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Finished Screens / Re: 4 axis hot wire foam cutter screen

« on: May 23, 2016, 10:04:41 AM »

Nice screen.  Curious, how do you generate the gcode to use with it?

Am fiddling with a 4 axis cutter now, have an old MM2001 and was going to use GMFC, but wondering if I should just go with mach and a 'normal' controller.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach 3 requirements...

« on: May 15, 2016, 10:51:11 AM »

Craig, yeah I bought a j1800 itx board that is similar, dual core celeron.  Just got it running yesterday, went with win 7 32 bit because I am using the PP.   So far seems to run ok. 

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Will MACH3 ever support 64-bit systems? Officially? FYI, it's 2010

« on: May 14, 2016, 01:08:06 AM »

The fact of the matter is that it's just not possible to do what Mach3 does on a 64 bit OS.

WHAT?

That doesn't make a bit of sense.  How on earth would a 64bit OS not be able to handle what a 32 bit OS can do?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach 3 requirements...

« on: May 07, 2016, 03:03:30 PM »

Yeah, I did a bit of digging and it seems that requirement is no longer valid for modern machines.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach 3 requirements...

« on: May 07, 2016, 12:33:46 PM »

What really kills me is the 'non-integrated video card)... is that really going to make things not run correctly?    Does anyone run all this on the integrated video?    Can't put together a lower power mini-itx in a small box AND have a non-integrated video card.   Kind of a pain in the butt.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach 3 requirements...

« on: May 07, 2016, 11:18:28 AM »

So the answer is:  No.

Nothing has changed in 9 years.  Thanks.

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General Mach Discussion / mach 3 requirements...

« on: May 07, 2016, 10:40:27 AM »

Have an old PC running mach 3 for my cnc router.  Every now and then having issues booting it up.  So was looking to replace it, but wanted to see if newer versions of mach 3 are now better with newer pc support.  I know previously it was no 64 bit windows, and loads of issues with pci parallel ports vs on board ports.  Just wondering if all that remains the same as years ago.

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: 4 axis foam cutter

« on: May 07, 2016, 10:37:00 AM »

Great stuff, have been considering putting together a foam machine like this, just a bit limited on space with my cnc router filling most of my space.    What software do you use to create the shapes and set up the cuts in mach?

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

« on: October 09, 2012, 07:12:46 PM »

Thanks.   Another one done today, about 5x5 inches..

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

« on: October 08, 2012, 10:27:35 PM »

I am back at using my machine.  Taking a bit of a different approach to the lithos, working on fine resolution in smaller images.   This one is 2.5" by about 3.3" ... and I love the detail, wisps of hair, facial details I couldn't get using a 1/16 BN...