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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: 4th axis carvings

« on: October 03, 2007, 10:28:25 AM »

My guess, handles for fishing rods.

Graham.

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: 4th axis carvings

« on: October 03, 2007, 08:24:09 AM »

Wow, they look amazing.

Graham.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: where do I start??

« on: October 02, 2007, 08:53:04 PM »

Hi Chris,

after reading your last post about it been a hard cut, I would try the same cut on a short billet and check the results, 6" long on a tiny machine, it could be pulling the work into the tool.

Rule of thumb is, 3 times diameter is the maximum amount to be stuck out unsupported.

Graham.

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: Tool Number read from Mach's Tool Table?

« on: October 01, 2007, 04:57:33 AM »

I have not found one for doing that.

Graham.

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: Tool Number read from Mach's Tool Table?

« on: September 30, 2007, 05:33:55 AM »

You can get the data like this :-

GetToolParam(SHORT toolnum, SHORT param) for tool parameters. Param numbers are 1 - n and correspond to the tool window in the mill or turn modes.

In turn for example, 1 is TipDia, 2 is Tip Radius..ect..

Graham.

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Celtic Cross from cherry wood

« on: September 29, 2007, 06:17:56 PM »

Nice, very nice.

Do you mean the knot work was done by hand.

Graham.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: ATC for lathe

« on: September 29, 2007, 06:09:52 PM »

Hi Chris,

Here is the latest version with the mods you asked for, anything you altered in the original will need to be changed.

I have added the return to absolute mode and a variable to set the lock back to pawl distance.

Graham.

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Pocketing Problem - File attached

« on: September 28, 2007, 06:02:16 PM »

No comment,

Graham.

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Pocketing Problem - File attached

« on: September 28, 2007, 05:51:23 PM »

I can not get LCAM to process it, my cam system AlphaCam did it and it generated 150,00 lines of code, maybe that's why LCAM struggled, here is the code, it may not be as you wanted.

Graham.

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Pocketing Problem - File attached

« on: September 28, 2007, 03:23:23 PM »

I think you will find that your dxf file is a spline, try this version of your file. I have converted it to line segments.

Graham.