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General Mach Discussion / Re: Laser Upgrade

« on: October 06, 2016, 08:24:31 PM »

Many thanks gents.

I too cannot stop fiddling and making changes to the machine .
Yes I had to chuckle when the seller informed me he did not know.
The seller replied that he will contact his supplier , so I wait with baited breath for the response.
But at least he was honest with me.

I too like to buy with confidence.

Adrian

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General Mach Discussion / Laser Upgrade

« on: October 05, 2016, 10:35:48 PM »

Not sure if this is the right place to post this question but here goes.

Has anyone purchased one of these :-
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/322255290350?euid=7d3e885a504744dba398cfc3c7c453c3&bu=43169893027&cp=1&sojTags=bu=bu

I have a diy cnc router that has been great over the years I now want to put a small laser upgrade on, but I have questioned the seller as to what purpose the USB looking part of the package is for.
I would like to assume its to control the on/off side of things , wirelessly , but even the seller cannot tell me.

Can anyone help?

Thankyou

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Halftone Pics

« on: December 05, 2013, 06:29:57 PM »

Been playing with some software from http://jasondorie.com/page_cnc.html
Many thanks Jason keep up the good work. It makes it all too easy.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: My Ultimate CNC Machine

« on: November 29, 2013, 12:27:36 AM »

Look forward to seeing some pictures

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Jogging off switches

« on: July 19, 2013, 02:47:15 AM »

Many thanks will give it a try

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General Mach Discussion / Jogging off switches

« on: July 19, 2013, 01:17:54 AM »

Can any one help
I have built a small cnc router all good.
Home swithes have been wired in a daisy chain fashion and all work well.

Problem if I hit a stop either by jogging or during a program run I cannot get off the swith without shutting the motors down and manually winding off the switch.

Is there a setting in mach3 that allows me to jog off the switch without turning the thing off?

Many thanks
Adrian

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: AL54b (lathe) project from New Zealand

« on: June 25, 2013, 12:02:09 AM »

I got my steppers from http://www.homanndesigns.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=25 i used the 269 for the X and the 287 for the Z with 1:1 timing pulleys, it does 3.5mps on rapids (speed was important)


Hope this helps

just a quick question , I too am looking at a pulley set up for a mill I am building, my question is your pulley ratio is quoted at 1:1 whats the advantage? (other than space)

Thanks
Adrian

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*****VIDEOS***** / Re: Vbit carving using home made cnc router and mach software

« on: June 12, 2013, 03:50:41 AM »

Valmet

Love the work any chance of a copy of the model, I have just finished building my first router and would love to have a go at doing this.

Adrian

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General Mach Discussion / Auto Shutdown

« on: April 20, 2013, 10:34:14 AM »

I wish to leave my machine running whilst away, is there a way of getting Mach3 to put the pc into an auto shutdown.

Can this be achieved?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: limit switches and home switch help!!!

« on: April 02, 2013, 08:23:56 PM »

WooHoo it lives.

It homed itself turned it off came back to the same position after re-boot.
It went up/down/left/right,forwards,backwards round in bloody circles and never forgot where it should be.
Next task gain control of the spindle connected to my inverter....

Many thanks Hood