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

« on: July 27, 2006, 10:42:20 PM »

John:

 Very Sweet!!!!!

Art

(What software is running that puppy. :- )   )

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Tool path display not properly showing part

« on: July 27, 2006, 10:38:18 PM »

Hi:

  Press the Display button, it may be set to table display instead of job display..

Regards,
Art

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Precious Metal Clay in CNC.

« on: July 20, 2006, 06:44:10 PM »

Scabby Camera.. :-) , its a webcam, I dont have a digital that will zoom in very well, My digital is pretty old.. I guess I better start looking for a proper 6MP camera.. just to keep
picky bastards like yourself happy. :-) ..LOL..


Art

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Precious Metal Clay in CNC.

« on: July 20, 2006, 08:10:42 AM »

Hi Barry:

PMC clay was invented 10 years ago by Mitsubishi . It comes in many temp ranges and types. You can even fire some types in an oven.
DO a google for "PMC Clay". I used PMC3 , but there are many types..  All you need is the ability to cut wax (any system will do that very fast and accuratley but you want machining wax. (Cheap on Ebay)..

Art

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Precious Metal Clay in CNC.

« on: July 19, 2006, 10:51:53 PM »

Hi Guys:

  I was asked by a couple of people who knew I was playing while on vacation with PMC. (Precious metal clay. ), to post some photos and explanations..OK.. here goes. :-)

PMC is a clay which when fired in a kiln turns into .999 fine silver or 24Ct gold (depending on the type of clay. Gold of course is expensive, but silver is about $40.00 for enough to do 2 pendents of
this size. )

  Heres a few photos of the build of a pendent. The photos show a mould I cut into wax, I then pressed the clay into the wax mould, and melted the wax off it when it dried.
After melting the wax off the dried clay, I then fired it at 1270F for 10 minutes. Out comes a .999 silver pendent as shown in the final photo. I find it a bit coarse, but it does polish up nice when buffed,
most silver jewelry is .95 silver and has 5% copper added for strength and gloss, but this PMC stuff is kinda fun to play with, and I think with practice it can be used to make
jewelery for fun that is pretty customised.  It took 30 minutes to cut the mould from the wax, 1 minute to press the clay into the mould, 1 day to dry, and 40 minutes to fire in the kiln..
All in all, it was fun to use MAch3 for an interesting project involving my mill, and my kiln..

Regards,
Art
 

   

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Formula Axis Correction

« on: July 12, 2006, 09:04:48 PM »

Hi:

  Ill schedule this for tests, but Im considering moving formulas to a plugin for better speed of control.
Im not sure whats going on with PI, but its possibel I limited it to 2 decimals or something.. Hmm. Ill see what I
can see..

Art

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Works in progress / Re: Mach3Turn - 1st 'Beta' release of the SilverBlue Screenset for lathes

« on: July 08, 2006, 12:36:32 PM »

Hi Santiniuk:

  Least I can do..

Attached here..

Art

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Works in progress / Re: Mach3Turn - 1st 'Beta' release of the SilverBlue Screenset for lathes

« on: July 07, 2006, 09:14:21 PM »

Hi Santiniuk:

  The code is public domain. Do a search for "Matrix C++ class" . If you cant find it yell, and Ill cull it out and send it to you..

Thanks
Art

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Mach Screens / Re: ScreenSets/PlugIns.

« on: July 05, 2006, 11:25:46 PM »

Hi David:

   The screen designer being done by a third party seems stalled. So no major changes will be coming real quick.
Id jump in, what you learn will always be applicable..

Thanks
Art

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Centrino duo dual processor notebook and mach3

« on: July 04, 2006, 09:06:36 PM »

Frustrating computer days are the norm for me. Just drop it occasionally when it gets too frustrating...go watch an episode of the beverly hillbillies. Jethro always calms me down..

Art