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Tangent Corner / Electrical Regulations Safety Checks.

« on: July 16, 2010, 07:27:11 AM »

Under our new safety regulations the electrical inspection checks have to be done every 6 months now.
I had to do this one myself because our useless electrician refused to issue a safety certificate because he said it was a death trap.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Tormach CNC Scan.

« on: July 12, 2010, 01:37:10 PM »

Has anyone tried the Tormach CNC Scan plugin and what kind of results did you get please ?.

http://www.tormach.com/blog/?p=1038

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Is anyone else using E1P1 / E1P0 to switch output #1 ?

« on: June 28, 2010, 02:58:07 AM »

I am having an issue with switching output #1 with the commands E1P1 and E1P0.

For most of a program it works just fine then suddenly gets confused (particularly with short moves) then returns to working just fine again.
Despite much experimentation I have not been able to get to the bottom of this or find the cure.

If anyone has experienced this problem and discovered the reason or found a cure I would be most grateful to learn the answer.

I have attached a simple GCode which exhibits this problem.

Thanks,

Tweakie.

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*****VIDEOS***** / Vector Laser Engraving.

« on: April 20, 2010, 12:42:21 PM »

Another very short video clip of Sam's Wile.E.Coyote.

This is engraved with my CO2 laser head (finished at last, well almost) onto a small piece of MDF.

                 http://www.cooperman.talktalk.net/laser1a.wmv

Tweakie.

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*****VIDEOS***** / Impact Engraving.

« on: April 12, 2010, 09:57:18 AM »

A short video of Impact Engraving on hard anodized aluminium.

                                    http://www.cooperman.talktalk.net/impact5.wmv

Because Sam made such a lovely job of producing this Wile E Coyote I just had to do it. http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,12140.0.html

The federate was initially set a little too fast for my impact tool, which uses the mains frequency (only 50 Hz here in the UK) for it’s pulsing and I got some variations in line width on my first attempt. Reducing the federate seems to cure the problem but you can still engrave pretty quick with these little tools - they do, however, make a fearsome amount of noise !.
The impact tool used is a Burgess handheld device for which I have made a small clamp to hold it to the Z axis. It is switched on/off using the spindle relay.

Tweakie.

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*****VIDEOS***** / Vinyl cutting.

« on: April 05, 2010, 11:54:54 AM »

A short video of cutting sticky back plastic.

                       http://www.tweakie.byethost10.com/anelpako.wmv


Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / FREE Router.

« on: February 09, 2010, 06:52:05 AM »

I know this is not the right place to post this but I thought it would get the most views here and it requires swift action.

Any of you Guys live in Alberta ?

There is a MultiCAM 48 Plus router going for free - just needs collecting (big truck and strong guys required).

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbussoli/4336188986/

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Routed Teak Tiger.

« on: January 12, 2010, 12:05:04 PM »

Found the .stl for this tiger on the Zone and decided to cut it in teak. It is approx 70mm x 70mm x 30mm and cut with a 2.5mm ballnose in 3 passes - took approx 3 hours total, including the emergency saw to the stock to clear the chuck on the final pass. 

Tweakie.

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Tangent Corner / Man Gifts.

« on: January 07, 2010, 04:06:55 AM »

Came across these ads and thought they might appeal. 

Tweakie.

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Third party software and hardware support forums. / Converting Units of Measurement.

« on: December 21, 2009, 04:40:03 AM »

A handy little program which will convert most units of measurement is available for free download here:-

http://joshmadison.com/software/convert-for-windows/

I have not tested all conversions for accuracy but the ones I have used are spot-on. Thought this may be of interest to others.

Tweakie.