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General Mach Discussion / Re: Holes appearing as large circles in Mach3

« on: June 22, 2011, 02:24:31 AM »

Hi Eugene,

If it's any help, Al's excellent little calculator is here http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,16315.0.html

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: USB Breakout board for Mach3

« on: June 22, 2011, 02:21:50 AM »

Hi Richard,

Thanks for posting the file, most interesting.
I did laugh a couple of times but their diagrammatic representations (assuming them to be correct) are extremely good and leave little doubt as to how stuff is connected. I wonder how well the board actually works though.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: power on or or off

« on: June 22, 2011, 01:53:40 AM »

leaving only the  parallel cable plug in is ok 

That is OK 

Tweakie.

5624

G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: PLEASE HELP

« on: June 21, 2011, 12:49:25 PM »

Russ,

Who would ever have thought of looking there ?   

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: power on or or off

« on: June 21, 2011, 12:19:47 PM »

Mikee,

USB is designed to be plugged and unplugged with the PC powered up.
Just switch off any power unit you have for the motors and unplug the USB (I doubt you will ever wear out the contacts but if you did they are probably easy enough to replace).

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 Not Cutting The Size I Specifie

« on: June 21, 2011, 12:09:31 PM »

If it's any help, Al's excellent little calculator is here http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,16315.0.html

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: PLEASE HELP

« on: June 21, 2011, 11:14:18 AM »

Hi William,

Enter the data then press the 'Return' key. 

(This rule applies across the board with Mach and it just becomes routine so we perhaps take it for granted that everyone knows about it and it doesn't get included as an instruction).

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: PLEASE HELP

« on: June 21, 2011, 08:05:46 AM »

William,

I am sure Graham will compile the code for you but in the meantime have a look at the Pocket Cutting Wizard within Mach. You would perhaps need to use two instances of the wizard, one for the pocket and one for the recess but they could both be combined into one final GCode file.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: USB Breakout board for Mach3

« on: June 21, 2011, 07:58:23 AM »

Crystallattice

As far as I know, nobody has used one of these boards yet or at least reported back on it's use and as you say it does seems a logical progression.
I am a bit strapped for funds at the moment otherwise I would buy one just to try - Somebody has to be the first, why not you ?

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: What 3d program to use to design and render furniture

« on: June 21, 2011, 05:44:17 AM »

Hi Thys,

Have you looked at free trial download of Vectric Aspire or VCarve Pro  http://www.vectric.com/WebSite/Vectric/products/download_products.htm

They are not really CAD/CAM as I would describe it but they could be good for flat-pak stuff like cabinet fronts etc.

Tweakie.