skate board bearings since they are sealed, small durable and I use them in a lot of my plasma cutter builds. I mounted th...

Just curious if Intercon has splines or gear cutter in it with 4th axes. I am waiting for the 2 Acorns and Pro and just wondering in the meantime.

Scoty i think you are confusing Part Zero location with Machine Home Zero location. these are two different zero points! Machine Home by definition is machine ZERO. But that is NOT the same as Part (WCS Work Coordinate System) Zero. When the machine is done homing the DRO (Digital Read Out) is disp...

I just got a tracking number for my Acorn. They said that they would not start shipping until after the 3rd. of January. That's also when the price increase takes effect but it looks like they are shipping early. Ordered another one last night for my lathe too so hopefully it will get moving too pre...