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Tangent Corner / Re: HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MY NECK OF THE WOODS

« on: February 11, 2010, 09:23:14 AM »

Wow Dave looks like you have had a lot more snow than Rich - I think his dog would just love all that. 

Still, cheer up Guys it could always be worse...

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: usb hand held keypad

« on: February 11, 2010, 04:05:13 AM »

I use a handheld USB keypad and haven't had any problems with jogging the Z axis downwards, at least no problems so far and it does get used a lot.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: urgent need of help please..!

« on: February 11, 2010, 02:51:07 AM »

If you were to change one leadscrew from 11 pitch to 9 pitch then, what I would do is:-

In Motor Tuning take your existing 'Steps per' value (select the required axis first) and multiply it by 11. This would give you an arbitrary value which you then divide by 9 the result being the new value to use for 'Steps per'.

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Dixie Duke - A machine in the making.

« on: February 11, 2010, 02:18:01 AM »

Very neat Sam - Keep up the good work.

Thanks for the link to the router pics - Nice machine you built there too.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: FREE Router.

« on: February 10, 2010, 05:31:51 AM »

You have as much information as I have on this.
You could try posting on Flickr and see if you get an answer.
Latest update is that the machine is located in Calgary.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: FREE Router.

« on: February 09, 2010, 07:20:22 AM »

Ice Road Trucker's comes to mind. 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / FREE Router.

« on: February 09, 2010, 06:52:05 AM »

I know this is not the right place to post this but I thought it would get the most views here and it requires swift action.

Any of you Guys live in Alberta ?

There is a MultiCAM 48 Plus router going for free - just needs collecting (big truck and strong guys required).

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbussoli/4336188986/

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: That is no moon.

« on: February 09, 2010, 02:49:08 AM »

Nice one Barry - Glad to see that you are finally making stuff after all that building work. Really enjoyed your construction pictures - Don't forget to keep posting the pics of the projects you make.

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: heeks cad and cam

« on: February 09, 2010, 02:34:51 AM »

Well – I have now spent some time with Heeks CNC and Heeks CAD and beautifully presented programs they are. Although they are capable of doing many things that I require, the error trapping routines leave much to be desired. One wrong move or incorrect entry (and I always make plenty of these) caused the programs to abort and this happened so many times that I lost patience and decided to give up altogether.

Has anyone else got any more comments or information on these programs ?.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: How to attach 24v relay to mach3

« on: February 07, 2010, 06:38:12 AM »

This should do it.

Tweakie.