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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Mu first machine.

« on: October 21, 2011, 07:36:14 AM »

Hi dsplastx,

Welcome to the forum.

Nice machine you have there, looks like you are going to have lots of fun making stuff.  

For what you get it is not expensive but as well as the license for Mach3 you need a separate license for the Newfangled wizards if you want to use them. Personally, I get by without the NFS wizards but it is perhaps a matter of individual choice.

Tweakie.

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FAQs / Re: No file/load dxf option, only ENTIB. Whats this?

« on: October 21, 2011, 07:22:47 AM »

So we don't really know for certain what "Entib" is actually for or exactly why it appears in the File menu 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: were tp look?

« on: October 21, 2011, 03:16:48 AM »

Hi Randy,

Some more details on your setup would be useful.

What type of breakout board and stepper controllers are you using ?

Have you checked that the step and direction pin settings within Mach are correct for the X and Y axis ?

Also - check your keyboard regional settings as the X and Y jog keys (arrow keys) may not be operating correctly.

Tweakie.

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Building or Buying a Wood routing table.. Beginnners guide.. / Re: CNC

« on: October 21, 2011, 02:40:00 AM »

Hi Rob,

This thread may be of interest to you.  http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,4884.0.html

Hope this helps,

Tweakie.

(nice website btw).

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Tangent Corner / Re: A Winter Project.

« on: October 21, 2011, 02:00:18 AM »

Thanks Andrew.

I have made a start on cleaning it up a bit.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: button to jog x and y

« on: October 20, 2011, 08:45:20 AM »

Certainly a good question Bill, i would like to know the answer to this one as well 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Beginner question - Mach Input

« on: October 20, 2011, 08:28:39 AM »

Hi Stephen,

You are going to be an expert in no time 

Glad you got it sorted.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Beginner question - Mach Input

« on: October 20, 2011, 02:09:47 AM »

Stephen,

Connect the EStop wires, one to GND and the other to any spare input pin (pin 10 would be good). Then configure Mach / Ports and Pins / Input signals / EStop to Port #1, Pin 10.

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: 3D Printing.

« on: October 20, 2011, 01:47:56 AM »

plyman,

There is some more info contained in this thread http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,16310.0.html

Tweakie.

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Tangent Corner / Re: A Winter Project.

« on: October 19, 2011, 02:33:34 AM »

Military aircraft power systems are a mystery to me but 400Hz seems to be the norm. The generator is driven through a reduction gearbox and runs at 8,000 rpm with a 40kVA rating. Just about everything on the Vulcan, including the control surfaces, was electrically powered and as this gen set originally had it's own oxygen supply and cartridge system for starting it could, in an emergency, be used at high altitude if both of the other main alternators failed.

I have quite a bit of interest in others wishing to buy it already - so, as you suspected, it should sell well.  

Tweakie.