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Works in progress / Re: "Vintage" Screen Set

« on: October 15, 2017, 04:36:20 PM »

Here is a bare-bones screen set I've been working on. It's loosely based on the physical control panel of an old NC turret punch press I operated some time ago.
The machine originally ran from a punch-card type tape strip and was later upgraded to a DOS based system.

I'm making it for my home-built machine. Because I'm a novice user, it has only one screen with the most basic features.

I'm thinking of adding another screen for a larger tool path view.
Are there any other must-have features you think I might need to add?
I'm currently adding features that use knobs instead of buttons.
Let me know if you have any ideas for other "themed" type layouts, or ways I can add to the novelty of this one.

Your feedback is greatly appreciated.


 

hello !

when i open your theme with machscreen, it tells me that some few files are missing (in the folder Blue N Gray),
car you update it with these files ?

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Feature Requests / Re: Laser Cutter and PPI

« on: October 13, 2017, 06:06:37 PM »

i prefere not to count yet :-)

i bought the laser tube brand new second hand for 700€
(a guy who didn't have time to prototype, because making cnc for business).

and for the other parts, (laser included in the sum)
i'm at about 2100, because i prototype and learn too.
and i will have to add the laser controller board,
that i don't have bought yet,
because i still don't know which one to choose yet.
and the hardware is not yet finished.

i'm in the open source mouvement (fablab founder!),
but the open hardware is not yet good enouth for me.
maybe later i will go back to it if it will be better.

but nothing is perfect. cheap chinese board with *********ty software, but good result,
perfect open hardware, but not best laser exploitation.
or mach3 with your solution ^^
i don't know.

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Feature Requests / Re: Laser Cutter and PPI

« on: October 13, 2017, 05:08:18 PM »

PPI is not the same as the "laser" spindle speed ^^
it need to take care of the axis velocity.

we use a 170W laser tube,
it's not safe to juste use pwm control.
that is why i ask.

i will look at that big page (and i come back in a week when i have finished reading it ^^

the question between the lines is :
- does it is possible for arcsoft to update the software to implement that ?
because there is a lot of people with laser cutter around the world.

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Feature Requests / Laser Cutter and PPI

« on: October 12, 2017, 11:22:19 AM »

Hello,

we are currently building a laser cutter (in the middle of france),
in our fab lab ,
and our other CNC already run under Mach3.
(one big cnc router, 1 big plasma cutter, 2 small but high precision cnc router)
we have a good cnc controller board,
but mach3 doesn't support the PPI for the laser : the puls per inch.

is it possible to implement it ?

because we don't want to use *********y chineese software for our laser cutter.

pleeeease.
or there is somewhere something i don't know in Mach3 to do it ?

thank you.