Recent content by Doug Weaver

Either your backlash nuts are bound up or your lead screws are worn out. Look at the lead screws and see if the teflon is worn off, if it is, the lead screws will have a silver look to it instead of the black color. This is an indication that they are worn out and may need replacing. If they...

check out www.exfactory.com or www.machinerymasters.com either one has a slew of used routers to fit most budgets.

Use Formica brand 1/2" thick "hard surface", it is phenolic, a very hard material that will create a great vacuum chamber. When you make the box, you will need strips inside the box to support the center and to keep the vacuum from drawing the center down. These strips will also create zones...

I have the same router and have had the same issues over the past. I changed some things relative to the vac system and it seems to have resolved the problem of shifting parts and makes clean-up a breeze. The vac table is a series of aluminum tubes with expanded pvc slats mounted on them...

We do something similar to this process as well. We print two registration marks outside of the printed area. We try to always keep these registration marks in the same location regardless of what the actual printed area maybe. We bored two 1/4" diameter holes in the bleeder board on the CNC...

Yes, I have. Interesting enough, the world of Solid Surface is somewhat of one big family. Wilsonart does not manufacture thier own, they purchase it from Avonite, who is actually Aristech Acrylics. There are a number of companies that purchase Solid Surface Material from Aristech and brand...

There are several brands of Solid Surface materials. Corian, Wilsonart and Formica which are the leading suppliers in the U.S. All are comparable to one another in quality, the difference is the variety of colors. In most cases, before you can purchase the material from a distributor, you...