If you haven't worked this out for yourself already, the Stepcraft HF spindle body consists of two separate sections which screw together via a large ...

I can answer one of your questions at least. I used a single flute solid carbide end mill to cut 3 mm acrylic sheet and got a very smooth but opaqu...

Hi. The Stepcraft HF spindle adapter exhaust flue is 24 mm. I recently measured up for a DIY/custom dust skirt and ordered 24 mm o.d. acrylic tube ...

this forum... is not an additional support platform as some users may think. Thanks for clarifying that Anke. I can get on with showing off what my m...

Milling a custom dust skirt plate from 12 mm thick acrylic sheet. The plate will have a 38 mm acrylic tube glued in to attach the vacuum extraction un...

Here's what progress I've managed to make on this DIY/custom dust skirt: Speeded up video (parameters on the YouTube listing) I don't know...

Bump. Still for sale. My price now looks good value given that the cost from StoneyCNC is £295 + £60 + £60 = £415 + VAT = £498 including VAT at 20%. ...

I'm still working on this design, hopefully I'll cut the 12 mm acrylic sheet this weekend. I realised just yesterday that since I won't be using th...

Stepcraft machines are not "acceptable for the price" Andreas. You have a biased perspective because you are German, they are German and you didn't ha...

Nicely put MMorao. I was going to reply in a similar vein but decided that I couldn't be bothered. The German section of the Stepcraft forum is evi...

Most of the people are using Deskproto to generate toolpath for 4th axis. There is also one non comerical version available for much lower price. I ...

I am in the process of making a dust shoe that is not specific to any spindle. Most amateur/hobby CNC users end up making their own. See also this top...

Hi folks. What software are you guys using to generate your 4th axis tool paths? (We have UCCNC so executing the path is covered, I'm concerned with...

I have had another think about this and I think these 75 mm door brush seals from Screwfix will just screw on to the side of a rectangular (100 x 75 x...

I think I will have to use a thin, soft (probably silicone) rubber sealing strip and fashion it into a makeshift skirt by scoring it with a craft knif...