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General Mach Discussion / Re: Newbie needs help

« on: March 07, 2009, 02:55:18 AM »

Very strange that the laptop will show all the code and the desktop will not. I wonder if the laptop would actually run all the code without having the licensed version installed ?.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Newbie needs help

« on: March 06, 2009, 03:57:15 AM »

Check your Cut2D GCode for G50 (reset scale factors) and G20/G21 (units Inch/mm) and correct if necessary.

Hope this helps.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Missed steps after upgrade

« on: March 06, 2009, 03:36:29 AM »

You could also try selecting 'Sherline mode' under the 'Ports and Pins' menu.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: What is your trade?

« on: March 03, 2009, 07:29:53 AM »

Hi Rich,

You really should not have told anyone, especially Sam, about the 'Pecker' nickname - I think you know just know what's going to happen now.

Tweakie.

btw. I'm just a boring old electronics engineer - nothing special ever happens in electronics.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: My homemade cnc router

« on: March 02, 2009, 07:31:17 AM »

Brilliant work there Brian. Incidentally my friends just look at me and smile if I mention CNC - They think I am nuts, perhaps they are right.

Tweakie.

(Your workshop looks about as tidy as mine does).

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General Mach Discussion / Re: "Wizards--Circular Pocket" setting

« on: March 02, 2009, 03:17:52 AM »

Hi Richard,

For me the best thing about CNC is the learning experience so I recommend that you try various combinations to find what is best for your machine and material you are using.

To start, try using a piece of MDF (beaverpuke) this is soft enough to tolerate high feed rates (or mistakes) without damaging the cutting tool. As for a starting place you could try the following:-

X centre 0
Y centre 0
Pocket Dia +20
% Stepover 25
Feedrate +100
Rapid height +1
Feed Plunge +2
Depth +10
Ramp dist +2
Tool dia +4
Step depth +2
Units mm

All the best,

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: "Wizards--Circular Pocket" setting

« on: March 01, 2009, 03:53:06 AM »

Just one thing that I found with the pocket wizard - If you are milling deep pockets (say 15mm deep with 2mm pecks) it saves a considerable amount of time if you edit the wizard produced GCode to remove the unnecessary +Z moves in between each of the step depth increments. This is not difficult to do and as I said it does save a considerable amount of machine time.

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: This program will not run on Mach3

« on: February 28, 2009, 12:28:42 PM »

Hi Brian,

I don't know if you are cutting the part or engraving/drawing it. Assuming the profile was to be engraved I have converted your dxf to GCode (using Vistool 6) and the file is attached for you to look at.

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: This program will not run on Mach3

« on: February 28, 2009, 07:54:02 AM »

Hi Brian,

Click on 'Additional Options' then see 'Attach' use the 'Browse' to select the file (note only certain file types are allowed) then post.

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: This program will not run on Mach3

« on: February 28, 2009, 02:47:01 AM »

You have not succeeded in attaching the code Brian.

Tweakie.