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Tangent Corner / Re: Pyrography.

« on: January 17, 2014, 02:54:42 AM »

After gaining a bit more experience this electro-engraving seems to be quite a useful process.

Tweakie.

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

« on: January 16, 2014, 07:42:32 AM »

Hi Dave,

Welcome to the forum. There is not a specific area for plasma but if you do a search for plasma you should find plenty to read. 

Tweakie.

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

« on: January 16, 2014, 01:46:59 AM »

Hi Stern-69,

Welcome to the forum. You should be up and running in no time with Mach3 and Design Spark as there are many different options for Gerber to GCode conversions.

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: 4th Axis problem

« on: January 15, 2014, 05:43:33 AM »

May I suggest initially checking that the steps per unit are correct for your rotary axis. If you command 360 deg. does it actually rotate 360 deg. ?

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Replacing electronics on a CNC

« on: January 12, 2014, 11:41:19 AM »

My guess would be that so long as you have not badly overheated your stepper motors they are unlikely to fail.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Replacing electronics on a CNC

« on: January 12, 2014, 11:13:44 AM »

Hi Xxtoni,

My preference would be to spend a little more money and go for the Gecko G540 (or other of their similar products) http://www.geckodrive.com/geckodrive-step-motor-drives/g540.html

Backup, support and excellent documentation.

Tweakie.

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Tangent Corner / Re: Pyrography.

« on: January 12, 2014, 03:57:38 AM »

They look great, I'm wondering if I could use a soldering tool for doing this.

It may not be hot enough but why not just give it a try and see how it goes.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: cnc /mach 3 freeze

« on: January 11, 2014, 02:03:54 AM »

If you need help on this one I can only repeat Hood's request;

What version of Mach are you using?
Can you attach your xml please.
Can you send a link to the machine you have so I can see specs.

Tweakie.

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Forum suggestions and report forum problems. / Re: crash at Exit

« on: January 10, 2014, 07:47:28 AM »

Apologies, my poor choice of words. By 'no problems here' I meant that I have no problems with my setup of using Mach3 to control my laser. 

Perhaps try using an earlier version of Mach3 (some have reported having problems with ver. 066, although not with lasers). Earlier versions can be downloaded from ftp downloads tab http://www.machsupport.com/software/downloads-updates/

As said I now use ver. 056 and this is just fine for me.

Hope this helps.

Tweakie.

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Third party software and hardware support forums. / Re: Predator CNC Editor

« on: January 10, 2014, 03:39:33 AM »

When I took the BobCad class the instructor said to call BobCad and they would give you
that information,  They will sell me a service contract. 3 questions in 1 year for $200.00

Off Topic but is this what BobCAD-CAM call 'customer service' ??

Tweakie.