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

« on: August 02, 2010, 12:26:13 PM »

If I get some more spare time tomorrow I will get the other two arms made, then this little part will be more or less complete.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 and the use of a CMM as an engraver

« on: August 02, 2010, 08:59:18 AM »

I have never seen inside the bellows covers on one of these but due to high accuracy they operate at I would suspect micrometer type screw threads with anti-backlash nuts.

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Harbor Freight 12X36 (not CNC)

« on: August 02, 2010, 02:38:19 AM »

As long as you use it to make bits for the Duke then that's OK with me 

Nice buy Sam.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Crooked Cuts?

« on: August 01, 2010, 06:08:43 AM »

Erikgolson,

If it's the GS... made by Magnum Technologies then I think it will have servo motors (which I know nothing about).

Can you establish if your machine is servo or stepper motor driven ?.

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!

« on: August 01, 2010, 01:56:13 AM »

Hi JimiG,

Welcome to the forum.

Not many check this thread so it would be better for you to post your question under the General Mach Discussion section where I am sure you will get a swift response.

Tweakie.

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

« on: July 31, 2010, 01:23:00 AM »

Excellent Sam, glad to see some more progress on the Duke.

Tweakie.

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

« on: July 30, 2010, 08:53:38 AM »

Hi Guys,

Thanks for your comments and the information you have provided, it is much appreciated. Please keep your input coming.

What I am trying to do here is not new, nor is it cutting edge technology, or anything like that, it has all been done already – what I am attempting to do is to show that a ‘home built’ machine running Mach 3 can make a pretty good job of doing what the professional machines costing real mega bucks are doing right now. It probably won’t be many years before we all have a 3D printer sitting on our desks but until then we just have to get by, best we can.

Friday is a slack day for me, so I have spent most of the morning making this little actuator. Internally it has a spring and it operates just like a roller blind mechanism. It’s purpose it to provide the Z2 lift for my new ‘build jig’ which is slowly progressing. More photo’s to follow soon.

Tweakie

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General Mach Discussion / Re: A definitive answer on dual processors...

« on: July 29, 2010, 04:07:32 AM »

I think the OS decides which processor to use for any one task and doesn't make this a user selectable thing. Or does it ?.
It was certainly shown in the early R.I.S.C. computers that multiple processors allowed multitasking and faster throughput of code but that was before the availability of 3GHz plus home PC's.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: OpenGL error for lazycam and lazyturn

« on: July 28, 2010, 08:15:45 AM »

OK.
How about the latest Open GL drivers ?  http://www.driverboost.com/lp/drivers/update/video/Opengl-Drivers.php

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: OpenGL error for lazycam and lazyturn

« on: July 28, 2010, 07:31:28 AM »

This is, I think, a computer thing related to the Flash screens.
If you go to the Microsoft site and download the latest Flash Player or Flash Player update it should solve the problem.

Tweakie.