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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 in relation to alphaCam

« on: October 14, 2010, 11:38:38 AM »

I have been quiet lucky that I have been given a machine PC that has a good install of solid works and solidCAM and alphacam.
I only asked about the 3dsmax as I have used it before and a little more familiar with that.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Starting from scratch.

« on: October 13, 2010, 07:17:19 PM »

thanks for that Sam I see what you mean now. Dohh its been a long day for me but yeh thats a great idear and I have just got a copy of windows 7 in 32bit what luck.....    Sam you are the MAN lol

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Starting from scratch.

« on: October 13, 2010, 08:07:23 AM »

hmm cambam os looking hopefull will hae to look into this.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Starting from scratch.

« on: October 13, 2010, 04:38:30 AM »

thanks for that guys I will look into cambam. I think the os on my laptop may be a pain to change as its still under warranty

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Starting from scratch.

« on: October 12, 2010, 07:39:05 PM »

Well I have been talking to some people on here and CNC zone to see what is a good starting package to settle down with for CAD and CAM.
I am def staying with mach3 there is no way I would change that it's just finding the right software to go with it that I can afford and not have to ditch when I move onto bigger things (positive thinking here lol).
I have a student copy of alphaCam and also solidworks 2010  I bought a copy of solidcam2008 but the dam thing will not run on my laptop 64bit so a little cheesed off at that but well at leaset I know now.
So I need somthing in the hobby/ very small business price range so whats your thoughts on this?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Starting from scratch.

« on: October 11, 2010, 10:21:30 AM »

A very nice man from Cardiff is retro fitting them to run on windows XP that will have mach3 running on it.
In fact he has given one pc for each machine. The fun bit is the differance in the mach3 and the alphaCam we use at college. You did a translation not so long back for me to see the differance.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Starting from scratch.

« on: October 11, 2010, 07:19:50 AM »

I have got a Denford starturn and starmill comming about 2 weeks.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Starting from scratch.

« on: October 11, 2010, 06:23:25 AM »

My aim is to do the small jobs and one off's. I will be working from home to start with.
I will start with small tank barrels for models etc and silencers and other tech bits for guns

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General Mach Discussion / Starting from scratch.

« on: October 10, 2010, 07:33:15 PM »

Hello all My name is Rik And I am from th UK east coast, Hull.

My wife says I'm having a mid life hell I'm only 37.
Anyway got the news going to be laid off in December, work at the same place for over 3 years now but chane is afoot so last in first out.

I have always wanted to machine mill and lathe I was a thin plate welder for a long while.
I had a bit of a car accident and this left me disabled can not lift very well, I managed to stick a steering wheel in my chest.

So moved into computers and networking its good but there is nothing to show for your work at the end of the day and I miss this.
So I have gone to college and enroled on a course to learn CNC machining Both CNC
I love the course so have nade the jump to buy a small lathe and milling machine.
I have not got them yet but every sat morning and sunday is now spent reading manuals etc to be able to at least have a go on the machines when we get them here.

So This will be a blogg of the ups and downs as I try to turn a hobby into a bussines from home to start and then just to see what goes.

I may well from time to time ask questions as I belive we need to pass on the knowlage or it will be lost.

So please bear with me  and point me true when I go a stray lol

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: New to this so sorry for dumbnes

« on: October 08, 2010, 09:18:56 AM »

Ah right thank you I will know more then I get the machines and get a chance to play with them sorry Work on them lol