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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / I'm in Hog Heaven

« on: June 20, 2010, 11:17:20 PM »

Been learning to use Mach3 and my Router with some Logos I recreated. Now I am hooked on finding spalding maple, wavy patterns & curly burl. Every wood pile I pass I stop and ask if I can look for unique grain and knots. Meeting some real characters. I'm sure that's what they say about me too. 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: auto Z setter adjusting

« on: June 20, 2010, 08:55:08 PM »

So adding a capacitor across the contacts is the only way to control the responsiveness?

Thanks for the explanation on the probe exception.

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: How to run a script after each Gcode in single step mode

« on: June 20, 2010, 07:43:55 PM »

Gcode or Ladder? Id never use Gcode to control a press. Seems too scary to me.

You would never pass an OSHA safety reg. Keep your phone handy to call 911.
No way to stop it in cycle and now days you have to have that feature on a PP
You might beable to write a brain function to emulate a timed double palm button safety interlock.
But no way to stop it once press is tripped. I dont think the brain is fast enough for that.
There are so many better and safer ways. Just be careful.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: auto Z setter adjusting

« on: June 20, 2010, 05:42:27 PM »

Does debounce come into use only if he is using a micro switch to detect instead of completing a circuit by shorting an input?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: DRO display

« on: June 20, 2010, 04:44:33 PM »

GetDRO(816) '=Curr Line Number DRO
GetDRO(828) '=Jog Inc DRO

Remember what you are sending is a character string of many characters depending on the LCD display.
So you will have to send them all at once and format them the way you want to display them.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: worm gear cad design

« on: June 20, 2010, 08:04:55 AM »

how about a logarithm  
http://www.sosmath.com/algebra/logs/log4/log4.html

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Announcement: MachStdMill screen set - release target

« on: June 20, 2010, 07:50:51 AM »

Don't shoot the messenger, just some first impressions

Both the Speed and Feed DRO's values are clipped. Seems like the DRO boxes are too wide for the font used.
Not sure I understand The green button theme, does it mean (go/ be careful / look at me / I'm special)

I'd always hoped you would have put the graphics screen next to the gcode. Find myself looking back and forth from one side of the screen to the other when finding a start point after an issue. (Wish there was a search feature, find tool number# or jump back to Z+1 clear plane)

I do like the Yellow Axis labels, classy.

Overall it is an improvement, tedious work. Good job

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Machscreen Screen Designer / Re: JogBall Issues

« on: June 16, 2010, 09:18:04 PM »

It's a graphical way to jog in two axis's at a time.

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Machscreen Screen Designer / Re: JogBall Issues

« on: June 16, 2010, 04:41:16 PM »

I thank you and bow to your expertise.
 

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Machscreen Screen Designer / Re: JogBall Issues

« on: June 16, 2010, 12:34:59 PM »

It's been a month. Is this jogball feature not supported?

Or was it created from a different program?

no one chimed in on the physical size limitations either.