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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Very small parts, smallest possible engravings.

« on: November 17, 2010, 11:58:32 PM »

LOL @ Rich. Don't forget the red ones.
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General Mach Discussion / Re: For a new built machine, what would you change

« on: November 11, 2010, 06:12:46 PM »

You use 24v too, don't you Hood?

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: New Project for the shop.

« on: November 10, 2010, 10:23:35 PM »

Looking great, Dave!

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: AL54b (lathe) project from New Zealand

« on: November 10, 2010, 04:09:11 PM »

Where are you getting the screws from?

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Cylinder Heads

« on: November 01, 2010, 08:12:31 PM »

So now you all know what I'll be doing tomorrow!!

Posting more pics, I hope! It's looking great. Thanks for keeping us in the loop.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: The Laser Project.

« on: October 27, 2010, 12:10:21 PM »

Neat stuff Tweakie. I had often wondered how your laser would work on anodizing. That could prove to be very useful with my own projects. I had thought about just simple vector patterns, but seeing the image you done, completely opened up new ideas. Thanks a bunch for posting your work!

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Feature Requests / Re: Tapered Pocket

« on: October 21, 2010, 05:08:26 PM »

Usually, people buy tapered end mills for such things. They can get expensive. Most cam programs can perform such tasks with regular end mills, router bits, or whatever. Of course, your final results regarding the finish quality will usually suffer.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Starting from scratch.

« on: October 13, 2010, 12:04:46 PM »

What I meant was, investing in a separate 32 bit machine for solidcam. A good used one can be found very cheap. Most likely much cheaper that any new software. I don't know much about solidcam, but if I understand correctly, it is a pretty good program, and integrates well within solidworks. Would be a real shame to toss it. Best of luck with whatever your decision!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Starting from scratch.

« on: October 13, 2010, 01:37:54 AM »

If you already have solidworks, and solidcam, I believe if it were me, I would just invest in a 32 bit OS.

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Tangent Corner / Re: Build it Yourself.

« on: October 07, 2010, 03:06:08 PM »