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General Mach Discussion / Laser/Impact Engraver Plugin
« on: October 05, 2009, 04:46:36 PM »
What pin is used to control the laser with the Laser Engraver Plugin.  How is it setup?

Thanks

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Laser Engraving Plugin Source Code
« on: July 06, 2009, 07:27:17 PM »
Is the laser engraving plugin source code available?  I would like to tweak it a little.  I will post anything I complete.

Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Laser Cutter Contest
« on: April 21, 2009, 01:04:31 PM »
Help a long user of Mach and long time member of this forum.

I have been building some kinetic sculpture / dangerous toys lately. I used Mach 3 and Vectric Aspire to create some beautiful details to otherwise plain wood and plywood. I entered my latest creation in a contest at Instructables.com. The prize is a laser engraver/cutter!  You know a CNC guy can put that cutter to good use.   I though I could recruit some people on this forum to help me out.

Go to http://www.instructables.com/id/Steampunk-Segway-Legway-/ and click to vote near the top. The sites sometimes acts a little flaky with Internet Explorer, so if you have trouble try Firefox, Chrome or Surfari...try those.

Thanks...If I win I will gladly let Chicago area forum members use the engraver/ cutter.

P.S.  I gave a nice shout out to Mach on my contest entry.

Legway....the human powered steampunk Segway.

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SmoothStepper USB / Success, but a few issues
« on: August 08, 2008, 10:42:49 AM »
I got my SmoothStepper and got it running in no time.  It is going to make a huge speed difference on my router.  I also had a servo motor that was very flakey on the parallel port, but works perfectly on the SS.

Here are my first issues.
1.  The motor tuning screen does not work interactely anymore.  I can change the settings, but the only way to move the motors is to save the settingas and close the screen.  Not a show stopper, but it takes a lot longer to tune the motors.
2.  I can't get my Shuttle Pro to work.  Some of the buttons work, but the jog dials don't.  It will be a drag until this is figured out.
3.  Sometimes the DROs won't zero when clicked.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / G-Code Commenting Tool
« on: February 07, 2008, 07:42:21 PM »
I was debugging problems by checking out G-Code.  I was tired of looking up the codes so I wrote a quick JavaScript page to add comments to the g-code.  Simply type or paste some g-code into the page and it will add comments explaining the code.

I only spent an hour or two on it, so it is pretty basic and probably has some bugs.  It worked on all of the g-code files I could find including the ones that come with Mach.  It is not designed for files with thousands of lines, but will probably work if you are patient.

Feel free to copy it, modify it, etc.  Everything is in one html file.  If you have comments or suggestions, reply to this post or email me.  I will update it as time permits.

http://www.eng-serve.com/cnc/gcode_comment.html

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VB and the development of wizards / Percent Complete
« on: December 01, 2007, 10:54:11 AM »
Is there a way to determine what percent of the g-code has run?  (i.e.  current line / total lines * 100).  I would like to make large display that I can see from across the room that gives me a rough idea how far I am through the job.

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General Mach Discussion / Charge Pump Frequency
« on: September 05, 2007, 10:42:40 PM »
I turned on a charge pump signal and output it to an oscilloscope.  The frequency I got is half of the 12.5kHz.  Is this correct and just a different definition of frequency?  The frequency of transitions voltage transitions is 12.5kHz.


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General Mach Discussion / Separate Deceleration?
« on: September 23, 2006, 10:20:00 PM »
Has anyone ever suggested having deceleration as as separate parameter from acceleration.  A lot of the factors that go into choosing an acceleration don't apply for deceleration such as friction, weight, etc. It would make tuning a little more complicated for some people, but in the case of my machine it could result in a measurable improvement in performace.

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