28Aug
30Jul
We are distributors of Bondtech products to the UK and IRE
29Jun
Drawbar tension for R8 and MT3 collets to work safely with QTC tooling?
04Apr
Damping the sound of stepper motors on 3D printers
Most of us that tinker with 3D printing have wondered how to reduce the groan and squeal of the stepper motors driving us nuts. Especially when long prints are involved!
For a while now we have been using and selling our own vibration dampers that place a rubber buffer between the stepper and the printers frame. The rubber is thin and stiff enough to maintain accuracy of the stepper motor while reducing the vibrations being transmitted to the body of the printer.
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02Feb
Exciting times, European 3D printer that kicks ass!
After looking around for a the hottest 3D printer to try, we have finally settled on a brand that will give the top players a run for their money. So we would like to tease you all with the new kid on the block:
BCN3D's Sigma
Pretty sleek. Serious engineering going on and a CE mark to boot.
Where can you start?
- Enclosed design with 210x297x210mm build volume
- Dual heads independent that park when not in use
- Profile linear rail, not round bar, on the axes!!!!!!!!!
- TOUCH SCREEN!!!
18Jan
3D printing obsolete machine parts
09Dec
Quick change and repeatable Z tooling for MT3 and R8 spindles?
Industrial and hobby machinists alike all have the same pet hate when it comes to changing tools whether using a Bridgeport knee mill or a bench top CNC mill:
"It takes too long!"
Lets explore this topic and how Emvioeng.com will help small and large workshops alike become more efficient.
13Oct
Web Browser based CAD? OnShape seems to think its OK
It is not often that the CAD industry gets shaken up as much as it has in the past 12 months. First we had Autodesk Fusion 360 coming out with a Cloud based service and we have recently received word of OnShape.
The pedigree of OnShape could not be purer, it is spearheaded by the founders of Solidworks, an industry favourite for as long as I can remember.
11Oct
Smoothstepper series: Lets send some pulses
Welcome to the third instalment of the Smoothstepper series of posts. In this post we discuss what you need to do to make the computer communicate with the Smoothstepper over Ethernet.
When you connect you Smoothstepper to you computer you will need to make a very important decision: Which IP range do you want to use?
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07Oct
Autodesk Fusion 360: Good start but not there yet
Some would say that finally there is a CAD/CAM package that is suitable for the small/medium enterprises that are looking to make it in the makers world. I must say that I am inclined to agree...partly. Autodesk Fusion 360 came along at the tail end of 2013 with significant power behind it and some of the high impact factor blogs and vlogs (like CNCCookbook and NYC CNC) talked about it at length.
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