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RSVP for me too, please!

Haha, yeah it sounds like we may have a thing or two in common. Is this where I confess I am an engineer too? Is this a safe space? I often do things like this just because I can and it’s a challenge. I even occasionally learn something, but if I’m careful, I can avoid that. I’ve enjoyed the...

I think we had similar things in mind, though I didn’t picture an steam engines. I have a surplus of small timing pullies and nema 17 motors/drivers, so I was thinking of going that angle. I’m dreaming all of this up while on vacation, without being able to look at the machine, so the mind...

I’m trying to picture it. The hand wheel you’re talking about, it’s something you would add? The existing gibs are 1/4-20 threaded with cheap plastic spring loaded levers on them.

Haha, ok then, I will explain more than the obvious. It is a little inconvenient to reach the y gibbs, but it’s not that, really. I often forget to engage or disengage whichever ones I need to, so having a panel with a button to push and a status light would be helpful. Maybe I will use one of...

To lock the gibs when I push a button

Hi All, Has anyone added actuated gib locks to a g0704/cx601 type mill? I am thinking of using quarter turn rotary actuators or stepper motors. Has anyone come across a build log where someone has already done something like that? Or maybe a premade kit?