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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 ?.

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

« on: October 10, 2008, 03:10:31 AM »

A big thanks to Kent for a copy of his code. Such a wonderful white tiger.
I reduced the image to 1/2 size but even then it took over 8 hours to complete the 342,000 lines of code.
I have included images of the finished lithophane, the half way stage (after 4 hours) and how I amused myself in between doing other things on what will probably be one of our last summer days this year here in the UK.

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: How to Occupy Your Spare Time

« on: October 10, 2008, 02:34:57 AM »

Brilliant work.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Newbie to forum, Pinnacle universal mill retrofit.

« on: October 07, 2008, 06:07:32 AM »

Nice work - my complements.