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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Small project not going well

« on: April 12, 2014, 02:52:38 AM »

Hi Jammer,

That lettering is indeed pretty small to expect not to chip-out.
I don't know if you have tried it but the composite Bamboo seems to take fine engraving quite well but requires sealing before colour filling to prevent paint bleed.

Laser would be good, particularly now that the 4 Watt or so diode lasers are available at reasonable prices but it would still make for expensive coasters 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Reset pop open window?

« on: April 11, 2014, 05:30:55 AM »

I have never actually seen that screen buy try;   Function Cfg's / Reset Device Sel...  and see if that does it.

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: I'm in Hog Heaven

« on: April 06, 2014, 11:19:23 AM »

Very nice work indeed. 

(that has even brought back memories of the TV theme tune - don't think I missed an episode as a kid).

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Milling something I'd normally turn

« on: April 06, 2014, 07:26:54 AM »

Excellent work Nick.

You know what they say "CNC is only limited by our imagination" 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Accuracy and adjustment

« on: April 05, 2014, 07:08:03 AM »

If that solution works for you then that is the most important thing. 

Just a thought - you could possibly have some 'run-out' on your spindle and the 5mm cutter is cutting oversize ??

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Customer Support

« on: April 04, 2014, 10:57:38 AM »

I am pleased that you have it sorted. 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Changing the units of the "DRO"

« on: April 04, 2014, 05:19:13 AM »

Config menu then General Config. Very first option is to lock DROs to setup units.
Hood

The perfect solution, something I had overlooked, thanks Hood. 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Changing the units of the "DRO"

« on: April 04, 2014, 02:34:17 AM »

The DRO’s only indicate UNITS.  For example a DRO of 10.0000 will be 10 millimetres when G21 is in operation and 10 inches when G20 is in operation.

There are a number of stand alone programs which will convert the units in your GCode between metric / imperial and imperial / metric – that way the DRO’s will then show your chosen units of measurement.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Hi, Where can i get the wiring diagram to the board of a CNC 3040?

« on: March 26, 2014, 08:21:09 AM »

GCode looks OK and it runs just fine here.

However, the first Z move is a G00 rapid up by 25.4mm – if your Z axis velocity / acceleration settings are set too high then the Z axis may be stalling / loosing steps during this move and then have lost correct position.
Try halving (reduce by 50%) your Z axis velocity and acceleration settings in motor tuning and then see if this makes a difference.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Hi, Where can i get the wiring diagram to the board of a CNC 3040?

« on: March 26, 2014, 07:25:34 AM »

I think the first thing you should do is check your GCode ;
Is your machine / Mach3 doing exactly what the GCode is telling it to do ?
If this is true then it is likely that your CAD/CAM software settings need changing.

Perhaps post your GCode file, then it can be checked here.

Tweakie.