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General Mach Discussion / Re: New PlugIn just about done..

« on: August 31, 2006, 12:47:34 PM »

Hi David:

  The inner and out rings being blank are normal.. We dont use them as yet. But the other buttons should work. You have to restart after checking the enable box though..

  Do you get a "ding" when you press a button?

Art

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New PlugIn just about done..

« on: August 27, 2006, 10:11:14 AM »

Hi:

 Not yet, but were pretty sure it will. We just need soemone with one to run soem tests for us when we're done. John has one and has volunteered to do so..

  Shouldnt be too long..

Art

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General Mach Discussion / New PlugIn just about done..

« on: August 25, 2006, 10:19:51 PM »

Hi Guys:

  We're adding a new device for pendents. Its easily available on the net, has a rudimentary MPG-like capability and 15 buttons. Here's a phot of what it looks like.. They can be picked up on Ebay pretty reasonbly , its name is a ShuttlePro. The new plugin handles it very nicely..

Art

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Digitizing

« on: August 21, 2006, 10:14:43 PM »

Hi Chad:

  I havent tried it on a g100 yet, Brian reports some trouble.. Ill be working on that soon..
but it really needs the next firmware for the speed of update..

Art

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Digitizing

« on: August 21, 2006, 09:13:34 PM »

Oh, heres the point cloud if anyone woudl like to play with it..


Art

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Digitizing

« on: August 21, 2006, 09:10:40 PM »

Hi Benny:

 I was a bit brief wasnt I?

  This was my test of th enew 3dProbing plugin. Its included in the latest versions. To use it, just turn it on in config/plugins, then restart. A new menu item "3d probing" will appear.
When you select it, you must have zeroed at the front left of your surface, doesnt matter where Z is, but it shoudl be 0 or less. Set a width and length of the surface, and a depth
for maximum probe stroke. The clearance shoudl be 1/5 of full probe deflection horizontally or less. .1mm is used above, this is th epullout distance on a collision. The point cloud above was made in
6 hours and comprises 65000 points or so. The completed point cloud was 95000 in 8 hours.

  This is reported now to be up to 10 times faster than the old methods of probing in MAch3, thats a huge increase. Very easy to run, very nice poitn cloud output. Im kinda pleased..

Art

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General Mach Discussion / Digitizing

« on: August 21, 2006, 07:30:04 PM »

Hi Guys:

  I promised soem photos of the digitized prop..

 65000 points, 6 hours. .5mm grid..

Art

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: John S Seig X3 conversion

« on: August 13, 2006, 08:58:44 AM »

Hi John:

  I agree. World class...An undoubted success story in the making..

 Even though I have a nice small mill, I droll over that one..  If I had my way, Id be stepping over the things just to get to my dungeon..

Art

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 4th axis runs too slow !!!!

« on: August 04, 2006, 03:05:05 PM »

Hi LArry:

 Yes, all else remains the same, it just fixes the feedrate to units/minute around the ouside circumferance on an object..

Regards,
Art

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 4th axis runs too slow !!!!

« on: August 04, 2006, 12:31:57 PM »

Hi Larry:

  On the settings page, there is a DRO labeled A-Axis rotational diameter.
Set it to the diamter of th eobject, or to .0001 , if .0001 is entered, then Mach will use the Z position as the diameter calculation,
it will then correct the feedrate..

Art