I’ve had a lot of people email me asking whether they should look at buying a Fadal for their own workshops… A common question is whether or not the older Fadals can deal with modern 3D contouring and high speed machining toolpaths. This video shows my Fadal VMC10 ripping up some tool steel using a […]
In this video I replace the 25 year old CRT monitor in ‘Milly’, my 1994 Fadal VMC10 CNC machine! I show how to do all the wiring and how to do a super clean install of this inexpensive replacement monitor! If you learned something from this video and would like to help me make more
While getting started with working on my new CNC machine I discovered it had a big problem! Lots and lots of lost motion (backlash) in the Z axis. In this video I show how I went about diagnosing and fixing the problem! I also talk about what a ballscrew is, what the basic axis of
I spent 120+ hours restoring a 1996 Fadal VMC15, a compact vertical machining center (CNC) so that I can use it to make my knives! This machine features a full enclosure and a larger tool-changer than my previous machine, so it is a nice addition! The only problem: the machine had been used to machine
I use this CNC to make my high quality hunting / camping / survival knives: http://store.goughcustom.com/ For the past year or so I’ve been looking for a good way to get some CNC machinery into my shop to help with making knives more efficiently. At around Christmas time I found this 1994 Fadal VMC10 for