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General Mach Discussion / Re: GREMLINS in the works

« on: August 13, 2013, 07:13:07 AM »

 Thanks for the info ger21, it seems to have worked.

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General Mach Discussion / GREMLINS in the works

« on: August 11, 2013, 07:03:21 AM »

Hi there, after solving the PC problem by buying another PC, I have found some "gremlins in the works", I keep getting a re-set signal when running Mach3, error report shows "driver watch dog triggered" or "limit switch triggered" I can understand it if the cnc machine was even turned on but it is not even connected!!!! any one out there with any thoughts or ideas I would greatly appreciate hearing from you.

Regards
Nick   

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General Mach Discussion / Re: To XP or not to XP

« on: August 11, 2013, 06:58:16 AM »

Thanks rcaffin, I agree with you,I have solved the problem and still running windows xp, must update the service pack one day,

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General Mach Discussion / Re: To XP or not to XP

« on: August 08, 2013, 11:57:24 PM »

Thanks Tweakie, That is my intention, but good second hand PC are getting very scarce, I may have to purchase a few of them and save them for a later date, unless we hear about Mach4 and what format it will run under and what cost it will be to up-date, until then I will be hunting down older Pc's.

Regards
Nick

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General Mach Discussion / To XP or not to XP

« on: August 08, 2013, 08:51:01 AM »

Hi there, I just had a break down with my computer, it was an old PC with a printer port, when I asked about up- dating my computer to a new one I was told that to buy a new PC with a printer port was nearly impossible because the new PC have USB ports instead, and  XP may not be compatible with the faster machines, my question is will Mach3 run on windows7 no Vista without any problems? or do I look for another second hand PC which will use XP if a copy is still available?

Regards
Nick

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: My nearly completed cnc ruter

« on: July 13, 2013, 05:23:25 AM »

Very nice build! Certainly one to be proud of. Big fan of the hammered finish! You just don't see it much anymore. What a shame, it adds allot of glitz and flash to looks. Thank you for sharing with us!

it is nearly completed

Interesting term, this "completed" word you use. I've seen it before describing a machine build, but it's always used with other words such as "nearly" or "almost". If you ever get there, clue us all in, we would love to actually see one. Personally I think it's a myth like the chupacabra or bigfoot.

Hi  Sam, I think you may have hit the nail on the head, you always tend to find something to alter or up grade!

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: My nearly completed cnc ruter

« on: July 12, 2013, 07:03:16 AM »

Greetings Naijin,
  That is a very professional looking build ! I especially like the low profile, rigidity and wide footprint of the gantry.
This should contribute to fine, stable performance.
You are to be commended and should be proud of your accomplishments.
Great work,
Russ
 


WOW, that is a very impressive build you have there cnc dick !
Very well deserving of it's own thread in the Show and Tell forum.
I'll split this post accordingly, feel free to post more details and hopefully, some cool projects produced by this fine piece of workmanship.

Regards,
Russ

Thanks Russ, as soon as it operational with the big spindle I am hoping to start a few projects, and will post them.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: My nearly completed cnc ruter

« on: July 12, 2013, 07:01:26 AM »

Very cool build, may I ask what spindle you're running in there? Looks like and ER style collet setup?

Thanks for sharing,
Dave

Hi Dave, the spindle is a 12 volt dc and has an 11ER collet set up, very cheap on e-bay $69.00AU from China, runs real good  but only good for small carving jobs with timber plastics etc but a bit underpowerd and slow for Aluminium.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: My nearly completed cnc ruter

« on: July 11, 2013, 06:03:12 AM »

Hi Dickeybird, the X- travel is 850mm, the Y- travel is 720mm Z- travel is 150mm, the paint is called hammered finish it comes in four different colours and in a spray can, purchased at the local hardware store, it does not need primming just clean and spray.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / My nearly completed cnc ruter

« on: July 10, 2013, 06:57:51 AM »

I have been building this machine for nearly 18 months, it is nearly completed except for some of the finer details, they seem to take the longest time to complete