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General Mach Discussion / Charging for CNC Time
« on: October 14, 2010, 04:07:41 PM »
Hi All,

I have recently added CNC router capabilities to my business, and one thing I struggle with is how to price time on the machine.

My SW has the ability to calculate the cut time, so I have a good grasp on that, and of course my material costs.

I am looking for general guidelines and better understand what other shops out there are doing.

I appreciate any feedback you may have.

Thanks!

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Share Your GCode / Looking for Ferrari Emblem G code or DXF file
« on: October 11, 2010, 06:29:54 PM »
Hi All,

I am looking for either a DXF file or G code of the Ferrari prancing horse logo.

Any other super cars would be great too....Lamborghini, Porsche etc

Thanks!

Castle Works

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Importing EPS files to Autocad??
« on: October 07, 2010, 11:20:39 AM »

I am finding most files I wish to cut are in EPS or AI format. Short of purchasing a full CAM program, does anyone know if EPS files can be imported to Autocad, so I can then save them as a DXF file for LazyCAM to use?

I have been avoiding spending the $$ on a CAM program and get by using LazyCAM to gain more experience on my table.

Any suggestions??

Thanks

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Yep, that is exactly what I did. Oh well I took the long ay to get there, but learned more too.

Thanks again!

Kevin

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OK...I am back on track here. I reversed phase A & B on the motor and all is good now.

Tool movement matches the screen cross hairs   :D

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I changed the reverse option in the homing and limit configuration screen, and it did home to the opposite end, however when I ran the program again, it begins to cut the wrong direction (mirrored)

I am still missing something here??

Thanks

kevin

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Hood,

Double checking my setup....when jogging the X axis positive (per the jog controls in Mach) the display crosshair moves to the right on the screen and the table moves away from my home switch. This seems correct to me.

On the Y axis, when I jog it positive the display crosshair moves upwards and the table moves away from my home switch.

Its hard to argue the X axis is reversed based on my cutting results, but this seems to be correct to me. Am I missing something obvious?

Thanks

Kevin


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Hood,

Once again you are very helpful. Thanks for helping me get my table up and running.

Kevin

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Just jumping in cutting out my first pieces on my CNC router.

When I load a file into Mach 3, the image appears correct in the proper orientation, but when it gets cut out on the table, it is the mirror image of what is shown in Mach (or my original DXF file for that matter.

Any thoughts on what I have set wrong?

By mirror image I mean if I were cutting out a horse that was facing left, the image faces left, but when cut out it faces right.

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Missing parts from DXF import
« on: September 27, 2010, 04:48:42 PM »
I believe I have resolved my issue.....turned out I had not installed the Mach 3 license file....once that was in place the entire picture showed up

HOWEVER.....when I went to cut the item, it looked good on the Mach 3 screen, but when I cut it out....it reversed the image (a mirror image) of it.....has anyone ever heard of this??

Thanks

Kevin

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