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LazyCam (Beta) / Trouble With Arcs

« on: December 29, 2008, 01:09:54 PM »

Hello,

I have the following .Lcam file, which is a guitar scratch plate.  However, when I try to lazy cam it, I get multiple chains for the main outline.  I would like it to cut in one continuous motion.  Anybody got any ideas?

I'm using LCam Version 3.00.

Thanks in advance, Guys

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General Mach Discussion / Re: uk suppliers of cnc motors

« on: June 20, 2008, 12:12:06 PM »

Excellent stuff guys,

Thanks for that, some very reasonable prices.

Aaron.

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General Mach Discussion / uk suppliers of cnc motors

« on: June 18, 2008, 12:58:12 PM »

Hi,

Can anyone advise on a good uk supplier of stepper motors/drivers for cnc milling etc?

Much appreciated,

Aaron.
Guernsey.

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General Mach Discussion / My Test Gantry

« on: June 06, 2008, 01:38:58 PM »

Hi,

Following on from our Lego CNC test,

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3-qbkDLeCs

We now present the metallic version with 3rd axis!

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDaqPkScv94

Mach3 Rules!

Thanks for the help guys,

Aaron

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General Mach Discussion / Re: quick plasma question

« on: May 23, 2008, 05:07:56 PM »

Thanks for the reply, Hood,

I'll give that a try - it seems to work quite happily in the MDI.  Will I be able to select this option for instance when importing a file from LazyCAM into Mach3?

Thanks,

Aaron.

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General Mach Discussion / quick plasma question

« on: May 23, 2008, 03:39:33 PM »

Hi,

I have mach3 on xp, which method is best to drive an external relay to switch the plasma on/off?  Is it in ports & pins> output signals> digial trig?

Thanks,

aaron.

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General Mach Discussion / Lego CNC

« on: March 29, 2008, 09:38:45 AM »

Hi Guys, Thanks for all the support via the previous threads, and I'm glad to show you my lego cnc.

Check it out here,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3-qbkDLeCs

Once again, thanks for all the help.

Aaron.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: newbie to cnc

« on: July 06, 2007, 02:54:30 PM »

hi, Brian, sorry for the long delay. 

I'm completely new to cnc but i have a bit of electronic/electric knowledge,

I have the single board which can control 3 motors in 3-axis mode.  Sounds like you have three individual single boards, but as i understand it, you can connect them up in series with the first board.  It says to not re-connect the power to each board, only the first. 

we followed the instructions that came with the driver board, seemed fairly straight forward, just check the motor wiring before you connect up because there's a few different ways of doing it for different motors.

Make sure you have a decent power supply, I used a 24v regulated supply, but when I was testing the motors with it, the maximum current when all three motors were running was about 1amp, so the driver boards are pretty good at not wasting power, so everything stays reasonably cool.  Our motors are 2.4A per phase.

the mach 2 demo software works well, we haven't got a gantry built yet, but the motors work all the same. 
 if you get stuck with it let me know, the program is complex, but it starts to make sense once you use it.

i guess by now you've proabably got it all working and know more than me!

thanks,

aaron.

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General Mach Discussion / newbie to cnc

« on: May 02, 2007, 01:16:44 PM »

hi,

i live in the uk, i can't seem to find a stockist of hobbycnc boards, I have found a place that does driver boards for steppers, aliencnc.

has anyone used aliencnc boards?  does anyone know where i can get the hobby cnc boards?

thanks in advance guys,

aaron.