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General Mach Discussion / Re: Uneven cut on letters

« on: February 17, 2011, 02:23:49 AM »

Hi Mike,

Glad you got it sorted and working OK.

The Vectric online help / manual / tutorials are pretty good and should answer any questions you have using VCarvePro. Alternately the Vectric forum is an excellent source of info for all their products.

(it has taken me some 18 months of savings to buy VCarve Pro and I don't have enough left for the manual   )

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: need help conveting hpgl files to work on mach

« on: February 17, 2011, 02:11:19 AM »

Hi larry,

There are probably run time files which were installed on my PC which are not on yours thus the error.

Try LazyCam and see how you get on with that.

Tweakie.

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: Impact engraving plugin

« on: February 16, 2011, 12:16:43 PM »

And I tried it and it goes well, I see strange is that when I very low speed (30cm/min) will not turn on the laser. "Should be activated at any speed?

If the laser was activated at any speed then it would burn when stationary which is not what is required. (The stationary thing is a law of physics which applies to the X Axis changing it's direction)

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: need help conveting hpgl files to work on mach

« on: February 16, 2011, 11:50:17 AM »

Hi Larry,

There is a reasonable time difference, I am approx 6,000km due east of you so I get to see the sunrise first 

Tweakie.

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: Impact engraving plugin

« on: February 16, 2011, 11:30:40 AM »

Stitos,

I am not at the same location as the machine but I think this profile is correct.

Tweakie.

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: Impact engraving plugin

« on: February 16, 2011, 10:27:54 AM »

Hi Stitos,

When raster scanning the axis has to accelerate from zero to full speed at the start of each line and then decelerate from full speed to zero at the end of each line (as defined under the motor tuning parameters). If the power level was not reduced proportional to the axis speed then the laser would cut deeper as it slows towards the end of travel.
Getting the power level and / or feed rate just right perhaps requires a bit of practice. 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Uneven cut on letters

« on: February 16, 2011, 10:15:16 AM »

Same way as posting pictures.
The file must have a name that has not been used before on the forum and a file extension must be from the approved list shown.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Uneven cut on letters

« on: February 16, 2011, 05:39:48 AM »

If you post your GCode I can check it on my machine and this will at least rule out the possibility of a problem with the code.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: need help conveting hpgl files to work on mach

« on: February 16, 2011, 05:15:55 AM »

Hi Larry,

Something I forgot to mention    is that LazyCam (part of Mach) will also convert your HPGL files to GCode. It takes a long while with some of the larger files but usually gets there in the end. LazyCam has the advantage of allowing easy deletion of unwanted vectors and the redefinition of the origin etc. etc. and may be your best option.

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: New Control Box for Milla

« on: February 16, 2011, 02:48:26 AM »

Nice work Barry.
You have been threatening to redo the control box for some time now - looks really neat and ought to work well (don't forget to stick a copy of your wiring diagram on the inside of the door).

Tweakie.