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Share Your GCode / need code for viper. pic inlcuded..

« on: July 01, 2012, 10:40:03 AM »

Wanting to cut this for my kids car.  Here is a pic he wants. I dont know how to fit this to the plate I made tho.here is the pic.

Thanks alot if you can do this. I dont know if I can machine this or not but would love to try to engrave it in a bumper plaque.   Thanks Jim

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Share Your GCode / anyone have code for a mini cooper logo?

« on: January 13, 2012, 05:57:57 PM »

  I have a cnc mill that I did a mach conversion on. I dont have a clue of how to program anything..sad but tru. Has anyone done a mini logo ? I made a couple pieces and would love to mill the logo into them. Thanks   Jim

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General Mach Discussion / how to load liscense

« on: June 10, 2011, 02:22:19 PM »

Well the long journey is longer..lol..
 
 I have been working on this project for 3 years..I changed jobs 3 years ago and it requires 100% travel so I have limited time to mess with my mill.
  I bought a BP boss and replaced everything..New steppers, drives, added ac drive,wiring and even paint. : ) I have zero cnc experience.
  I just wanted to learn cnc and think its cool. I have been manual machining for 23 years.I have a nicely equipped shop
  Well, this past winter when I was home and had free time to dig into this and found out my hard drive died..Dooh! I didnt back up anything or record all my mach settings..Double Dooh!  

  Fast forward to present..New computer..Got my the settings for motors and pins set..Ready to mess around now. I sent for my wizard license again..I forgot I need to get my Mach 3 license sent also so need to do that.Now to my question...I put the license emailed  to me and put it on a memory stick and then transferred it to my cnc puter.I just put it into the mach folder..I doesnt seem like it works. I am sure I need to do more or will it not work until I get the full mach license installed?  Thanks  Jim

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General Mach Discussion / Any tutorial for the engraving wizzard

« on: January 11, 2010, 06:51:58 PM »

  I cant seem to get any code when I enter infro on the engraving wizzard. Any manual for this?   Thanks   Jim

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / how do you turn on the Newfangled Solutions Wizards

« on: January 10, 2010, 09:07:41 PM »

I just put the license in the mach3 folder. It isnt working. How can I tell if it is unlocked. It works but shows no code.  Thanks   jim

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General Mach Discussion / Jogging off limits question.

« on: December 22, 2009, 04:33:00 PM »

I have the pins set to jog off  limits. It works on the Z axis but not on the X or Y. All I can figure is it has something to do with having 2 switches for Z limits and only one switch for the x and y axis. This is on a BP boss.. Any ideas how to overcome this?? Does this make sense??

                       Jim

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General Mach Discussion / need help on mach seeing spindle direction

« on: October 10, 2009, 06:42:25 PM »

  I have totally redone my BP series 1 cnc mill. I have all going but havent tied the ac drive to mach control yet. Is there a way to set it up so Mach can see when the mill is in open range or backgear? If you shift the head then run  the spindle, it changes direction as all backgeared mills do. I can put a micro switch on the shifter lever but then what?? Thanks   Jim

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General Mach Discussion / Newbe help

« on: June 12, 2009, 07:45:20 PM »

Hi   Totally new to this stuff.  Doing a conversion on a BP cnc series 1.

 I replaced all steppers and have keling drives with a G 11 BOB from cnc4pc.

 I just fired it up. I have 6 or so red lights on on the BOB. I can jog 2 motors but they will only go in 1 direction. My Y axis is the Z jog button. All the leds on the mach display for inputs are out.

  Any advice?  Doesnt the red lights on the BOB mean there is something wrong??
                Thanks,  Jim