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Works in progress / Source Code

« on: August 04, 2012, 12:09:13 AM »

Here is the source code for those who asked... tell me if theres something missing from the rar file

1) If you make any improvements or modifications, please share in this post
2) Please dont remove the about button and credit
3) If you use it, it would be nice if you post a picture of your machine running it

Hope you enjoy it

Pablo

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Works in progress / Source Code

« on: August 03, 2012, 11:57:41 PM »

Here is the source code for those who asked... tell me if theres something missing from the rar file

1) If you make any improvements or modifications, please share in this post
2) Please dont remove the about button and credit
3) If you use it, it would be nice if you post a picture of your machine running it

Hope you enjoy it

Pablo

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Shuttlepro plugin

« on: September 30, 2010, 03:41:23 PM »

Hi

Has anyone ported the shuttlepro plugin to VS2005 or 2008?
I would like to make some improvements to the plugin but I dont want to start from scratch

Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Need some testers for my touch screenset

« on: September 01, 2010, 08:18:10 PM »

Hi,

Anyone insterested please have a look at my screenset

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,14765.0.html

It is ment to be used with a touchscreen.

It has some interesting features built in, such as

- Scientific calculator for dro values
- RPM/Feed calculator
- Visual tool change request
- Edge finding and auto tool zero
- Some built in wizards
- Custom gcode display window

  Please read the readme file inside the RAR for installation instructions and the VersionInfo file to check the latest updates. The current version is 1.40

Thanks
Pablo

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General Mach Discussion / Tangential knife design

« on: July 21, 2010, 11:13:16 AM »

Hi,

Im planning to make a tagential knife to use with my router.
I have a servo that I think can handle the knife rotation.
Does anyone have pictures or drawings of a tangential knife mechanism in order to get started?

thanks for your help

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General Mach Discussion / Need advice about power supply

« on: June 02, 2010, 08:19:45 PM »

Hi,

Im building a mini machining center with three servos, rated 5Amax@60VDC.
I will drive them using geckos 320

Can anyone recommend an affordable power supply  for this machine?

Thanks

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Works in progress / Flash RU Screen

« on: April 25, 2010, 11:14:34 PM »

This is my first release of the screenset I have been working on (download at the bottom).
Still many features are missing but I will be adding them in the future.

Im almost new to CNC, almost new to Mach, new to flash, new to actionscript and new to VBScript. so this has been a challenging job.

Im sure you will find many bugs and issues, I will try to fix them.

Please read the README.txt I have included before installing.

When you install it, please post so I know youre trying it.

Thanks
Pablo



DOWNLOAD:
www.gausstek.com/Ru Screen.rar

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Flash Screens / How should I manage tool change?

« on: April 25, 2010, 03:42:35 PM »

Hi,

Im doing some modifications to my screenset in order to share it with the community.
For anyone to be able to use it, I need to remove behaviors that are specific to my configuration.
One of them is tool change.

I dont like to keep my tool information inside mach, because I have my tool library in my CAM.
When I generate gcode, the tool information is included this way:

(TDESC;ID:14;DESC:1/4" End Mill Straight;TYPE:END_MILL;TOTLEN:80mm;OHL:50mm;SL:30mm;CL:20mm;SD:15mm;TD:6.35mm;CR:0mm;AN:0mm;FLUTES:2;MSG:In drawer 3)M810
M6 T1
S2000 M3

I use M810 to signal a function that parses the tool information and displays it in a tool change windows so the operator can do the manual change:




Of couse some users wont be able to make their postprocessor output this information, and also some others use auto tool change.

What tool change behaviors do you think I should include in the screenset tso most users can use it?

Thanks

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SmoothStepper USB / Whats the current developement state of the SS?

« on: April 14, 2010, 01:01:30 PM »

Hi,

Im currently using SS in my router, and would like to know some more about its developement status.
I have noticed that its still in BETA and that new updates are not being released very often.
It would be nice if someone in its developement team could inform if theyre still working on the plugin and firmware and what are the next fixes and features to be expected.

Regards
Pablo

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General Mach Discussion / DRO816 not working properly

« on: April 11, 2010, 07:22:49 PM »

Im developing my flash screenset and for that I made my own gcode list.
To highlight the line of code that is currently being executed, I watch DRO816 that exposes the current gcode line.

When im stepping through code, if for example the current line is 10, instead of going directly  to line 11, the DRO shows 10-11-12-11
and that leads to an annoying visual effect in my gcode display

Anyone know if this can be solved?