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General Mach Discussion / Re: Tool plate/setter wiring.

« on: May 23, 2011, 10:29:20 AM »

Craig,

Any input pin# is OK.
Whichever you choose has to be configured to Probe in Ports and Pins.

Tweakie.

5712

General Mach Discussion / Re: Driver test does nothing - no test line

« on: May 23, 2011, 08:01:06 AM »

Hi Beefy,

As luck would have it, despite many computers, I have never had this problem except with an old Dell Inspiron laptop and even then the XP optimization cured the problem.

It seems that your PC is running something else in the background perhaps the Windows Task Manager may shed some light ?

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Tool plate/setter wiring.

« on: May 23, 2011, 04:29:20 AM »

The resistor is used to pull-up the voltage on the the plate to +5 so the resistor goes between the plate (pin10 ?) and +5 volts. You could get the +5 from a spare USB socket if you have a USB lead you can cannibalise.
When the tool touches the plate it should then make the plate (pin 10?) zero volts.

Tweakie.

5714

General Mach Discussion / Re: Driver test does nothing - no test line

« on: May 23, 2011, 04:21:09 AM »

Beefy,

If your PC has onboard video graphics there is a high probability that it will not work. Fitting a plug-in PCI video card then enabling this and disabling the onboard in BIOS often does the trick - but not always.

Hope this helps.

Tweakie.

5715

Tangent Corner / Re: 3D scanner.

« on: May 22, 2011, 11:52:45 AM »

Just wish I could afford Aspire 

Tweakie.

5716

Third party software and hardware support forums. / Re: CNC Stepper Motor Driver 5 Axis Interface Board adapter

« on: May 22, 2011, 11:16:36 AM »

danideca,

What type of stepper motor drivers are you using with this board ?

Tweakie.

5717

Tangent Corner / 3D scanner.

« on: May 22, 2011, 11:02:32 AM »

A 3D scanner solution for under $150 ?

Check this out  http://www.vectric.org/labs/index.php/laboratory/item/get-kinected-to-your-cnc

Tweakie.

5718

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

« on: May 22, 2011, 02:11:05 AM »

That looks really great bb, nice job and nice clean cuts.

Just one thing, I think you may need to look at the software you are using to create the toolpaths as it seems to be cutting a little too close to the edges in places. Perhaps using offsets may help.

Tweakie.

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Promote and discuss your product / Re: Mach3 as 3d printer software

« on: May 22, 2011, 02:06:22 AM »

Thank you Nuri, I am really looking forward to following your project.

(i would be happy to check grammar in any of your documents if it would be helpful).

Tweakie.

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Promote and discuss your product / Re: Mach3 as 3d printer software

« on: May 21, 2011, 01:10:21 PM »

Nuri,

I am a bit confused here.

Are you going to share this information with us for free and post all the details here or has this turned into a commercial project where we have to buy the kit and the details ?

Tweakie.