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    DMC2 Mini Mill - build and review

    Just a small update, added drip pan to the mill, $9 at Costco business center (18" x 25.5"), a picture of the slightly longer coolant nozzle with a flow control, and my add-hoc grounding for the table to ensure the very basic conductive touch probe actually finds a ground.
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    DMC2 Mini Mill - build and review

    Going back and looking at it, the answer is yes. Looks like I added a small shim to help line it up, and yeah, there should have been some adjustment built into that direction.
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    DMC2 Mini Mill - Another build and review

    If you don't like silicone, your not going to enjoy the remainder of the build. And my experience is that it still leaks after much goop. I haven't checked it again after my last round of applying silicone, but I did buy a large baking pan (18" x 24") from Costco Business center for $9 to put...
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    Weiss VM32 CNC Conversion

    Yeah, you need to make sure the probe tip is going to be the part to contact an immoveable object first, not the probe body. This also applies in Z direction and not just X-Y - such as probing a surface that has a hole directly under the probe tip...Its painful watching it get crushed just a...
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    DMC2 Mini Mill - Another build and review

    Thats the same mistake I made, but I got further along before noticing it (mention in post #11 in my thread but not clear, but you can see the misplaced plates in the pictures in the previous posts). Maybe a hint to Shariff to refine the assembly instruction on that step.
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    Weiss VM32 CNC Conversion

    Confusing probing routines are why I'm on my 3rd probe! Got to say the Path Pilot routines are not confusing (thankfully!) and hence the relative longevity of my current touch probe
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    Weiss VM32 CNC Conversion

    Do you have an electronic edge finder? I bought one from AliExpress for ~$75 CAD and its also been great, so easy to setup a part using the probing routines like this: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005338147288.html I'm assuming the Masso will have some built in probing Macros. This is...
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    de-magnetize digital calipers

    I just made one last night. I think I should cross post this on the thread "tools you waited to long to get". I spent a half hour demagnetizing things in my shop and can spend another half hour again, amazing how easy it is to make and use.
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    Weiss VM32 CNC Conversion

    Honestly the toolsetter is a game changer for using multiple tools on a single project. Set up all the tools and get them measured before running the program. Then, whether manual or automatic tool change, just being able to cycle into the next tool and have it already set to the correct height...
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    Starting a Chinese Die

    Not saying Whitworth thread (55° angle and root and crest form) are unusual. What I found unusual is the 22tpi. 20tpi is common UNC and BSW, 26tpi for BSF, 28tpi for UNF, and 32 and 40 tpi for ME (model Engineer), but 22tpi I had never come across.
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