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LazyCam (Beta) / F-Engrave. Can it be used with a diamond drag bit to engrave solid images

« on: February 27, 2022, 09:58:28 AM »

Hi if this has been answered, sorry. Can someone please tell me if F-engrave can engrave a solid object instead of just the outline of an object . Using a diamond drag bit with a very fine tip but I cant work out how to do anything except an outline of the image. thanks

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General Mach Discussion / mach3 new home position

« on: February 06, 2022, 02:40:35 PM »

Hi I have moved my 6040 chinese machine home to the left and towards me. The X runs from front to back and the Y runs left to right. But when in this position my Y reads in the negative when zeroed but the x is in the plus. Do I need to change this or will it not really matter?

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General Mach Discussion / UC100 controller

« on: January 14, 2022, 08:07:25 AM »

Just got uc100 controller installed to replace the parallel cable. Ill try to add some pics of what the original  motor outputs were,and what they are now. I have movement on the x and y but only one direction (using keyboard) i dont have any movement on z, all motors are getting power. All help appreciated.

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General Mach Discussion / cnc machine about to learn how to fly

« on: September 10, 2013, 02:37:27 PM »

Hi everyone and anyone that can help me.For over a year I have been engraving small sized memorial stones with a hand held dremmel. Then got myself a cnc machine to take over the hand numbness. Thats when my headaches started. I got the machine moving and spindle turning,water pumping ok. I'm buggered when it comes to setting my work piece size,setting how deep I want to cut and how to change the font that I have been using on my signblazer programme( to cut out my stencils when using the dremmel) into the gcode that mach3 needs to work.Any and all help is needed asap