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General Mach Discussion / Re: Thinking of a new wrapper function for MAch3.

« on: December 16, 2012, 02:41:24 AM »

Hi Terry,

I think the wizard approach would be the easiest for the inexperienced to understand and use so may appeal to a greater cross section of Mach3 users (myself included).

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Thinking of a new wrapper function for MAch3.

« on: December 15, 2012, 03:52:30 AM »

Hi Terry,

I think it is a great idea and look forward to following your progress. 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Table Size Limits

« on: December 13, 2012, 10:47:41 AM »

Hi RG,

No its' not a dumb question at all.

It is probably better that you get the information first hand by downloading the manual http://www.machsupport.com/docs/Mach3Mill_Install_Config.pdf
then checking the Limits section 5.6...

You will be an expert in no time at all 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Table Size Limits

« on: December 13, 2012, 10:13:13 AM »

Hi RG,

Within Mach3 - Config / Homing, Soft Limits

Tweakie.

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Tangent Corner / Re: USB pendant.

« on: December 13, 2012, 05:10:10 AM »

Thanks for the information Dave.

Tweakie.

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Tangent Corner / USB pendant.

« on: December 13, 2012, 03:11:30 AM »

Has anyone tried one of these pendants yet ??

http://cncpendant.ru/en/shuttlerustm32.html

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Video issue

« on: December 12, 2012, 07:26:56 AM »

Hi Simon,

I don't know if it's any help but I had exactly the same problem (VideoOCX (VIDEO) - Driver can't be connected) when I first started using the on-screen video window with a webcam.
I tried 3 different makes of 'plug and play' webcam until I found one that worked correctly.
My conclusion was that the problem was related to the USB interface or perhaps it's BIOS settings.

May I suggest that you try Klause's video window http://www.kd-dietz.com/klausphp/pages/ger/plugins/webcam/description/wcam_description.html which perhaps offers a better camera selection / recognition procedure to see if that works with your camera.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: laser software

« on: December 12, 2012, 02:03:38 AM »

As far a photographic images are concerned different materials will almost certainly require different techniques in order to achieve the best results.

For example to reproduce a photographic image on wood it could be processed as an 8 bit image producing (in theory) 256 shades of grey. It may take a bit of practice to get it just right but the results can be truly stunning.
Plastic, on the other hand, will not accept shades of grey so photographic images are usually pre-processed into a 1 bit image using a ‘Dot Dithering’ (or similar) technique to produce the illusion of shades. Again it is a technique that requires some practice.

You will need to collect a number of different softwares in order to explore these various techniques so there is not really a simple answer to your first question.

May I suggest that you browse through this thread. http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,12444.80.html
It has become far too long to read everything so just scan trough, looking at the pictures and when you see something similar to what you want to produce, read the post which should explain how it was done and what software was used.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: laser software

« on: December 11, 2012, 12:18:02 PM »

What is the material you will be using ??

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: laser software

« on: December 11, 2012, 06:13:14 AM »

Something like Vectric VCarvePro would take care of all your cutting and text engraving requirements.

It depends on what type of images you want to laser produce but the Mach3 Impact / Laser plugin works well for me.

Tweakie.