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General Mach Discussion / Re: Cambam / gMax

« on: April 10, 2011, 07:05:08 AM »

How about drawing with anything you already have (Corel X5 sounds good if you are looking for something new) then converting the drawing to .dxf format using Inkscape  http://inkscape.org/   

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Diy Laser cutter MK1

« on: April 10, 2011, 05:18:19 AM »

Hey, that's great.

I can see some really nice planes on the horizon. 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 19 hrs and 4 minutes. DARN IT! - New Personal Record

« on: April 10, 2011, 05:09:48 AM »

19 hours - that's some feat.  I wonder what the actual record is ?

(My personal best was just 342,000 lines in around 8 hours).

Tweakie.

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

« on: April 10, 2011, 01:27:02 AM »

This is real wonderful engineering Steve, absolutely beautiful.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach Just Stops

« on: April 08, 2011, 12:12:57 PM »

Hi Dave,

Do you get any message in the status window telling you the reason for the stop ?

Have you tried increasing the debounce interval in general config ? (just in case it's noise related).

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Tool setting....?

« on: April 08, 2011, 08:54:06 AM »

As long as the approach is slow there is no problem with tool damage and copper clad board. The probing script stores the exact touch point whilst the axis drive is stopped, the overrun is only a thou, perhaps less and the surface of the copper clad takes this easily, Mach then returns the axis to the touch point plus whatever you have chosen for tool clearance so the accuracy is good. The probing script has to be right though, there is no room for error (spring loaded stuff) but, I haven't broken a 1mm endmill yet (but tomorrow is another day and who knows ?  )

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z-axis Auto zero wiring

« on: April 07, 2011, 12:31:57 PM »

Just two things spring to mind

1) check that the script box is completely empty before entering new script.
2) zero the z axis DRO before pressing the auto zero button.

( grasping a t straws here now   )

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z-axis Auto zero wiring

« on: April 07, 2011, 12:13:03 PM »

You could try replacing the auto zero button script with this very, cut down code and see if the problem still persists.

Message( "Auto Zeroing..." )
If IsSuchSignal (22) Then
code "G31 Z-3 F10"
While IsMoving()
Wend
Call SetDRO( 2, .180 )
code "G1 Z1"
End If


Tweakie.

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: Impact engraving plugin

« on: April 07, 2011, 02:15:59 AM »

ntlaser,

Could you please post a picture of the double image you are getting.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z-axis Auto zero wiring

« on: April 07, 2011, 02:14:10 AM »

Is the touch plate itself operating correctly now ? - Digitize LED only illuminating when the plate touches the tool tip.

Tweakie.