RD's Blog

Some first time Taig buyers are unfamiliar with the ER collet system. I have heard from some who believe their system has a defective collet nut because there is an eccentric machining evident inside the nut. This is intentional with ER collets as this off-center ridge or ring engages the groove in the collet.  It is off center so the col...

The Taig mill bed presents a problem for CNC or manual users who intend to use an electrical "continuity" type Z-height setting gauge. The type that illuminate an LED in the gauge or connect directly to the CNC control system. Here is a link to a solution used in The Hobbyist's Machine Shop. It discusses the problem illustrates how to solve it. htt...

The 24,000 RPM water cooled spindle is now fully operational on the Taig Micro-Mill. This 1 horsepower spindle is certainly far more power than is required. Cutting my wax masters it is operating at 1/10 hp. Gosh, only ten times more power available than needed. Nothing wasted though, as the VFD does a great job at regulating power consumption. It ...

The Taig CNC Micro-mill is a smooth and accurate wax milling system for carving master models for my lost wax cast jewelry creations. Wax carving uses tools with end diameters down to 0.003 inches with step-over of only 20 percent. This requires five passes to cut the width of the tool. Wax carving requires a tremendous amount of movement action fr...

I have listed most of the common requested equipment packages and components produced by Taig Tools on the RDS website. This permits a customer to order directly from the RDS website with little delay. I stock the faster moving (selling) accessories here in Texas and can ship the same or next day. I do not stock complete machine packages. These maj...

 The new payment system (Square) is working very well. Either because it is first on the list or that it simply isn't PayPal, it's getting ALL the use. That's fine with me. It must have been a good decision. PayPal can offer terms, that's monthly payments for those interested. Otherwise, either system system works for me or you.