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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: some mach3 inlay work

« on: February 26, 2009, 02:15:16 PM »

working with the latest lockdown of mach.the wood is yellow heart and cocobola with some ebony.lizard skin wrap.

bill

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Backlash compensation for a rotary axis ?

« on: February 25, 2009, 08:08:14 AM »

Greg

I would like to have a copy of that figure you were cutting and give it a go.could you post the g-code.

thanks bill

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Oval pockets

« on: February 24, 2009, 11:10:45 PM »

CB

cad std light does a dynamite elipse that works great with lcam.plus it is a free cad.it is real smooth with the line segments.

bill

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Where do you live ?

« on: February 24, 2009, 11:05:13 PM »

myrtle beach

bill

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Oval pockets

« on: February 24, 2009, 12:55:54 AM »

bathgate
what size oval you want.i will send you one.a dxf and a g-code.give me a size length and width.

bill

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Backlash compensation for a rotary axis ?

« on: February 23, 2009, 07:46:47 AM »

greg
what program did you use to cut that wooden figure.

thanks bill

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General Mach Discussion / Re: scaling up an old program

« on: January 22, 2009, 06:10:55 PM »

yes,double tool

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Inaccurate routing

« on: January 19, 2009, 05:39:52 PM »

Bob

glad to see you are building confidence in you setup.the reason i suggested my code for testing is that it cuts circles using true arcs and not line segments. a good circle is the hardest thing to cut on a mill,that is
why it is the best for testing. it sounds like you got your machine pretty solid now. i wish you good machining.

bill

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Inaccurate routing

« on: January 18, 2009, 11:24:59 PM »

Bob

it is good to see you are getting it sorted out.here is a little code that will cut a pocket for that circle i gave you.it uses the same tool.used the long form style to help with the relation between code and cutting.

bill

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Inaccurate routing

« on: January 16, 2009, 05:22:33 PM »

Bob
did you run that simple 2.0 circle i gave you.if you did how did your machine do.in your post you mentioned doing offsets so you can do a inlay,which i can apreciate the effort.but you got to whip that
simple code circle first.when you get it to cut well then you know your machine is on a solid setup.

bill