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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Laser cross hair tool position.

« on: April 02, 2009, 12:21:39 PM »

Rich,

Is your laser similar to the ones that Dave and I have (with chrome color case) or is it the one with brass color case ?.

Just curious.

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Finished my 4th axis

« on: April 02, 2009, 11:36:22 AM »

I am sure it will be quite stunning when it is done. When are you going to make a start on it ?.

Marcel would have you make one 1" OD with a dinky one just like it free and floating in the center.
What a challenge THAT would be !
Thanks,
RC

I think that Marcel is the one and only person who could make one that small RC.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Laser cross hair tool position.

« on: April 02, 2009, 11:26:30 AM »

Sorry to hear that you wasted $5 and that it is no good Rich.

As said in the posting above I have a beam width of less than 0.3mm and this is brilliant for a router but not for a mill perhaps.

Tweakie.

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Tutorials / Re: OEM Buttons Description

« on: April 02, 2009, 05:24:43 AM »

For those who follow - Hood has now compiled an .xls file of the OEM codes and this is attached below.

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Finished my 4th axis

« on: April 02, 2009, 02:11:11 AM »

Looking forward to seeing the end result Lemo. I think that the final finishing and polishing will take some hours to get anywhere near to the finish on that render.

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Laser cross hair tool position.

« on: April 02, 2009, 02:02:58 AM »

Bad joke perhaps but I am glad that somebody looks at my website. 

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Finished my 4th axis

« on: April 01, 2009, 11:21:44 AM »

Would that have been the 1st April last night ?   

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: My new CNC mill. JEH Guitars

« on: April 01, 2009, 08:08:58 AM »

That's great Jens - please post more pictures as you proceed.

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Laser cross hair tool position.

« on: April 01, 2009, 05:58:04 AM »

One thing that should perhaps be mentioned in this thread is the danger associated with using lasers.

These little cross hair pointers are rated at 5 mW max output but prolonged staring into the reflected beam may well cause irreversible eye damage. For tool setting the beam is only viewed for a few seconds and the worst that could happen here is perhaps a bit of after vision - a lot less damaging than looking into the sun for example.

For the measurements that I made in the above posting I wore protective goggles but these are rated for the 1064 nm YAG  laser that I am currently working on and they are only rated at Factor 4 for the 650 nm wavelength of the red pointers. If you are going to spend a lot of time staring at cross hair pointers please invest in a pair of glasses/goggles first - they also remove a lot of the fuzziness and make the beam appear much sharper.

Tweakie.   

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Finished my 4th axis

« on: April 01, 2009, 03:40:59 AM »

That certainly is 'Mighty Meaty Matey' - nice job.

Tweakie.