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General Mach Discussion / Re: Strange axis movement ONLY when spindle is starting or stopping...

« on: May 16, 2013, 04:31:44 AM »

I feel that your problem may be related to electrical noise emanating from your VFD and / or its wiring.

Assuming, for one moment, that it is not an electrical noise issue then - it’s a long shot but something you may wish to try…

Make a hard copy of your existing Mach3 settings, create a new profile (don’t clone the existing profile), open Mach3 in the new profile and enter all your settings, restart Mach3 with this new profile and then see if the problem persists.

(It is not unknown for an existing .xml to become corrupt - thereafter all sorts of strange things can happen).

Just thinking out loud. 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: If not LazyCam then what?

« on: May 13, 2013, 02:39:18 AM »

Hi Gary,

Along with many others, I still use LazyCam and it’s predecessor Mac1Filter.exe. albeit only occasionally. In my case it is mainly for handling HPGL files and within their limitations they are both great products and well worth learning to use.

For .dxf and similar work these products have, unfortunately, been technically overtaken by many, more advanced, softwares (for example the Vectric range) mainly because of the additional features, speed and ease of use.

There will always be new and better software coming along but who is to say that the old stuff is not still good ? (When Mach Rev4 arrives many will change camp but if Mach3 does the job...)

Tweakie.

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

« on: May 13, 2013, 01:40:57 AM »

Hi Gary,

Welcome to the forum.

Please post your question, including as many details about your set-up as you think are relevant (WinOS, machine & controller type, version of Mach3 being used etc), as a new topic in the General section. This will receive more exposure and have a better chance of finding a solution to the problem you are having.

Tweakie.

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Building or Buying a Wood routing table.. Beginnners guide.. / Re: Help with router recommendations

« on: May 12, 2013, 12:05:10 PM »

Hi Dave,

My machine is small with a work area of just over 350mm x 350mm. If your interested details are here http://www.cooperman.talktalk.net/

No idea about cost, it's a man toy and who dares to put a price on their hobby.   

Tweakie.

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Building or Buying a Wood routing table.. Beginnners guide.. / Re: Help with router recommendations

« on: May 12, 2013, 08:54:11 AM »

Hi Dave,

I think, like everything in this world, you get what you pay for - so who is to say that the machine kit you linked to will be superior in quality to your previous machine.
 
I constructed my own router from scratch but it is not for the faint hearted – a lot of work and learning-as-you-go involved but equally a lot of job satisfaction as the reward. Almost all the required parts were sourced on the bay, many of which were ‘second user’ but it is not always easy to decide which are truly ‘quality parts’ and which are rubbish - I made some mistakes.

Perhaps think ahead – it may well be FR4 and PolyProp at the moment but how about the future ?

Tweakie.

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

« on: May 12, 2013, 08:11:05 AM »

Hi Henry,

Welcome to the forum.

It is always best to post any questions as a new topic in the General section or other appropriate section as this place is really only for introductions.

This thread may be of interest to you regarding Alphacam post processors http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,3607.0.html

Alternately, do a search for Alphacam from the main page to find more threads containing more information.

Tweakie.

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

« on: May 12, 2013, 02:15:27 AM »

Hi Earl,

Welcome to the forum.

It is usually better to post any questions, such as this, as a new topic in the General section because it has more exposure and a better chance of helpful replies.

Some, perhaps many motherboards which do not have the DB25 socket often have a 26 way IDC type (parallel port) socket on the board somewhere. A short 26 way IDC to DB25 converter cable can then be used in these circumstances.
Failing that then the options are to get another motherboard which has the parallel port or use an external motion controller (USB or Ethernet) such as the Smooth-Stepper http://warp9td.com/

Hope this helps.

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: DVD CNC

« on: May 10, 2013, 11:17:11 AM »

Excellent 

Tweakie.

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Screen designer tips and tutorials / Re: Screen Colors

« on: May 10, 2013, 09:53:56 AM »

Hi John,

I think you are missing the contents of the Bitmaps folder (MillBitmaps or TurnBitmaps). Copy over the contents.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Removing pierce delay from mach3 not possible.

« on: May 10, 2013, 04:52:58 AM »

Hi Tunfiskur,

You may find this article and the attached comments of interest http://hobbycncart.com/publ/cikkek/mach3_temaju_cikkek/switching_a_laser_under_mach_control/8-1-0-29

Tweakie.