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by Keith Neal
Wed, Sep 02 2009, 7:59PM
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Jack Daniels or Jim Beam
Replies: 15
Views: 17912

Re: Jack Daniels or Jim Beam

Theres always the duty free shops at the airport...Or do they not have them any more(I haven't flown civilian since before 9/11)...
by Keith Neal
Fri, Aug 14 2009, 8:24AM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: Vacuum Problem
Replies: 9
Views: 9756

Re: Vacuum Problem

As we use several sizes of material on our table I cover the "open area"with vinyl templating material"with a few corian blocks to keep it from curling.When the vacuum is on this gets sucked down as well reducing any bleed.It's easily removable plus I can fold or roll it to fit as mat...
by Keith Neal
Thu, Aug 06 2009, 7:28AM
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Coming Soon....Free Medical Care
Replies: 11
Views: 10484

Re: Coming Soon....Free Medical Care

Unfortunately sometimes unpopular laws are going to get passed before elections(which politicians often race to do before the people make the choice for them), which might mean it could be too late.Our system although in the hands of the people is still not perfect,especially when voters are only ab...
by Keith Neal
Fri, Jul 31 2009, 5:39AM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: Alternative material machining???
Replies: 4
Views: 4304

Re: Alternative material machining???

We do almost exclusively solid surface on our machine,everything from countertops to boxes even signs.We've even had a guy bring in some marine grade plywood and a program to replace the deck of his boat!
by Keith Neal
Wed, Jul 29 2009, 11:10AM
Forum: Customer Tools
Topic: template gadget
Replies: 4
Views: 19094

Re: template gadget

Our company uses them all the time for our countertops,they are one of the best tools for accurately recording wall scribe.Before we used the lasers we were constantly having to scribe our tops in the field(often in the customers driveway with a belt sander.)having to bring them in and out of the ho...
by Keith Neal
Fri, Jul 17 2009, 10:46AM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: Control Nesting Suggestion...
Replies: 6
Views: 4454

Control Nesting Suggestion...

I was wondering is perhaps in a future update there would be any way to show on the control nesting window where the router is going to ramp in,maybe a colored line. This way we could rotate the pieces accordingly so as not to start on a seam(for us who seam pieces together) sometimes it just has th...
by Keith Neal
Tue, Jul 14 2009, 7:30AM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: Rippled diagonal cut
Replies: 5
Views: 5149

Re: Rippled diagonal cut

We get it too where the router ramps into the cut(we are a solid surfaces shop and more often or not this seems to be on a seam).It also happened alot when we first got the machine until we switched from a climb to a conventional cut(in settings on control nesting).
by Keith Neal
Fri, Jul 10 2009, 5:24AM
Forum: Lounge
Topic: A real Lounge question on site seeing in the East coast
Replies: 26
Views: 24334

Re: A real Lounge question on site seeing in the East coast

Too bad you were not coming next weekend instead of in september,the Syracuse Nationals is happening,it's one of the largest car shows in the nation,this year Adam West is going to be there with the original Batmobile!!!Alot of car clubs hold "runs" everyweekend,finding a car show shouldn'...
by Keith Neal
Fri, Jun 26 2009, 5:26AM
Forum: Lounge
Topic: TV or not TV
Replies: 9
Views: 9886

Re: TV or not TV

We have a new high end housing development being put in five miles up our road,rumour had it that they are actually going to run broadband internet(we can only get dialup now.) I've actually accomplished more reading due to the changeover(books 1-7 of the Wheel of Time series) and my garden has fewe...
by Keith Neal
Wed, Jun 24 2009, 10:14AM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: Machine won't home
Replies: 5
Views: 6828

Re: Machine won't home

Went through the hullabaloo as if the x axis belt had jumped a tooth...made some phone calls...never thought to check if proximity sensor was working, it wasn't in fact it was broken at the tip.A few hours of messing around for a simple fix if only I had thought...
by Keith Neal
Wed, Jun 24 2009, 6:52AM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: Machine won't home
Replies: 5
Views: 6828

Re: Machine won't home

the following(not 0.00)were in theservo box(I got a little carried away with the zeroes):
axis1 error -.5576 gantry skew -.0036
axis 2 error.0331
by Keith Neal
Wed, Jun 24 2009, 6:22AM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: Machine won't home
Replies: 5
Views: 6828

Machine won't home

This morning when I started our thermwood I went to home it out and the emergency stop kicked in with the following error message: gantry skewing exceeds it's limit bring up servo box for skew update . the servo screen GAIN FFWD FOLLOWING ERROR GANTRY SKEWING CMARK axis1 .45 10 -0.000 -0.000 0.000 a...
by Keith Neal
Mon, Jun 22 2009, 1:52PM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: tool holder question
Replies: 14
Views: 13056

Re: tool holder question

ditto on the scotchbrite
by Keith Neal
Mon, Jun 22 2009, 9:23AM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: tool holder question
Replies: 14
Views: 13056

Re: tool holder question

We have the same problem,almost on a daily basis now that the humidity of summer is here.Is there some way to prevent the rust on the toolholder,I searched but could not find a clear solution.
by Keith Neal
Wed, Jun 17 2009, 11:10AM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: Tool Length Measuring
Replies: 5
Views: 7940

Re: Tool Length Measuring

We has the same issue when we first got our machine,I might be wrong but isn't tool length the total cutting length of the tool,for example we have a 3/8" onsrud bit total length is 3 5/8" including shaft but only 1 1/2" is actually used for cutting (I use a scale rule to measure by h...