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General Mach Discussion / Re: Jewelery cnc

« on: January 15, 2012, 07:44:55 AM »

You may want to check the Chris Botha thread here http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,11446.0.html
He gives tips on how he produced the various pieces as well as the CAD/CAM he is using.

Hope this helps.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: .stl and 3D relief's.

« on: January 15, 2012, 04:55:39 AM »

Not quite sure I understand the humour guys, but if it makes you smile then that's just fine by me. 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: .stl and 3D relief's.

« on: January 14, 2012, 11:18:49 AM »

Quite right Gerry - If they are not then they aught to be 
Leave it with me, I will convert any non-believers.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / .stl and 3D relief's.

« on: January 14, 2012, 08:27:07 AM »

Hi Guys,

For those interested in free 3D reliefs, stl files and 3D machining a 'must visit' is the Hungarian website  http://hobbycncart.com/  Their Download section contains the largest selection of free to download relief’s I think I have ever seen in any one place. The site has a support forum, the members are almost all Mach3 users and the quality of the work they produce and show is just excellent. Well worth a visit.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 2 Axis and Mach 3

« on: January 14, 2012, 04:14:00 AM »

Hi Whitey,

Yes it will.

I use Mach3 with a laser which is really just 2 axis of operation.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Getting Disillusioned with Mach3.

« on: January 13, 2012, 08:18:09 AM »

Thanks Art, your assistance is much appreciated.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Getting Disillusioned with Mach3.

« on: January 13, 2012, 04:35:36 AM »

Hi Ian,
I will get back to you later today in a PM.


Hi Rich,
Wish I was a lathe user, sometimes. 


Hi Art,
Thanks for the response. As you say, I am sure it was non-intentional but the The E1P1 / E1P0 seems to be a buffer type of problem as it will work for a small number of instances (6 or so) then it will freeze for a while then work then freeze and so on. When it does work it is just such an excellent command for fast switching it would wonderful to get it back again.
The existing Impact/Laser plugin which uses the digital trigger output is not affected by this issue.


Hi Hood,
I must admit to having not tried the very latest SS version software. Thank you for the information.
The Mach derived M10 / M11 suffers similar problems to the E1P1 / E1P0 and will freeze during a long repetitive sequence but the new SS derived commands may behave very differently.
Unfortunately, nothing is ever simple as my SS installation is currently on a milling machine and is not plug for plug compatible with the laser but when I can I will transfer it and see.


Hi Gerry,
You are quite right and it is a bit ironic really because the response has really exceeded my expectations.


Thanks to you all for your assistance,

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Getting Disillusioned with Mach3.

« on: January 12, 2012, 01:19:07 PM »

Thanks Guys, you are all very kind.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Getting Disillusioned with Mach3.

« on: January 12, 2012, 09:34:04 AM »

I'd be happy to stick it on the yahoo group for you right now if you like - let me know.

Most grateful if you would Ian I haven't even found the support email for Brian as yet. 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Getting Disillusioned with Mach3.

« on: January 12, 2012, 09:10:55 AM »

Hi Scott and Hi Gerry,

Thanks for your support. An additional plugin would not help as part of my problem relates to the use of the Impact / Laser plugin operation and I cannot use two plugin’s at the same time. I am not a member of the Yahoo group so cannot post there but I will send a copy to Brian if you think it would help.

It is my own fault by upgrading to later versions of Mach as they were released and I have tried going back to earlier versions but then other things that I have since added don’t work correctly (C++ stuff for example) and it has all become quite a pain.

I just want E1P0/E1P1 back working even if I am the only person  in the world (at the moment) that wants to use it 

Tweakie.