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Use a good 45 degree face mill and you should be able to do the same! Cutting forces are balanced both axially and radially with this type of cutter. This is a Mitsubishi ASX 445 I bought used, other options include Haas tooling and Shars. I wouldn't bother with some of the real cheap tooling you can find on eBay because I've had a bad experience were a cutter had over 0.004" of runout.

You will need to buy the probing macros directly from Renishaw. In this case, I'm using the built-in Fadal probing macros modified to work like the Renishaw macros. Ask around on the Fadal Facebook group and you'll find peoples custom probing software. Of course you must understand that you're responsible for what you do with your own machine.

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Thank you very much!

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@@ElixirCNC Oh

This is a 40° field of view with a military surplus generation 3 tube.

@@ElixirCNC thanks.

You should!

Consider using uShip to ship machines like this. I'm in contact with a potential buyer already though.

Yes, the spindle uses Erickson 30 Quick change, the spindle brake comes on automatically and you simply turn the nut a half turn and out comes the holder. Adding a 4th and 5th axis is as simple as buying something like DM860A drives from ebay for $65 or nicer Gecko drives for $154. Wiring takes about 10 minutes, the Mesa 7i76E board has room to plug in 4th and 5th axis drives. There is a VFD to control the spindle, and it uses up to 6.6 amps on a very heavy cut. I hope this clears things up, I would rather have a cash sale because ebay takes about 10% of the sale price. Thanks!

@@ElixirCNC Thanks.

This is what works for me.

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Cool! What machine did you add the CNC control to?

@@ElixirCNC it's a bolton tools lathe I retrofitted

@@joesmith2465 Nice! I’ve bought a few Cat40 and NMTB 30 tool holders from the Bolton tool vendor on Toolots. Are you satisfied with the quality of the lathe? I’m really happy with the Harrison lathe. It’s made in England and is the perfect balance of size and power.

@@ElixirCNC the lathe is not to bad the gear box was kinda a pain I got it for the spindle bore of 1.5

This is gen3

how long does it take for tube to shade completely? is the price of a shaded tube ever worth it iyo?

@Emmanuel Goldstein yuh - left edge

Hahaha, lets see your night vision setup. Probably "still saving up" like 100% of naysayers.

@@ElixirCNC nothing wrong with your set up. I have a dtnvs with L3 tubes from tnvc, and a NVD bnvd with elbit hp tubes, and a set of sentinels but not for much longer. I’m selling the Sentinels. It just looks like your focus wasn’t set properly and that blem would annoy me that’s all man.

@@DAP-1776 Alright, nice setup! I apologize for my rudeness. There is certainly better night vision out there then these, in total I spent about $1450. It was a $720 ebay tube and a $750 AGM kit. The glass quality on the AGM kit was disappointing, but the blems on the tube never bothered me. Honestly this was about on par with the stuff I used in the army. I sold this setup for $2200 so overall it was a win!

@@ElixirCNC I think it's a great looking tube, he's probably just a gucci gear snob. For the amount you paid, i think it was a solid deal. Getting a pair of DTNVS's within a month or two with L3 unfilmed WP, should be sweet. Also, thumbs up for the cat in the beginning too lol.

@@ElixirCNC blems bother me when looking at a white wall in my house lol, but outside I don’t notice them at all. I need a beater pvs14 unit, they really come in handy. I really do love dual tube setups. Rnvgs can be had pretty affordably these days, especially with the elbit xlsh tubes. I’ve seen really good fom numbers on them even though they’re considered elbits lowest grade tubes.

Yours is hooked up wrong! The light should only turn on when the probe is touching

I will do another video sometime in June. I’m finishing up installing the encoders, electronics wise I’m using a Mesa 7i76E and DM556 and DM855 Stepper drivers.

Thanks! I had to sell my Bridgeport CNC to make room for it. Well worth it. A full enclosure is a must-have.

This is a custom macro that I wrote. Fadal has built in macros as well so you should be covered.

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This is A-36 HR steel

Hey, do you still need help? There is a procedure to remove 3 screws on the spindle nut, then tighten them with the right sized tool holder.

@@ElixirCNC Hey Philip, I appreiciate you getting back to ne after. The spindle locknut had been over torqued so the quarter turn was not activating the lock jaws. We used a large cheater bar to unscrew the entire spindle lock nut assembly and put it back together, everything holds tight now :)

Yep! It's been a great machine. Bridgeport had precision ground ball screws and Chromed ways so it worked great. Gotta love LinuxCNC because it brings a lot of capability to the table.

Hi Andrew, I’m glad to chat too, sorry for the slow reply! So far I’ve had a good experience using Probe Basic. For someone new to CNC, I find it much easier to use over the axis GUI. I have plans on adding a tool height probe and linear encoders and eventually servo motors. I will watch a few of your videos. Nice Mill! I plan on buying a Fadal sometime. Anyway, I’m replying 3 days late because I didn’t see your comment until just now. My email is philliplletrub@gmail.com, I will get a notification right away. Anyway, have a nice weekend. -Phil

Hi, David. I'm not the poster of the video, but I've got one of these that I recently rebuilt. There were machines specifically built to punch the rolls, and they took the form of a piano that actuated a matrix of punch pins as the keys were pressed and the paper roll turned. Some rolls were also produced by transcribing manuscript music straight over to hole patterns and manually punching out the master, relying on the end user to moderate tempo.The 'Duo-Art' pianolas did have dynamic control, and it's encoded by a four-bit system whereby four vertical lines of holes are used to determine global note velocity (i.e. individual key dynamics are not possible).

ChueyMr11 the tubes that connect the tracker bar with the Pneumatics. Of there is a leak you can also hear it.

Definitely a major leak or disconnection somewhere in the pneumatic system. If your piano is very old and still has its original parts, the rubber tubing might have gotten brittle and broken. You can search online for a player-piano repair technician, but there aren't many of them, because it's such a specialized field. Some of these technicians travel the world to service these wonderful old machines.

@@OofusTwillip If one puts their mind to it can work it out. Mechanics and engineers. Also anyone who has worked with compressed air machine. Many of the really old pianolas use lead piping...Good idea to replace all piping at once, with a good sealant/glue. Especially since one is going into the 'dashboard' anyhow. Would you agree?

The little drummer boy.

which would cause the vacuum to even out

Stian Berg No man, that is an incorrect and way oversimplified explanation. 1. The pump / lower unit creates the suction to power the system. 2. The pump is connected to the stack via a wooden manifold, rubber hose, or both. 3. The stack can start playing when suction is applied. The stack is the part that actually "plays" the piano, and is usually located above the keyboard, occasionally below. The stack in most player actions consists of a pouch (leather disc), valve (usually of a spool or button shape), and pneumatic (small bellows) for each note played by the player, usually 88, but fewer in some types. Double valve actions also have an extra set of primary pouches and valves, which act to amplify the signal and positively activate the secondary valves. ...

Stian Berg I was going to get into a more thorough explanation of operation, but realize a video can be easier to understand. Actually, I've deciphered your question and can answer it now: Yes, when in "play" mode, if the paper comes off the tracker bar, all notes WILL try to play at once, provided that the player system is well restored with correct materials and techniques and is airtight (a wheezy player needing a rebuild will have problems even playing normal rolls, much less all notes at once). The reason the notes don't play backwards in "rewind" mode is because in this mode, the big valve to the stack in the "gate box", usually on or near the pump, is closed, so that the suction to the stack is cut off. This also holds true for the end of reroll, when the end tab on the roll can come unhooked from the take-up spool, and come off the tracker bar.