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FAQs / Re: newbei: what to buy for my 1st CNC ?

« on: August 16, 2010, 09:20:48 AM »

and to Tweakie:
did you hear about BAD Result of the Chinese boards and motors, because i do intend to use them???

Oh yes - there are plenty of bad reports on all Chinese stuff but I think that if you buy ebay the suppliers want to maintain a good rating and don't send you the rubbish.

Perhaps I have been lucky, perhaps you will be lucky also 

Tweakie.

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FAQs / Re: newbei: what to buy for my 1st CNC ?

« on: August 16, 2010, 04:39:07 AM »

I spent quite a long time reading the postings on this site before building my own machine from scratch. The first thing that I noticed is that everybody does things differently, there are no two machines exactly the same which is great. This means that there is plenty of scope to personalize your own machine to your own needs and yet still have an accurate and reliable result. Just keep collecting others ideas then apply the best to your own machine.
Incidentally I have had good results with the cheap Chinese driver boards (4 machines to date) they are cheap enough to be throw away items if anything goes wrong but for long term reliability, value and good back-up service the Gecko stuff takes some beating.
Take a look at my website, it may give you some ideas. http://www.cooperman.talktalk.net/

Good fortune with your build.

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: I'm in Hog Heaven

« on: August 16, 2010, 01:55:48 AM »

Awesome. Really nice work.

Tweakie.

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

« on: August 15, 2010, 12:48:13 PM »

Hi Sam,

I think the foot was done with Adobe Illustrator.

I really wish I could do everything in arcs. I think I asked this question before but how do I do it in arcs please ?

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!

« on: August 15, 2010, 12:35:54 PM »

Hi John,

Welcome to the forum.

You need to post your questions under the General Mach Discussion section as not all members check this section on a regular basis.
(the usual cause of these problems is the keyboard settings under the Regional Languages tab in Windows Control panel)

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Our 2440 x 1220mm CnC Router Builds

« on: August 15, 2010, 07:38:59 AM »

Excellent build Guys - you are going to have some fun with those bruisers 

Tweakie.

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

« on: August 15, 2010, 04:06:18 AM »

Ooops, forgot to say thank you.

Thank you Sam. Your help and support is much appreciated.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!

« on: August 15, 2010, 04:01:41 AM »

Hi Tony and Paul,

Welcome to the forum.
We all love pictures here so if you could post some pics of your machines etc perhaps under the 'Show n tell your Machines' section that would be really great.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Non-integrated Video Card with 32MB RAM

« on: August 15, 2010, 01:05:00 AM »

Glad you got it sorted Bob. 

Tweakie.

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

« on: August 14, 2010, 01:53:07 PM »

Sam,

I don't know what to say - you are just awesome.

Tweakie.