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Cliff, that's an extremely interesting idea. Dowels for location on the jig and drill dowel holes on the centerline of the board. Rip, flip, repeat. That very well might work.

I have a "Howto" question about cutting a taper on a tablesaw, & I need to accurately reproduce this part.

The challenge is cutting the identical taper on both sides of a board. For example, take...

Yep, this makes sense to me. As long as I save the drop, it'll be exact. Set the width on the narrow end and Pythagoras will be in the drivers seat.

Thanks guys, this does help.

Bill, thank you for the suggestion. I have a tapering jig, but I'm just not getting my head around how to use it for this purpose, can you elaborate?

Never ran into this before, but I'll bet someone here has - how would I go about cutting an identical taper on on both sides of my work piece using the table saw? It'll be 2.78" at the base, 1.75 at...

Start with the small y-axis belt, the 2 large y-axis belts and the x-axis belt. Just replace them - they are cheap. Not one of the belts is over $10

I have uploaded the manuals, repair procedures...

I don't think it's banding - there is a darker area on the photograph in that area, but not that pronounced. Photograve accentuated it? What would be the next thing to test I wonder? It is without a...

Oh man, I am so glad it's fixed...
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Installed new optics and ran the file - no more banding!! I NEVER would have thought this would have been the cause, but the proof is what it is. I'll...

You very well may be right, it certainly could be mechanical. Guess I could pull the belts and flip them, just to see if I get a change in the pattern. Not sure much else could cause it - there is no...

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All three show banding issue in good detail... yes, last piece is chipped, good for test run :-)

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I tell you, I'm goin' nuts at this point with the banding issue. I'm at the mercy of Epilog to a degree with their troubleshooting on this - I've had 2 Epilog techs tell me 2 completely different...

We'll see - I'll have the parts on Tuesday. I hope it will fix it, but I'm not necessarily counting on it. I very well may have to buy a tube as well, but this is the first logical step in the repair.

Well, looks like my banding errors on photos may very well not be a bad tube after all - I may have to replace it in the end, but there is no question that this lens and the mirrors are causing...

Michael, most welcome. This is the one...

Love it! He's a cute little fellow either way.

These are cool and work great -

Aside from that, if you'd rather use wireless, pickup a netgear wireless access point. Why? Because wireless print servers are kludgey and don't pass all of the...

That's a great idea Mike! Bet they would love it, post it so we can see how it turns out if you end up doing that.

Not really better for everything, just more uniform. The grid tends to deform thinner material (suction through the grid anyway), and it's not uniform for things requiring critical fitment like...

This is still the coolest thing I've seen all day.

http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=23537

http://www.eplastics.com/Plastic/Plexiglass_Acrylic_Sheet_Mirrored

http://k-mac-plastics.net/polycarbonate-acrylic-mirror.htm
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Very, very cool. I could easily find a spot for that, even if it wasn't on top of a pinball table!

Hi Larry - everyone hates doing alignment on their laser, until they figure out how to do it! :-)

Just clip the alignment jig onto the optics carriage and start at the home position. Zero the tool...

Used it for several years, no way I'm the first - good tip for those who don't know though.

Dead simple, dead accurate.

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Pick up a dial indicator at Harbor Freight or your equivalent and make this holder for about 2 cents in material. It's held onto the optics head by purse...