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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: My first attempts at laser engraving.

« on: May 08, 2009, 02:36:13 PM »

one day when im big i will give this a try

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

« on: May 08, 2009, 07:40:45 AM »

cut these on a customers mill I installed and trammed this week...3 sided cut and i think its pretty well trammed   (Z is a touch off in flip cuts resulting in feint +-15 micron ledge in lower image.... i will live with it )

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Video P*r*o*b*i*n*g / Re: Webcam while running Mach

« on: May 08, 2009, 05:32:42 AM »

i setup remote desktop with a live video feed and mach3 from my garage to my lounge without errors. video at 320x240 rgb and ms remote desktop set so lan experience. my controller pc is a 3.2ghz HT intel with 1gb of ram...

i do experience some glitches when i run huge paths tho and have toolpath display on... random direction reversal etc. by default i kill toolpath display now once i have verified visually that it looks like what i pathed      (cuz sometimes i path on whiskey and dont save toolpaths with descriptive names)

i am in process of setting up a 8MP cam against Z assemble looking down spindle to help me with X alignment on flip+rotary jobs for tip to tip alignment. so far no glitches.

any other jewellers using this sort of arrangement? im simply doing this cuz the angles to try get into mill with a 10x loupe are just not good.

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

« on: May 08, 2009, 12:43:06 AM »

et al

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

« on: May 08, 2009, 12:42:07 AM »

and more.. 4 pics per post???

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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

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!

« on: May 08, 2009, 12:25:57 AM »

no worries will get to it soon.. busy trying to force regular XP to read a XPMCE remote so i can jog my mill with it.. im left handed in a right handed workshop and everything is back to front! 

not winning the fight.. but i dont go down easy...

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!

« on: May 07, 2009, 11:41:17 PM »

Hi Guys!

been a while coming..

 have had mach3 up and running for a while now, cutting jewelery models on my minitech4axis and figured its about time i get on over here and peek under its hood..

regards
Chris