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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach3 and monstar 6040

« on: March 03, 2012, 07:30:55 AM »

Perhaps need a few more details here Lindsay. What exactly is a Monstar 6040 ??

Tweakie.

5912

G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: looking for entry level Gcode tutorial

« on: March 02, 2012, 10:48:45 AM »

Hi Fred,

There is lots of useful information on Bob Warfield's site http://www.cnccookbook.com/CCCNCGCodeCourse.htm

A Google search for GCode tutorials should also bring a good return.

Tweakie.

5913

FAQs / Re: Mach 3 set up for Limit and Home switches

« on: March 02, 2012, 10:37:03 AM »

Reply to PM sent.

Tweakie.

5914

Share Your GCode / Re: Chucks Deer V carve engraving

« on: March 02, 2012, 04:14:06 AM »

Excellent work IBB 

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Total lines in the G Code for each file ??

« on: March 01, 2012, 02:20:34 AM »

My apologies UH - I did not read your question properly 

Tweakie.

5916

General Mach Discussion / Re: Confused about software

« on: February 29, 2012, 12:36:23 PM »

Thanks. 

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Total lines in the G Code for each file ??

« on: February 29, 2012, 12:03:14 PM »

Hi UH,

If you double click on the program window it will append line numbers to the GCode lines and you can just scroll to the bottom line to read the total.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Confused about software

« on: February 29, 2012, 11:58:47 AM »

Hi Krugshouse,

It took a long while saving but I finally managed to buy Vectric VCarvePro http://www.vectric.com/WebSite/Vectric/vcp/vcp_index.htm There is a demo version available for download plus many samples that you can practice machining.
This will do all the things you mention plus a lot more, it is quick and easy to learn and pretty simple to use but unfortunately it comes at a price.

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: CNC machine i been working on...........

« on: February 29, 2012, 04:22:40 AM »

Hi CNCexplorer,

Excellent job you have done and it looks like you are well on your way to making a very useful machine. As I am sure you have already found "everything is a compromise" and usually with tight financial restraints.
The gantry slide system you have used is extremely difficult to set-up so that it is fully true and parallel but others, before you, have succeeded with this design and achieved excellent results. Should It prove troublesome and assuming finances will allow, you could perhaps consider fully supported linear rails (similar to attached pic) as these may, I think, be far easier to set-up.

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: The Laser Project.

« on: February 27, 2012, 07:25:31 AM »

Another image of Brittany Snow produced in a slightly different way.

The initial image was resized to 100mm x 135mm, adjusted in brightness and contrast then processed with PicEngraver’s excellent program PicDither using the Sierra algorithm. It was then reduced to 2 bit with IrfanView, saved as a .bmp file and the GCode created with the new Hungarian program DotG, in dot mode, at 0.25mm step over.
The result comprises 77,800 laser produced dots and took approx 50 minutes to complete, using the recently fixed M10 / M11 command set. The material is a faux-aluminium faced plastic engraving laminate (a non-pvc, laser friendly material).

Tweakie.