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Share Your GCode / Re: Hows That Beer Flight Looking

« on: September 28, 2017, 02:47:48 AM »

Some dimensions may be good...

length / width & material thickness ?

how many holes & their diameter ?

cutting tool diameter ?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Can not seem to carve out a simple box ?

« on: September 27, 2017, 07:42:47 AM »

Not much difference there Bill - perhaps I was destined to go bald anyway 

Seriously though, I am pleased you are having success.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Can not seem to carve out a simple box ?

« on: September 27, 2017, 07:17:41 AM »

Hopefully I will have no more questions and my hair will grow back from where I had pulled it out

I think it depends on your age Bill - mine hasn't grown back 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Can not seem to carve out a simple box ?

« on: September 27, 2017, 02:07:55 AM »

Looks like the G-Simple website has been hacked so forget about that one.

If you are using an unlicensed version of Mach3 (Demo Mode) then it will only run the first 500 lines of Gcode and may not complete your engraving job. Purchasing a license removes this restriction http://www.machsupport.com/shop/mach3/

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Can not seem to carve out a simple box ?

« on: September 26, 2017, 11:28:14 AM »

Try G-Simple ( http://www.gsimple.eu/ ) It is extremely basic CAD/CAM and it is free.

You can design your product and produce the necessary Gcode to load directly into Mach3. There will be some reading and learning to do (from the manual) but you should be up and running in an hour or so.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Connection of Mach3 to TB6600 Drivers

« on: September 26, 2017, 01:16:13 AM »

Best to connect the spindle via the relay on the BoB then set-up Mach control (M3/M5) on Mach Spindle and Output Signals pages (PWM is irrelevant).
Within the terms used for CNC you are correct that you are using common-anode wiring for your controllers.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Unexplained estop triggers and other issues on new build

« on: September 25, 2017, 03:45:34 AM »

Hi Ben,

Just looking at the problems one at a time for now;

Random Estop is often caused by electrical noise – try increasing the Debounce Interval (Config. / General Config.) to 2000. Additionally there may be a similar setting within the UC100 set-up which is the equivalent to Debounce.

If they are not already fitted add the clip-on ferrites at each end of your USB cable.

Try it for a while - did this improve the situation ?

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!

« on: September 25, 2017, 02:23:29 AM »

Good morning Gerry, there certainly is no better place to start 

Welcome.

Tweakie.

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Share Your GCode / Re: NEED A LOGO CUTOUT AND ENGRAVING

« on: September 25, 2017, 02:05:08 AM »

As Gary has already said, you need to obtain a suitable CAD/CAM software to trace your bitmap image (.png) into a vector drawing (.dxf) then decide on the cutting tool you will be using and create the toolpath (Gcode).

Suitable CAD/CAM includes Vectric;  http://www.vectric.com/

A typical, generated, toolpath (Gcode) for the Hormuud logo is attached.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Connection of Mach3 to TB6600 Drivers

« on: September 25, 2017, 01:33:43 AM »

It’s all looking good John 

(As you progress I think you will find that there is too much flex in the unsupported rails – at some later date, changing to the fully supported type will make a considerable difference in performance).

Tweakie.