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General Mach Discussion / Re: Location of my licence

« on: May 11, 2013, 11:42:06 AM »

Thank you sir
Al

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General Mach Discussion / Re: new to cnc cutting/mach3

« on: May 11, 2013, 08:17:50 AM »

I suggest you download the splendid CAMBAM and load some sample DXF files into it.

Once you have installed cambam you can search online for dxf downloads. There are plenty out there from to be found many of them free.

Then import that dxf into cambam.

Good luck man

That sure is one steep learning curve ahead

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General Mach Discussion / Location of my licence

« on: May 11, 2013, 08:08:57 AM »

Hi
Im setting up a new computer to run my licenced copy of Mach3
looking in the mach 3 folder on windows i see many many things. Which file do I need to copy to the new machine please?

Many thanks
Al

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Something gone wrong and I need help

« on: September 11, 2012, 08:38:52 AM »

Glad it's suddenly better.
Mach only does what it it told, it will not insert extra lines of code so I would guess it is being introduced by your code generation.

Good luck Al,
Russ

Thanks Russ, dead right. It cant put the lines there itself. What I should have asked is could anyone guess how they might come to be there. I used cam bam to generate the code as I have done 100 times before without incident.

I will put it down to one of those things.

Thanks Buddy

Al.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Something gone wrong and I need help

« on: September 11, 2012, 08:25:26 AM »

Hi, No, its actually trying to create these lines. Nothing wrong with z. I re-ran one of the scrapped parts. There is certainly a machined line between the points.

I deleted the whole file and created it again and i'm running fine again. I really have no idea what was causing that.

Also, if the Z was having problems it would not be correct at all other points, its engraving hundreds of letters and attempting to join one in 10 or so.

Bizzare, I doubt I will ever know what caused that. It must have been in the code so can't be down to Mach but how in the hell it got there I do not know.

Cheers

Al.

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General Mach Discussion / Something gone wrong and I need help

« on: September 11, 2012, 07:54:04 AM »

Hi,
I have been machining name tags from laminate, been doing them OK for days then suddenly today mach began joining the letters in random places. I have checked the model in cam bam and the toolpaths and they are fine. but load it into mach and there are spurious lines all over the place joining letters and destroying the work.

Any ideas?

Cheers

Al.

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General Mach Discussion / Thanks to all for your help, now bought the license and made first parts

« on: May 20, 2012, 12:05:55 AM »

Hello,

Bought the licence yesterday after trying Mach3 for a week. Thanks to you guys for the assistance where needed.

I'm quite proud of my first project (pic attached) although its only a motor mount for a model aircraft, I made a few mistakes here and there and had to make one component 3 times but its a steep learning curve at the start.

Regards
Al

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General Mach Discussion / Can you help me make 2 identical components in one sheet?

« on: May 17, 2012, 08:07:02 AM »

Hi
Sorry, I did say there would be many questions.

I need to make a "pair" of components. Now, I realize that I can simply make one and then shift the machine zero points to another loaction on the table but is there a way I can just copy a complete component and place it next to the first one?

Using Cambam and Mach3

Many thanks if you can assist.

Al.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Anyone got an MG car logo file for engraving?

« on: May 17, 2012, 12:29:33 AM »

MG logo in eps and a dxf format

British Leland Owner
1973 Triumph TR6 (bought it New, and still have it) 

Hi, Thanks , thats great, just what I was after.

Sounds ike the TR6 is pretty much a part of you after nearly 40 years.

My friend is currently restoring a TR2 that was her dads from new.

Thanks for the file.

Al.

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General Mach Discussion / Anyone got an MG car logo file for engraving?

« on: May 16, 2012, 12:42:38 PM »

HI, as above, I am after anything to do with MG, just thought I would ask here.

Thanks

Al.