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Share Your GCode / Re: Chucks Deer V carve engraving

« on: March 06, 2012, 10:30:31 AM »

this is part of the venture.

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Share Your GCode / Re: Chucks Deer V carve engraving

« on: March 05, 2012, 03:21:06 PM »

well i was able to down size the file. i used bobcad to do it and what a pain in the butt to get it done but it worked. i took a pic. of it and that ropr border of another part but i cant seem to load them on this reply. need some help please.

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Share Your GCode / Re: Chucks Deer V carve engraving

« on: March 05, 2012, 10:06:28 AM »

thanks for the reply. the rope border is from vector art. i am not sure if it will work on anyother program than theirs. it is a 3vm. their program is free. its called 3vm machinist and then you have to purchace the models. i am not to good at this cad thing but its a work in progress. i can't seem to load it in this reply either. i'll keep trying.

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Share Your GCode / Re: Chucks Deer V carve engraving

« on: March 05, 2012, 09:19:48 AM »

ibb, what program do you use to down size the deer? i was thinking of making some coasters out of 3.25 dia. aluminum with a rope boarder on the outside edge. the total id. counter bore is 2.875 x.o84 deep. thats where the deer will be placed. just wondering. thanks. tom

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Tangent Corner / Re: screen setting

« on: February 04, 2012, 09:20:55 AM »

well i finally got to get back to my problem after takeing care of some personal problems on the home front. come to find out that the monitor that i got for christmas is not suitable for cad design thus the term wide screen. i did find the hidden buttons for the menu and went through the menu to find the full and wide setting and all is good.i dont have the full screen view but it is larger than the old monitor and i can view it as a normal drawing. so just a big thankyou to ger21 for your response. didnt know you were so close to me. i'm in brooklyn, mi. jackson county. thanks again, tom

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Tangent Corner / Re: screen setting

« on: January 31, 2012, 05:25:13 PM »

i agree with you on getting rid of bob cad. i did get into the display settings and not to much i can do to resolve this. i am at the max now. i'll figure somthing out. thanks anyway.

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Tangent Corner / screen setting

« on: January 31, 2012, 01:24:50 PM »

i hope someone can help. just got a new 20 in. flat screen for my pc. its a hp windows xp. now when i open up my bobcad and just put a circle in the drawing frame it looks like an egg. how can i fix this? thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Re: N00b needs help: Collet slipage on MaxNC/Taig style holder

« on: April 12, 2011, 08:52:10 AM »

i've had that problem once. 4 flute, depth of cut and the style of grind on the cutter is all a factor. changed to a cutter that is made (ground ) for al. and soft metals worked great. ER collets will have slippage if the cutter force is to great. try to use 2 flute and look in your tool supplier for cutters for al. good luck

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General Mach Discussion / Re: start-up

« on: March 15, 2011, 09:50:17 AM »

ok that worked. thankyou very much.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: start-up

« on: March 15, 2011, 09:38:28 AM »

well i tried it and it didn't work. any other ideas?