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Tangent Corner / Whoops !
« on: May 10, 2014, 11:42:03 AM »
Sometimes a little knowledge is a bad thing.  ;D

Tweakie.

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Tangent Corner / Murphy’s Law strikes again.
« on: May 07, 2014, 06:22:03 AM »

You check the CAD/CAM layout 100 times, you check the engraved part, you screw it up – stand back to admire and bang the mistake is obvious.  :'(

Tweakie.




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Tangent Corner / How to play your CNC.
« on: April 16, 2014, 05:05:55 AM »
Previously linked to by GrandpawB on the OpenBuilds forum this Midi to GCode online converter produces surprisingly accurate results. http://en.homeconstructor.de/converter-convert-music-in-g-code.html

Just a bit of fun.

Tweakie

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Feature Requests / MOVED: configuration vsd sur mache3
« on: March 25, 2014, 12:19:25 PM »

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Tangent Corner / Take a break from Angry Birds.
« on: March 18, 2014, 04:17:30 AM »
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cnczucchelli.mach3control&hl=en

I suspect it all starts OK then ends with "...sorry love, I can't talk right now, I'm in the middle of... oh bugger".  ;D ;D

Tweakie.

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FAQs / MOVED: Re: feedrate
« on: November 20, 2013, 02:16:05 AM »

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Tangent Corner / New Kid.
« on: November 06, 2013, 04:27:22 AM »
This is the new kid on the block. At just 7 weeks old he doesn't know too much about CNC yet but given half the chance I am sure he would be pleased to re-arrange my wiring layout.  :)

Tweakie.

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Tangent Corner / AVO Douglas coil winding machine.
« on: September 29, 2013, 08:45:48 AM »
Another little project for a rainy day...

Built in the 1930s by The Automatic Coil Winder & Electrical Equipment Co. (later to become AVO Limited) this little, linear, coil winder is in need of a bit of love and attention.
One day, it will again become fully functional.  ;)

Tweakie.

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Tangent Corner / An unusual event.
« on: July 23, 2013, 03:54:18 PM »
Well, perhaps not unusual in the run of things but unusual for the south east of the UK.

Last evening, following a prolonged period of extremely hot weather, cooler air rolled in from the west causing a temperature inversion - the developing cumulus, at the lower level, cast it’s shadow onto the upper levels and is something I had not seen for many years.

These two pictures of the event were taken about 15 minutes apart and shortly before the start of the best thunder storm, which lasted for most of the night, I think I have ever heard and witnessed.

Tweakie.

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Sometimes I find it necessary to intercept signals on my Parallel Port cable in order carry out some external processing, such as delaying a signal or extending a pulse width etc.
In the past it has been convenient to use one of the ready made, inline RS232 testers (removing the internal resistors and LED’s) then making breaks in the appropriate tracks and connecting my external circuit to the appropriate pins. Constantly changing technology has now made these RS232 testers harder to obtain so I needed to create an alternative.

Routing a strip of double sided PCB with the required pin spacing (ready made strip board is of little use here as the DB25 pin spacing is rather odd and they are staggered between the rows) then cutting off the required length and soldering on a DB25 plug and a DB25 socket produced exactly what was required.

Tweakie.

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