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Works in progress / 4 Axis Hotwire Foam Screen

« on: December 27, 2009, 04:55:18 PM »

I am in the process of building a hotwire foam cutter to cut foam wings for radio controlled airplanes. I use Profili software to generate my wing and then export the design to g-code which I will load into MACH. I had downloaded Scott's aka Poppabear 2and4 axis screen which I used as the basis for this screen. I would like to thank Scott for all his work as all I did was put a new face to his work. I have tried to upload the screenset as a zip file but the system keep giving me an error saying that .zip is not allowable. so here are a few screen shots of the screenset and a link to download the screenset if anyone is interested.

http://odysseywood.us/profili/CNC%20Foam.zip

Sam

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Mach Screens / Parallel Port 2 Pin Status

« on: October 12, 2009, 12:05:56 AM »

Are there OEM LED codes for monitoring the pin status of a second parallel port? Where might I find the codes? I would like to add a parallel port 2 pin status to a diagnostics screen like the one that exists presently for port1

Thanks
Sam

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PoKeys / Using the PoKeys in a Pendant (Questions)

« on: March 16, 2009, 05:18:30 PM »

I will soon be starting to build a CNC Wood Router. Until I am able to start my build I have been working on a screenset an a pendant to use on my system. Before I get to far along with the pendant I have a few questions as to the operation using PoKeys. Please forgive me for all the dumb questions. Because of the different items I will be doing on my machine I have 7 different probe scripts that I will be using. I have purchased a Shuttle Pro but have found out that I can only use 2 custom scripts with it. So I am looking into the PoKeys. My plans are to use a series of momentary push button switches as input devices to the PoKeys to control my machine.

1) Using screen4 if I assign a Hot Key to each script button then assign the same key assignments in Pokeys when a button on my pendant is pressed my machine should carryout the script the same as if I had invoked it from my MACH screen, correct?

2) By assigning Hot Key values like (shift + right arrow) to jog X+ in my screenset and to a button on my pendant I should be able to jog my machine, correct?

3) Does anyone have the physical dimensions of the PoKeys unit?

I know this is not the most ideal way to control the machine but is there any reason the above should not work?

Thanks for your help
Sam

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Works in progress / First try at a Screen

« on: March 09, 2009, 08:40:13 PM »

I am in the process of building a CNC router with a 54" x 120" cutting area. Due to a recent heart attack the build has come to a stand still. So while I am recovering I decided to try my hand at a screen streamlined to my setup. Being a woodworker I had to use a wood look. I still have more to do but here is what I have so far. Comments or suggestions welcome.

Sam