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General Mach Discussion / Re: Drill Mill Hole Primer- Suggestions?

« on: November 16, 2013, 09:49:31 AM »

More info would be helpful to answering your question.  Are you wanting to cut slots, or drill deep?  Are you using a CAM program to generate gcode?

John Champlain

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Distance above material for rapid

« on: November 15, 2013, 09:08:53 AM »

The height should be settable in your gcode generator program, or changed manually in the gcode file itself.
John Champlain

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Elapsed Time counter bug?

« on: November 13, 2013, 07:21:32 PM »

The time counter stops counting when the last of a gcode file is loaded into the buffer (I think), not when the last command is executed.
John Champlain

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Copy Config

« on: November 13, 2013, 07:16:25 AM »

Roy,
I am running it on Win7 64 bit with no problems.  Try right clicking it and select 'Run as administrator'.
John Champlain

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Is there a low cost alternative Digital Step Drive?

« on: November 09, 2013, 04:27:07 PM »

Lloyd,
Depending u[on your requirements, this one is hard to beat, if you know how to solder.  http://www.hobbycnc.com/
John Champlain

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General Mach Discussion / Re: erratic behaviour after customizing screen

« on: November 08, 2013, 01:01:43 PM »

Pardon the question, but are you changing screen views, or profiles?
John Champlain

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Laser Diode Engraving

« on: November 08, 2013, 06:19:57 AM »

Here is a short video for those of you interested in laser diode engraving.
http://youtu.be/LlDgTUm8Fi0
John Champlain

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

« on: November 08, 2013, 06:16:45 AM »

Congratulations.  Well done.
John Champlain

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General Mach Discussion / Re: missing steps

« on: October 29, 2013, 10:42:18 AM »

Also check if you are running in exact stop mode (noisy) or CV mode (quiet and smooth).
John Champlain

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Laser Diode Engraving

« on: October 28, 2013, 02:11:30 PM »

I did this one today for the Brits here.

2 watt laser diode, .006 pixel resolution, 45° angle engraving 75 ipm max.
John Champlain