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  1. L

    Spindle bearing setup, CNC install

    I have two problems, the first is how to set up preload on a set of spindle bearings in my Ex-Cell-O 602. The bearings are 7010 and 7208 P7s which means that while they are precision bearings, they aren't a matched set. What I need, is information on how to set up the bearings on a bench, rather...
  2. Arbutus

    Tips/Techniques New head for a TAIG

    I bought this originally as a very basic manual mill about 20 years ago. Today it is completely pimped out, with Teknic Clearpath servos, a PlanetCNC controller, the Saunders Machine Works tooling plate bed with a dual station free vice setup and a rotary axis. All that bling came at a...
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