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

« on: December 28, 2014, 08:49:09 PM »

Tweakie,
Yet another very ingenious use of Mach3 and cnc from a master.
John

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Share Your GCode / Re: dfx files

« on: November 29, 2014, 11:32:08 AM »

Thanks for sharing Tony.
Much appreciated,
John Champlain

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General Mach Discussion / Re: First time user of this site with some basic level Mach3 questions.

« on: November 08, 2014, 12:55:45 PM »

William,
Yes to all three questions.

I respectfully advise you to continue researching what you want to do.  Others have been using cnc to cut foam wings for a few years, and many will have posted lots of exact answers to your questions.  A little time spent reading and studying now may save you headaches and wasted funds in the future.  I have never cut foam wings with cnc, so I'm not qualified to advise you with specific details.

Good luck, and enjoy,
John

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General Mach Discussion / Re: First time user of this site with some basic level Mach3 questions.

« on: November 07, 2014, 06:44:36 PM »

William,
I use some Gecko 210 drives, a couple of Gecko 251x drives, a Xylotex 3 axis, and a HobbyCNC 4 axis drive.  Although I don't have one, I do think that by far the Gecko 540 is probably the premiere cnc drive available today for hobby use.  A little more expensive maybe, but a solid performer from a first class manufacturer.

There are less expensive drives available that will give good results, and hopefully others here will advise you about them.

John

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General Mach Discussion / Re: First time user of this site with some basic level Mach3 questions.

« on: November 06, 2014, 08:46:49 PM »

William,
Sorry, I can't comment on that as I don't have any experience with the TB6560.
John

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General Mach Discussion / Re: First time user of this site with some basic level Mach3 questions.

« on: November 06, 2014, 08:19:34 PM »

William,
Yes, it does for me.  I'm typing now on a Win 8 64bit laptop with my UC100 connected and running in test mode
(UC100 not connected to stepper drivers).
John

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General Mach Discussion / Re: First time user of this site with some basic level Mach3 questions.

« on: November 06, 2014, 07:28:55 PM »

William,
I run my UC100 on my 64 bit laptop.  No need to reinstall 32 bit.  That's only needed for a parallel port and driver.

Good Luck with your new cnc hobby,
John Champlain

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General Mach Discussion / Re: round circle with perfect backlash on straight moves

« on: September 07, 2014, 09:22:54 AM »

What results do you get if you try small moves (0.005")?  Your problem may be axis "sticktion.''
John Champlain

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Please Help!!

« on: August 10, 2014, 09:18:11 AM »

This feature of your machine may be in need of better adjustment if possible (X/Y Anti backlash Rack and Pinion).  Run a good backlash test to see if there is any looseness.  The machine is listed with X,Y,Z, Traveling Position Accuracy of +/- .002", which seems rather "loose" to me.
John Champlain

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Homemade CNC wood planner

« on: May 09, 2014, 03:41:07 PM »

" I have a relationship Z=f(X)"

Mach3 has a formula function which may work for your needs.
See Function CFg's. > Formulas

John Champlain