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Screen designer tips and tutorials / Small Change to Mach3 main screen needed

« on: December 23, 2011, 11:26:23 PM »

Hello all,
     I've not posted here in a while; in fact I haven't done much work with my machines as I work long hours now machining very large jet engine parts. I'm really just a baby sitter for 12 hours a night. lol
     Anyway, I have an older version Mach3 and am fine with it other then I would like to change the main screen. I would like to have the tool increments screen (the Tab button on the keyboard) somewhere on the main screen. I could eliminate the spindle section and not miss it at all. Could someone please address this with me please?

Merry Christmas to all, and a Happy New Year
Thank you,

Mrmodfi

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Milling Vise for pocket work

« on: September 14, 2010, 12:14:08 PM »

Hello all,

Here are a few pictures of my new milling vise. It is very much like the Sherline milling vise, only bigger. The idea behind it is so I can make pocket jaws to hold irregular shaped, multi-operation parts. The jaws can be flipped over to make more pockets. When I make a fresh set of jaws, I drill and ream two .125 holes for dowel pins. After pinning the jaws, I machine them together to be a matched set. This makes reloading the jaws extremely simple, and accurate. I like to machine a tramming hole on the stationary jaw. I also make jaws out of cast acrylic. it's cheaper, easier, quicker, and works just about as well.
Thank's for looking!

Ken  

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Taig Mill Tail Stock

« on: February 03, 2010, 11:20:56 AM »

Hello All,

   Here are some photos of the new tailstock I made for my 4th axis. Turning is very ridged with no deflection, as far as the mach up compression bolt I made. As usual, only time will tell with a new project. I plan to make a motor adaptor plate next, so I can mount a variable speed motor for better CNC lathe work. The best part of each component (4th Axis - Tail Stock - tooling plate) is that set up is a snap. Each, started upside down with a .260-W x .025-D channel that I mounted a guide block in. Then the base of each, was flipped over and the guide block seated into the center t-slot in the table. I located the center of the table (Y-axis) and the center of the base (X-axis) and completed the work. I drilled holes in the tooling plate for .125 pins. I can now load the plate, seat the taig vise up against two pins, and be within .0005 of square.     
                Thank you for viewing,

Ken Polley

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

« on: January 10, 2010, 06:32:29 PM »

Hello All,

Here is my Saturday project. I saw a picture on line and had to have one. It is incredibly ridged. Each component was fairly simple to make. I started with the main structure, ( drawing this part was a little time consuming) it's made of (.750) - 6061 aluminum. Next I made the swivel blocks out of (1.0) round stock. I drilled the through hole (.191), and turned each to (.750 OD). I added about (.750) extra material length to hold onto in the vise. Then I programmed the (.750) arc cut out. The top swivel clamp was machined from (.500) - 6061. I cheated on the slit. After the part was machined and drilled, I clamped it into the vise and cut it on my band saw. The two pins were turned from (.500) CRS, one was drilled through (.159) and tapped for 10-32, and the other was drilled through (.191) and c-bored (.250 ID). I turned one of the 10-32 SCS heads down to (.240 OD) and shortened the head length to (.185). The stop rod was a shaft I salvaged from a copier machine.

This was a very good project to break my new Taig mill in with, and I now have a good quality accessory for it.

Hope you enjoy it.

Ken Polley

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Turret Tool Post

« on: May 11, 2009, 02:47:45 PM »

Hello All,
   Here is my new turret tool post. The turret has a spring loaded locking pin to align the tool station. Each station can be individually adjusted.

 The "T" slots were cut with a home made cutter, made from a 3/8" drill.

 The "T" nuts were mad 3 at a time and separated with a slitting saw.

 

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General Mach Discussion / Pull-up Resistors

« on: July 22, 2007, 10:51:56 PM »

Hello,
Can someone please direct me to information on pull up resistors?

Thank you,

Ken

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General Mach Discussion / Mach3 Compatibility

« on: July 19, 2007, 12:01:29 PM »

Hello,

Are Mach3, LazyCam, and the other software from Art Soft compatible with an AMD system?

Ken

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Interpolating holes

« on: June 03, 2007, 02:00:13 PM »

Hello,
   I would like to know if any one has experience with this problem? I am using MasterCam9.1, with the MasterCam/Mach3 post processor. I am interpolating some holes, but my machine will only make the arch on and off move. I have the holes programmed for center point with a 25% arch on and off, and I have selected enter and exit point setting. In verify, and back plot, everything looks good.

Ken

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Forum suggestions and report forum problems. / E-stop error??

« on: May 06, 2007, 09:32:10 PM »

Hello all,

I am getting an e-stop error as if a switch was activated. There is no pattern to this, it even happens when the machine is just sitting there. I have checked each switch in the diagnostic screen, and raised the debounce from 2000 to 3000. 
Any thoughts???

Ken