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 The Clausing Kondia CNC mill is a machine that can cut machine nearly anything.  It is particularly useful for machining aluminum, brass, steel, and other metals.   You will need to know how to use CAD and a CAM program in order to create programs for this mill.   The Clausing Kondia CNC mill is a machine that can cut machine nearly anything.  It is particularly useful for machining aluminum, brass, steel, and other metals.   You will need to know how to use CAD and a CAM program in order to create programs for this mill.  
  
 +Unfortunately, this machine does NOT have drip feed software installed so the program size limit is around 55kB. Drip feed would be a ~$800-$1200 software upgrade from Clausing. 
  
 ===== Video Demos ===== ===== Video Demos =====
  
-Turning on the machine, referencing axes, running a job: [[https://youtu.be/moUFxaApZ5E]]+Turning on the machine, referencing axes, running a job: [[https://youtu.be/rMbhekWVYJ8]]
  
-Transferring files from your computer to the machine: [[https://youtu.be/jLIKkRQc-i4]]+Transferring files from your computer to the machine: [[https://youtu.be/etF4qr3MlCc]]
  
 ===== Turning it on and getting it ready to use ===== ===== Turning it on and getting it ready to use =====
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   * Potential upgrades: more memory or a drip feed system (drip feed requires a $1500 firmware upgrade by calling dynapath) or a floppy disk emulator.   * Potential upgrades: more memory or a drip feed system (drip feed requires a $1500 firmware upgrade by calling dynapath) or a floppy disk emulator.
   * Spindle actual speed never matches on the display   * Spindle actual speed never matches on the display
 +  * The display interface doesn't really understand lower case letters - so when you load a program with them, it'll have a bunch of umlauts and accents over anything not capital case.
  
  
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