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FAQs / Re: Laptop requirements with Mach 3

« on: July 05, 2008, 11:07:49 AM »

Since my post in February I have been wondering just why my Dell Inspiron (cheap but good spec) Laptop did not work well with Mach3 whereas an old (low spec) desktop worked so well. The answer has been found in the posting by 'DaveC' at :-   http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,3378.0.html.

An extract from his post is as follows :-

The secret is .... disable the ACPI driver!
Open the device manager and find the 'Computer' icon.
Click on the plus next to that and you will see something like Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) computer.  Chose the 'update driver' option and select 'Standard PC' as a replacement.
Windows demands a reboot after this, and a lot of the hardware had to be 'rediscovered' and reinstalled (all used drivers it knew about already, so was painless), another reboot for good measure and now it works flawlessly.

Thanks to DaveC my Dell Inspiron now works beautifully with Mach3 and I have every confidence it will solve all the issues mentioned by others (unfortunately not Dave's latitude D800 it would seem) in the above posts.

Tweakie.

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

« on: July 05, 2008, 09:53:39 AM »

Don't get too excited Budman - I work in millimeters not Inches.

(The G-Code had a F300 feedrate and this was increased to 150% within Mach3)

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

« on: July 04, 2008, 11:53:58 AM »

Sorry, I should have posted full details with the picture.

There were no tool changes and the cutter was 3.5 mm diameter as the one on the right in the picture here :-  http://www.flickr.com/photos/22267456@N05/2547381165/
However, I reground the end to make it more of a 'ball nosed shape' ( this took some time to do as the cutter is solid carbide and I do not have a diamond wheel ). The feed rate was F450 and the spindle speed was 3000 rpm. I took approx. 1 hour to cut.

Thanks to everyone for looking at my postings, I hope they have been of interest.

Tweakie.

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

« on: July 04, 2008, 02:29:53 AM »

Another Fleur, this time in mahogany and ready to be incorporated into a piece of furniture.

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

« on: June 30, 2008, 08:55:30 AM »

This sign from the Vectric VCarve pro examples took 15 minutes to cut ( not including the time it took me to change my trousers after a straight plunge heated the v-bit to red heat and could easily have caused a fire within the dust extraction ). To anybody else cutting this plaque - Use caution with the feed rates that have been set in the example - I had already reduced them to 30% within Mach3.

The end result is again a credit to Vectric and their wonderful set of programs. Like Budman68 said earlier 'save your pennies for this software' it's brilliant stuff.

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

« on: June 29, 2008, 10:12:15 AM »

It's mid afternoon on a hot summers day here in the UK. This is for all you guys with a thirst.

Cheers !!

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

« on: June 28, 2008, 05:51:31 AM »

Hi John,

I would really like to see a picture of that when you have carved it.

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

« on: June 27, 2008, 02:43:36 AM »

Brilliant work Budman.

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

« on: June 27, 2008, 02:33:48 AM »

This is a retry of a previous example - this time with a hardwood. Although a little sanding will be necessary the results are considerably better.

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

« on: June 26, 2008, 05:15:55 AM »

Another of the Vector Art 3D samples. This time smaller (10%) stepover and harder wood (ash, I think). Much better results but much longer cutting time.