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General Mach Discussion / Re: Post order?

« on: October 16, 2008, 12:17:12 PM »

Hi Deadguy71,

I think you are saying just what we all thought when we first joined the forum or started out on CNC. Everything is a compromise between performance/ size/ cost/ knowledge/ etc/ etc/ etc. and we all have to start somewhere.

For my part I started by obtaining as many parts as I could that were going cheap on ebay then designing around them. If I started again from scratch I would surely have a different machine entirely - but one thing that would be the same is Mach3, everything has to be designed around this in my opinion.

If you have time and the inclination take a look at my website to see the direction I took.  http://www.cooperman.talktalk.net/

Best regards.

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: A BIG mistake.

« on: October 13, 2008, 09:22:09 AM »

Just checking that you are all on your toes and trying to bring a smile.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / A BIG mistake.

« on: October 13, 2008, 08:42:53 AM »

The welding all seemed to go so well, the mistake was only noticed after the painting had been completed.

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Some new toys for my Taig

« on: October 13, 2008, 08:23:44 AM »

You have to be careful what's in the pictures you post Dave because that Sam has eagle eyes and he does not miss a thing.

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Routing Wood

« on: October 12, 2008, 12:27:51 PM »

                                                  FOR SALE

4 piece jigsaw puzzles - not too difficult - would suit adult with a mental age of 4 months.
Offers invited








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

« on: October 12, 2008, 12:19:24 PM »

Thanks Sam
Thanks Kent

I am going to start looking for it.

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FAQs / Re: Laptop requirements with Mach 3

« on: October 12, 2008, 05:10:19 AM »

Good advice Rich - I agree with all of that.

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

« on: October 11, 2008, 09:09:15 AM »

Hi Kent,

I think you said that you used 'Corian' which is perhaps not so prone to melting as the 'Plexiglas' that I used so I had to reduce the feed rates quite a lot. Not sure if I can buy Corian here in the UK but it seems a good material to use for all sorts of jobs.

Once again, many thanks for the code.

btw. If you post any more Lithophanes I will be on the scrounge for the code you know.

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FAQs / Re: Laptop requirements with Mach 3

« on: October 11, 2008, 08:59:34 AM »

Glad you got it sorted Jason.

This forum has certainly helped me resolve a lot of issues and also taught me a great deal about CNC in general.

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Home-Brew router in process - can't wait to cut!!

« on: October 10, 2008, 04:52:44 AM »

I wonder what 'tube type computers' are exactly ?.