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Digital Machinist, Volume 4, Issue 4

Features

Z-height Tool Setting Gage
by Peter Stenabaugh
A “weekender” construction project for setting your tool heights on your CNC milling machine.
Ferguson’s Mechanical Paradox Orrery, PART TWO
by James Donnelly
Part Two of James Donnelly’s beautiful Orrery project.
A Quill Master Collet Project
by Guy Hanson
Guy Hanson uses his new Tormach CNC mill and Duality lathe (along with some handy Wizards) to build collets for his Bridgeport Quill Master Attachment.
EMC: Free and Powerful Open Source CNC Software
by Dale Grover
A great overview of the very popular, and free, EMC software. This article explains how to get it, how to use it, and how to maximize its potential.
CNC Edge Probing – How Mach3 Continues to Amaze Me, PART TWO
by Jerry Pryor
Conclusion to Jerry Pryor’s probe article. In this part, we focus on the construction of the probes themselves.
Getting Down to Basic Costs
by Orest Protch and Shaun Waayenberg
A good article for the shop owner. Orest draws on his years of experience as a business consultant to show you how to reduce your scrap rate, thus lowering costs and enabling you to give better rates to customers.

Departments

Along the G-Code Way - Better Programming with Names, Equations, and Loops
by Ed Nisley
Ed explains how to increase the readability of your programs.
The Mechatronist – Electronic Threading, PART ONE
by Weston Bye
Building an electronic threading attachment for a Sherline lathe. A really neat presentation!
The Professional Digital Machinist (Presented by Tormach) – Using the Tools of ISO 9000
by Bob Fritz
Building an electronic threading attachment for a Sherline lathe. A really neat presentation!

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