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FAQs / how to get my old license number

« on: January 24, 2012, 11:06:08 AM »

Contact License support license@machsupport.com with your details they will have a record and send a duplicate license if everything is in order.

If you can read your old HD then your .xml file (usually Mach3Mill.xml or whatever profile you had been using) will have all your old settings.

Hope this helps,

Tweakie.

4932

General Mach Discussion / Re: Keling Breakout board

« on: January 24, 2012, 10:58:57 AM »

You are not the only one who has had this problem where a conflict of logic screws up the digitising probe operation. Basically.........

You limit switches need to be N.C. (normally closed contacts).
Connect all your limit switches in series and connect to Pin 11 and GND on you BoB
Your EStop needs to be N.C.
Connect your EStop to Pin 10 and GND on your BoB

Your probe is already N.C and connected to GND through your spindle or additional GND wire - the probe wire should be connected to pin 13 on your BoB

Set your BoB to 'Pull-Up' all for inputs 10 - 13 (jumper X5 set 2-3)
If you are using the v8 BoB then external 'Pull-Up' resistors will be required for each input you are using (2K2ohm connected between each input and +5Volts)

Configure Mach for 'Active High' (not active low) on the inputs you are using (10 & 11) and also on the 'Probe' input. Configure limits accordingly.

All this information is in the pdf manuals in the link I gave but I have to agree it is not easy to understand and it really has not been explained well.
In addition I may not have explained it well here either - so what has to happen is that if any limit switch is triggered the input to pin 11 goes high : if the EStop is activated the input to pin 10 goes high : if the probe is triggered the input to pin 13 goes high. Once all inputs are wired to the same state Logic it will work.

I hope this explains it (I have tried).

Tweakie.

4933

General Mach Discussion / Re: Keling Breakout board

« on: January 24, 2012, 01:48:07 AM »

Hi,

I am not sure the make of probe makes any difference here it is whether it completes the circuit to GND. If it does then your input needs a 'pull up' resistor.

Tweakie.

4934

General Mach Discussion / Re: Keling Breakout board

« on: January 23, 2012, 11:47:52 AM »

If you are using the rev10 board then you have to have the input pins configured to 'pull-up' if your probe completes the circuit to GND. Check out the PDF Manuals here http://www.cnc4pc.com/Store/osc/product_info.php?cPath=33&products_id=45

Tweakie.

4935

Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Bike part

« on: January 23, 2012, 11:02:42 AM »

What really peaks my interest, is how much detail a person could get into that part if it were anodized and dyed black, and you had, say, I dunno....a cnc laser or something.   If I could somehow justify the cost, I would most definitely like to have one!

Just think of it in terms of 'handbags' and 'shoes' and how many = 1 laser, then do a trade. 

Tweakie.

4936

Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Bike part

« on: January 23, 2012, 08:48:12 AM »

Hi Rich,

You may want to return to your thread and replace the description of exactly how your inlay work is done.    It would be most helpful for others that follow.

Tweakie.

4937

Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: METAL INLAYING

« on: January 23, 2012, 08:43:28 AM »

It seems that the posting relating to exactly how it has been done has been deleted

Tweakie.

4938

Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: The Laser Project.

« on: January 23, 2012, 03:20:28 AM »

The reason I asked about the material is that on the photo above it looks like there is some transparent layer between the numbers and the background.

I think it's the lighting Dan. All the tests were done on the same piece of scrap but if the earlier pic was taken inside the workshop it may have been with flash.

Just for ref.    Top right is original M10/M11 : Top centre is B0/B1 : Top left is first revision of M10/M11 : Bottom left is final revision of M10/M11.

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Hot Foiling/Embossing blocks

« on: January 23, 2012, 02:58:01 AM »

Great work Pinky.

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Bike part

« on: January 23, 2012, 02:55:00 AM »

OK Sam spill the beans - How did you get that much swarf from one little engraving ?? 

Very nice though.

Tweakie.