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Feature Requests / Re: Find a sure way to assign XYZ,ABC to LPT1 pins correctly.

« on: April 24, 2011, 12:05:02 AM »

I am thinking each version works differently. In the end after all the others failed, I made a blank profile called Lathe and coded in all the pin info.

ALL of the other default settings like Plasma, Mill would not work even when all of the pin info was entered. The Mill and Plasma also messes around with your motor setup. Z becomes A, X becomes Y and Y axis on your controller becomes X.

Its messed up, they should fix it. It took me 2 full days to get the program to work properly, and I had to make a blank profile. All the others kept overriding my settings and would not comprehend my pin settings.

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Feature Requests / Re: HOME should zero the Z axis before the X&Y axis

« on: April 24, 2011, 12:00:48 AM »

I'm thinking home all would move all axes at the same time. You'd probably be best to hand code moving Z first

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Share Your GCode / Re: 12" Vinyl Record Lathe Cutting Stylus code

« on: April 08, 2011, 08:26:30 AM »

Yeah! My threaded rod came in today! I tested it out running a nut down it, seems very good. Its a meter long, so will be cutting it down to size for my lathe in a bit.

I've done tons of research on record cutters, and there isn't much out there so much of it is guess work. Though I have been playing around with my Neo magnets and electromagnets. I think I can do it after spending a solid month brainstorming on it.  The stylus I'll be using will be 1 mil and that will be added last so I don't end up breaking it.

First thing after the railing goes on would be testing my motors to see if the programming was headed in the right direction. I'll keep everyone updated on the progress. Im still very excited to get it up and running.

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Share Your GCode / Re: 12" Vinyl Record Lathe Cutting Stylus code

« on: April 04, 2011, 08:09:31 AM »

Thats a nice little groove you cut. I preprogrammed what I thought might work once I put my railing and lead screws on. I'll be using a #10-32 lead screw. Pretty small, high tpi for accuracy. I like your laser projects too. I'm wanting to do something with a fiber optic blue laser diode burner.

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Share Your GCode / Re: 12" Vinyl Record Lathe Cutting Stylus code

« on: March 31, 2011, 12:32:17 AM »

Now theres a nice challenge! The spacing is about .005" per rev. start with 12" and keep subtracting .005" per revolution.

I'm sure it could be done but it would be demanding on the motors, and you'd need a A for rotating the cutter.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: The Laser Project.

« on: March 30, 2011, 12:44:20 AM »

Everybody needs a laser! yeah. I was wondering if you knew, if you ran the laser beams through color filters, would that change its Nm size if you used them instead of optic lenses?

I messed around with fiber optic digital audio bouncing the light beam from cables off of cd at 45 degrees, recaptured the beam with another cable and still made it through even though I added and changed color filters in the beam's path.

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Share Your GCode / Re: 12" Vinyl Record Lathe Cutting Stylus code

« on: March 30, 2011, 12:19:49 AM »

Warning, If you cut a groove with a drill bit, do not play the record back or you might pop the tip off your stylus.

Offset on X is 2", so your tool will be 2" to the right or left of the record depending on your setup.

Also, there's no lead-in/lead-out so you can actually preserve that waisted space for recording.

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Share Your GCode / 12" Vinyl Record Lathe Cutting Stylus code

« on: March 30, 2011, 12:12:42 AM »

So, you have your drill set up and am pretty bored watching the same program over and over again.

Here's something new for you so you can cut your own grooves into vinyl.

Just put your turntable inside your router and give it a whirl.

operating range: X0 - X-6.601, Z0 - Z-0.500 no Y axis.

G1x-2F10.000
G1z-0.250F10.000
G1z-0.450F5.000
G1z-0.500F0.500
G1x-6.600F0.300
G1x-6.601F0.010
G1z-0.475F0.500
G1z0.000x0.000F10
M30

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Cylinder Heads

« on: March 28, 2011, 12:03:42 AM »

Can you make a V16? That would be superly powerful for a kit car of some kind..

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Feature Requests / Disable Emergency Mode

« on: March 27, 2011, 11:59:16 PM »

I think an emergency mode should be an elective setting in the software, so if Mach3 becomes intelligent to know if a CNC is operating out of control, it can automatically End the Program when things go out of sync.

What is emergency mode anyway?