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General Mach Discussion / Re: laser pulsing instead of cutting a solid line

« on: September 26, 2012, 10:59:56 AM »

If it's any encouragement, I just purchased a new laser tube from China. The total cost including shipping and UK import tax was £155 UKP.

Tweakie.

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

« on: September 25, 2012, 11:00:32 AM »

Hi Jared,

Welcome to the forum.

If you post your question in the General section, which has more exposure than this thread, then someone will be along to help.

Tweakie.

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

« on: September 25, 2012, 01:50:47 AM »

Hi Don,

Welcome to the forum.

Don't forget to post some pictures of the things you make with your new machine, we all love pictures.

Tweakie.

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

« on: September 23, 2012, 09:42:12 AM »

Hi Zed,

Welcome to the forum.

You will find it is quite difficult to construct just one machine that is good for all of your requirements, but there are plenty of experienced members here who will be pleased to give their advice / opinion / support, if it is required, during or prior to your build.

For any specific questions it would be well to post as a new topic in the General section.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: laser pulsing instead of cutting a solid line

« on: September 22, 2012, 11:58:57 AM »

Hi Andre,

Perhaps some more details of exactly how you have your laser connected and configured in Mach3 would be helpful.

Tweakie.

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FAQs / Re: Axes position at start up

« on: September 22, 2012, 07:05:41 AM »

On the General Config page, uncheck the 'Axis DRO Properties' boxes then Mach3 always starts up with DRO's at 0.0000

Tweakie.

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Building or Buying a Wood routing table.. Beginnners guide.. / Re: chinese spindle wiring

« on: September 21, 2012, 01:20:11 PM »

Hi Ronny,

Connect the 3 motor wires to the 3 output terminals of your VFD.
If the motor runs backwards when it should run forwards just swap any two motor wires you have connected to the VFD terminals.

Tweakie.

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

« on: September 21, 2012, 10:32:16 AM »

My new tube has just arrived from China, been plumbed in and the water circulation system run for some 2 hours (to remove all the air bubbles) now to test it out.

Tweakie.

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Italian / Re: TANGENTIAL setting problem

« on: September 20, 2012, 12:50:17 PM »

Ciao Sebastian,

Si prega di tenere conto per il mio uso di Google Translate.

Quando cerchi di taglio si consiglia di creare un lead-in e lead-out (nel software CAD / CAM) con lo stesso raggio del cerchio da tagliare. In questo modo il taglio è orientato nella direzione corretta prima che entri nel lavoro.
Rettangoli funziona correttamente - si tratta solo di un problema di Mach3 ha con cerchi.

Tweakie.

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

« on: September 20, 2012, 06:24:46 AM »

As always Jeff, excellent results.

I am pleased you are now using PicEngrave - John has put a lot of work into writing his software and results like this, I am sure, will make it all worthwhile.

Tweakie.