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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Coil Winder Questions
« on: March 03, 2012, 02:52:35 PM »
Hood,

I found the problem.  The Hoodbuttons folder was in another folder named XHoodbuttons which was in the bitmap folder.  Once I moved Hoodbuttons into the bitmap folder the screen was complete.

Thanks,

Gary

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Coil Winder Questions
« on: March 02, 2012, 07:06:03 PM »
Question for Hood,

I've loaded you're coilwindercarbon.set screen but most of the buttons are missing.  Do I need to use a screen editor to install the buttons?  If that is the case then do I also need to redefine the button functions?

Thanks,

Gary

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Large Oxy Profile Cutter
« on: February 29, 2012, 08:19:24 PM »
Zafar,

Nice machine!  In the USA, Smith Equipment manufactures OXY / FUEL torches that mix the gas in the tip.  Check out oxy / propane tips.  They work well and the cost to operate is much less than acetylene.  The cut is also cleaner.  Here is a link to their catalog page that shows the specs for tips.  I used to sell their product and it is excellent.

http://www.smithequipment.com/products/pdfpages2010/page33.pdf

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Just got a lathe to retrofit
« on: February 27, 2012, 09:58:42 PM »
I watched the vid on UTube.  Very nice Hood.  I also checked out you testing the Z axis on the Bridgeport vid.  Very sweet.  Which model Bridgeport do you have?  It has a hinged cover casting like mine.  When I first got the mill and opened the cover there were 5 mice living inside.  A good vacuum cleaner made it right in no time.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Coil Winder Questions
« on: February 26, 2012, 02:55:55 PM »
Thanks Hood.  I'm working out of the area for the next 4 days and I've got a few things ordered to finish up the winder.  Maybe next weekend I'll be ready for a test run.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Coil Winder Questions
« on: February 26, 2012, 12:33:39 PM »
Machine looks great :-) Looking forward to see it in action.
I have attached my screenset and bitmaps if you want it, the X axis is what I have called the spindle and Z is the travelling axis.
Place the coilwindercarbon.set in the main mach3 folder  and unxip the HoodButtons folder to the Bitmaps folder and you should be fine. The buttons folder contains a lot more images than you actually need for the screenset as its for all of the screens I use but I just posted the lot as it saves me seperating them out as I am lazy
Hood

Hood, I must say you have a fine collection of buttons in that folder.  I installed the screen, how do I edit the screen layout with your buttons?  Could you give me a brief description of the screen layout, units - inches or metric, how it functions or the procedure you go through to wind a coil?

Thanks,

Gary

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Coil Winder Questions
« on: February 26, 2012, 10:05:44 AM »
At Dan13 & Sam, thanks for the complements.  I hope it works as well as it looks.  Yes,  I have built a few machines in the past.  I've got a plasma cutter that has been running for 10 years using Flashcut CNC.  I've got a Bridgeport Apollo CNC Mill that I'm planning on rebuilding as time permits.

Hood, thanks for providing the screenset, I'm sure there will be many more questions.  After breakfast I'll be heading for the man cave.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Coil Winder Questions
« on: February 25, 2012, 04:54:51 PM »
The other pictures

Gary

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Coil Winder Questions
« on: February 25, 2012, 04:53:13 PM »
I'm building a coil winder to duplicate some special coils Stan Meyer used to produce hydrogen.  The winder is just about complete and since this is the first time I've attempted to go CNC with Mach 3 I've got questions.  I've incorporated Smoothstepper (sounded like a good idea), added a MPG in case I decide to manually jog the spindle or carriage but I don't have a clue about a coil winder screen.  I did notice that Hood had what appeared to be a nice looking screen for winding.  If anyone has something that is up and running with no problems I'd like to hear from you.  I'm attaching some photos of the winder to date.

Thanks,

Gary

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