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Tangent Corner / im stumped....

« on: May 12, 2009, 05:10:10 PM »

ok so this picture has had a funny caption added.. i get that.. but look closely at it..


wearing leopardskin undies.. a helmet, ??clogs??  and dragging a ??baseball bat?? past burning debris..

WTF?

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General Mach Discussion / hole macro help please :)

« on: May 10, 2009, 05:41:26 AM »

Hi guys..

This may seem a simple task to the guru's here but after playing around with mach for a while i have to admit defeat (ie: i reached the threshold where i stop being obstinate and ask for help instead)

i have a repetitive task that need to happen for virtually every ring i cut. so i have the gcode saved on my desktop for it.. it simply drills a  hole (6mm hole with 3.17mm endmill)  in the middle of a hub in the centre of a ring to allow me to pick it up 90' to a finishing pass on my 4th axis.. i have been playing with MachScreen for tweaking my mach interface and i was thinking it would be cool to be able to add a button that would simply drill this hole for me. the example attatched is round but i hve a variety of hubs so i was hoping to add another screen to mach and have a few different hub buttons.. once i figure out how to add one the rest will be easy.. i hope

some clues to get me going in the right direction?

posting images and the gcode as an example.



Thanks in advance

Chris


[edit] aded rhino hub to help this post make more sense.. i hope

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Gertrude Gets Some!

« on: May 08, 2009, 12:40:24 AM »

Hi Folks..

been machining for a while with a roland mdx-15... outgrew that in about 3 months and moved on up to a Minitech minimill2..

I have only just finished setting her up about a month back and am now selling them in Australia for Jack.. made my first Sale/delivery/tram last week.

i love mach because it gives me control over my machine.. im looking at ways to jog more precisely than my keyboard will allow me and looking at using a gamepad or other analog device to make tiny incremental steps possible for "tip to tip" alignment in various passes.. no idea how to do this yet.. but im sharp.. i will figure it out

anyway here are some pics of my rig and some of my work off her..   she has been named Gertrude!


[edit]  no worries on external controller setup.. use search function Mr.Botha.. doh!
http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,1391.msg55538/topicseen.html#msg55538