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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: August 10, 2008, 05:14:57 AM »

Nice machine Dave - looks like you have built it to last.
What diameter are the Y axis rails please ?.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: How to wire steppers???

« on: August 04, 2008, 09:29:28 AM »

Well done guys - a most educational thread.

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

« on: August 04, 2008, 08:43:38 AM »

Very nice and very professional work !

It's so good I felt that I just had to add my comments.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Klinger MD44

« on: August 02, 2008, 11:10:58 AM »

The Klinger MD4 is a driver - the max power available for each axis is only 200mA which rather limits it's usefulness for CNC applications.

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

« on: July 26, 2008, 08:21:57 AM »

You have certainly made some wonderful stuff there Jack.

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

« on: July 21, 2008, 10:57:21 AM »

Brilliant work and brilliant workmanship !

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FAQs / Re: Laptop requirements with Mach 3

« on: July 17, 2008, 08:22:12 AM »

Quite right about pin voltage but whether it works or not is Dependant on the tolerance of the driver card used (mine is a 'stepmaster' and this works just fine). The previous posts relate to running the driver test and disabling the ACPI driver to smoothe things out a little. Some thing in life will probably always remain a mystery though.

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Share Your GCode / Re: GCode Sharing

« on: July 13, 2008, 02:13:32 PM »

Thanks for all the complements. You can download Mach1 filter from here :-

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,6544.0.html

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Share Your GCode / Re: GCode Sharing

« on: July 13, 2008, 07:55:02 AM »

Plexiglas is opaque perspex - the type of stuff used on the surface of light boxes (by pcb makers) or for outdoor illuminated shop signs. It is the same color right through. Lithophanes are made by converting a photo or other image to a 'height map' which is then used to produce the GCode. 'Mach1 filter' will do this job converting .bmp or .hpgl files to GCode (it can be downloaded from the Artsoft site). The height map is used in reverse (negative) so that white is cut deep and black is cut shallow, if at all. The litho is back lit, the ones shown above are just stood on a window sill and that does it just fine. Please check out my website for further details  http://www.cooperman.talktalk.net

Tweakie.

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

« on: July 10, 2008, 08:39:03 AM »

Brilliant, just brilliant.