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I am using a "Quick Step" Milling Unit as a router on my CNC. The unit is getting very hot and I wondered if anyone would know about lubrication in the gearbox. I have no manual of any kind.

If anyone has knowledge of these units, I would be most grateful for any advice.

Where are you approx. ?

Dave - Excellent thanks. Freecad deserves a UK champion.

Have you tried the CAM as I have not yet?

Rod

Could anyone tell me what power the motor is please?

Had one under the bench for years and now want to use it on a hybrid M/c.

I have been a CAD draughtsman for 50 years now. Unbelievable! Just enjoyed trialling the free and semi-free CAD & CAM offerings since hearing about the end of free Draftsight. For me Librecad for 2D and Freecad for 2 and 3D. I suggest if you "put your time in" to assimilate yourself to the particular way of working in Freecad you will be well rewarded and then quite intrigued by its constant evolution, as I have been.

Can it adjust the fall back of the clapper box?

If so it could adjust either the clearance angle on the tool by slanting the clapper forward. Or by the same method finely adjust the the fallback to give an extremely fine Z axis height adjustment. Just thinking out loud!!

Try FreeCad 0.18 with the workbook DRAFT selected. Stick with the drawing approach for a bit and you will find a very useful tool. If you wish you can convert instantly to 3D or just save your file as 2D.

Here is brief overview of 2D :- **LINK**

Barrie - That was very interesting and helpful. Much appreciate your sharing the info.

Regards

Rod

The actual wing/wing tips

Rod

Barrie - How did you make your wing tips?

Chris - Recently made some for a friend on cnc lathe from silver steel. Cut a single compression slit and the runout was less than a thou old money. Well worth a try.

Plus one on the awful spell checker. Can we not get a proper one?

Sussed it. Cabinet sits on and is angled backwards. My cabinet has frames attached to the base and so not immediately obvious.

Emgee - Here are a couple of photo`s of the unidentified frame from inside the mill cabinet. Fabricated from 5mm ~ Steel. Assumed at first it was some kind of mount for the remote cabinet. But nothing appears at first sight to be compatible in terms of fixings.

John & Michael - Many thanks.

Dave - Did you need the signal isolator board with the KBIC-125 please?

Dave - Thanks. Just doing my costing for everything now. Better not let my wife see either.

Rod

Dave - Thanks for the info. If the wife is not watching, how much teeth sucking did you have to do please.

I am a Dunstable ex pat. See you are in BFDS.

Regards

Rod

DrDave - Ref F1 Acorn conversion. - Could I enquire as to how you connected the spindle motor (assuming it was the original?) I see you put in a KBIC driver. Was it difficult to configure at all please. Like Blitzer I would also appreciate stepper details

Regards

Rod

Never paid a penny!