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General Mach Discussion / Re: Video Montoring With Sound

« on: January 13, 2012, 06:25:29 PM »

I would not add the video and audio to my Mach PC. Maybe you could search survellance and find a stand alone option for that. I use VNC to make people think I have a ghost in my shop.

Brett

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Need Digital Thermometer Support

« on: January 13, 2012, 06:00:08 PM »

Not sure if this will help but do a google search for Max6675. Maybe it or related products will give you what you want. Maybe you could use this and map them to some DROs? I'm just thinking out loud about where I would start looking for a solution. There may be others out there that would suite you better.

Brett

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General Mach Discussion / Re: rounded off corners

« on: January 12, 2012, 05:47:35 PM »

Quote

I raised this about 4 years ago but can't seem to find where. See attached where I've edited the paragraph.

Sorry I missed this Ian, I'll edit the doc. to reflect your findings.

Brett

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General Mach Discussion / Re: help in understanding CV stop at >

« on: January 11, 2012, 07:26:02 PM »

Scott, this may help you understand the settings.

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,7923.0.html

Brett

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: My build

« on: January 09, 2012, 05:53:10 PM »

If you like it I love it because it is what you need. It looks good. I have seen much heavier machines but as long as its right for you then its perfect.

Brett

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Feed Hold bugs

« on: January 09, 2012, 05:47:34 PM »

Feedhold in Arcs is a touchy situation. When you hit feedhold in a arc all of the math that has been done to accout for velocity and blending axis gets thrown out the window and the primary concern at that time is to bring Mach to a controlled stop ASAP. The only way I know to over come this is to rewind the g code, ref the machine and start back on the line before the arc. This is how we do it on fanucs as well. We usually use the feedrate override and turn it 0 when setting up a machine.

Shifting orgin in a pause state is a no no IMO. Not that a prep move or similar cant be done to compensate but I personally would never do that. All of the tool path planning is done either at rewind or run from here (I think). If you pause and reset the orign where is the extra move going to come from to adjust the tool path?

Brett

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Tangent Corner / Re: over 18/21

« on: January 06, 2012, 08:21:45 PM »

Ian, I think one of the main ingredients is Etheline glycol (antifreeze). No Thanks. I have seen them and tried one. I thought it was great. A friend told me about the bad side and I have not done any research myself so take it with a grain of salt. I still just burn the real ones but i do have some nicorette gum.