[[Category:NA]] [[Category:Equipment]] Located on the floor under the CNC router. Don’t know much else about it.
Category: Tools + Areas + Programs
Bicycle Wheel Truing Stand
Use this for making bicycle wheels round. Located on the floor under the CNC router. It is a Park Tool TS-2 Wheel Truing Stand, [http://www.parktool.com/product/professional-wheel-truing-stand-ts-2-2 www.parktool.com/product/professional-wheel-truing-stand-ts-2-2] You can find the user manual at [http://www.parktool.com/documents/e6cf6de0b12bf611357b1beb2730663ef1c2073a.pdf www.parktool.com/documents/e6cf6de0b12bf611357b1beb2730663ef1c2073a.pdf] [[File:Wheel_truing_stand.jpg|500px]] [[Category:Equipment]]
Changing tools on the mini-mill
The CNC mini-mill uses an R8 collet based tool holding system which consists of a vertical rod that draws a collet up into the spindle. This collet has a taper (the R8 designation) that matches the spindle and is pulled tight by the draw bar. [[File:MiniMillSpindle.jpg|left]][[File:MiniMillChuck.jpg|right]] ”I will label these images shortly. For now, here’s …
Jacobs style drill chuck to fit in spindle of mini mill (R8)
Something like [http://littlemachineshop.com/products/product_view.php?ProductID=1396&category=1963256902 this] Allows regular twist drills of various sizes to be used in the mini mill.
Metal Cutting Lathes
We have 2 metal cutting lathes at AMT [[Taig_Metal_Mini_Lathe|Taig_Metal_Mini_Lathe]] is a very small lathe with no lead screw or power feeds. [[Jet_9x20_Metal_Cutting_Lathe|Jet 9×20 Metal Cutting Lathe]] is a bigger, more powerful and more versatile lathe which can cut threads and other cool stuff that lathes do. [[Category:Equipment]][[Category:Metal]]
Milling Circuit Boards
I’ve been using Guido to cut isolation traces into copper clad board to make circuit boards. [[Image:Engraving a circuit board with guido 2.jpg|320x240px|Engraving a Circuit Board with Guido]][[Image:Circuit_board_engraved_by_guido.jpg|320x240px|Drew’s first machine engraved circuit board]] It has taken a lot of hackery to get things working but I’m finally getting reasonable results and this wiki page will give …
Satellite Metalworking
This program closed January 2020 For a program description please see the page on the website: [https://www.acemonstertoys.org/satellite-metalworking/] Dead link Instructor Information All new instructors need to: fill out this form ASAP: AMT Profile Interview send an recent recognizable photo to [email protected] Program Admin and Services Purchaseing AMT will take care of buying student PPE gear …
Document Printing
Printing regular 8-1/2×11 pages is possible in a few locations at Ace. Coworking: The printing area is located upstairs, on the front wall, to the right of the whiteboard, at the Design Station. This printer is asset AMT205, and shows up on the network as the “Brother MFC-L2700DW series”. CleanFab: This area has the “Brother HL-2280DW …
CNC Certification Requirements
This post is in the process of being rewritten for the new FS Router that was installed on September 30th. The new article will detail a path for certification of new users and re-certification of existing Ace Certified Users. As of 2020 there is no longer a path to bypass the CNC class. ——————————————— Ace …
CNC Mach 4 Setup
This is post is applicable to the old CNC Router that we sold in 2022. It is not applicable to the new CNC Router. Mach 4 Setup Notes – Large CNC Router Motor 0 is X Motor 1 is Y Motor 2 is Z Input Signals Motor 0 ++ Limit is Port 1 Pin 11 …