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General Mach Discussion / Re: My favorite things this year!

« on: December 01, 2012, 02:25:21 AM »

Nice work Werner (nice toys as well  )

I am looking forward to seeing some more pictures of the laser you are constructing - nice piece of kit.

Tweakie.

nb. I echo the thanks to Hood for his endless help and support to us all.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: procedure for reworking a work piece

« on: November 29, 2012, 06:59:46 AM »

I know it's perhaps going off on bit of a tangent but you may find this thread of interest, particularly as I am using two holes to reference the job. http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,22932.0.html

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Router not cutting smoothly

« on: November 29, 2012, 01:51:17 AM »

 

Hi Andy,

Perhaps someone else, who uses Artcam, can chime in on this one but it seems inconceivable that a Mach 2/3 Arcs post processor is not available.

Have you tried contacting Artcam to ask them ??

Tweakie.

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

« on: November 29, 2012, 01:43:25 AM »

Hi Steve and Ric,

Welcome to the forum.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Router not cutting smoothly

« on: November 28, 2012, 11:58:44 AM »

Andy,

Try the Artcam Mach2 Arcs pp. 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Router not cutting smoothly

« on: November 28, 2012, 10:53:56 AM »

Hi Andy,

That surprises me - if Artcam has a Mach3 Arcs post processor then it should create arcs, unless of course you are importing a .dxf circle (or similar) rather than one created within Artcam.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Router not cutting smoothly

« on: November 28, 2012, 09:43:04 AM »

Hi Andy,

Your GCode circle consists of straight lines - you will get smoother movements if your toolpath is created using Arcs. (see attachment)

Check the CAD/CAM software that you are using to create the toolpath and select the Arcs option.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: pcb drilling machine

« on: November 28, 2012, 07:48:58 AM »

Changing the Active state for the Z axis Direction signal will only reverse motor direction (up will be down and visa versa). Have you tried changing it for the Step signal ??
Also may be worth checking that your drill bit is not moving in it’s collet.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Router not cutting smoothly

« on: November 28, 2012, 07:39:00 AM »

Andy,

Could you Zip and attach a sample of your GCode ??

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Only part of Gcode active [Help]

« on: November 28, 2012, 06:15:46 AM »

Hi Freak174,

Welcome to the forum.

You can purchase the Mach3 licence from here http://www.machsupport.com/purchase.php

Tweakie.