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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Trident
« on: April 18, 2010, 01:57:36 PM »
Yeah, I really like that scene. I've got that one sitting atop my water fountain outside. I still haven't made a frame for it yet. It's not been quiet a year since I made it, so technically I'm still within my... "projected time frame for anything I do"
http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,4314.msg76487.html#msg76487
Only problem with it being above the door, is that I would need to scale it up, which would destroy the step-over, and it would end up being to tall, also.

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Trident
« on: April 17, 2010, 06:35:40 PM »
Thanks Tweakie.
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Ahh - Poor little big hornet.
Kinda funny, it got more views than the trident.  :D  :D Nuthing gets attention faster than danger and gore, I suppose.
Anyhow, the final product. Made from cherry. I wish I had a plaque of Poseidon in the sea to place above the door to tie it all in, but that's beyond my artistic abilities.

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Tangent Corner / Re: LED Electronics guys out there?
« on: April 17, 2010, 06:25:41 PM »
That's just neat, Dave. I wanted one for myself after seeing your first one a while back. I will have to incorporate one into my machine when I get to the spindle portion of the build (next millennium).  Maybe with a USB camera instead of, or alongside the laser. Looks real nice, I like it.

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Tangent Corner / Re: LED Electronics guys out there?
« on: April 16, 2010, 04:42:23 PM »
"IT'S ALIIIIVE!!"  (in a maniacal Dr. Frankenstein yell)

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Share Your GCode / Re: He's just a Wile and crazy guy!
« on: April 13, 2010, 04:50:25 PM »
Here's a chop I done of a friend in Afghanistan.....
He just returned there a couple months ago for another tour, and I asked him if they had reserved his truck and coon dawg for him. He just laughed.

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Share Your GCode / Re: He's just a Wile and crazy guy!
« on: April 13, 2010, 04:41:05 PM »
HEHE....great photochop, Tweakie.
Give us more details on your rocket, Vince.

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Trident
« on: April 12, 2010, 11:00:05 PM »
It's been a while since I posted anything that I am working on, (actually, it's been a while since I HAVE worked on anything!) so I figured I'd share this, even if it is kinda "not extremely fascinating".
First, I started off with the need of making a door frame for my bathroom. I conquered that easily enough. I wasn't happy with the seam showing between the top and sides, so I needed some sort of decorative piece to hide it. I'm sure they have a technical name, but I don't know what the heck they're called. Being as it's part of the bathroom, I wanted something depicting a water theme. Poseidon's trident seemed fitting enough. Anyhow, with a bit of time searching for a good reference picture, and some time modeling in solidworks, I came up with a design. Now armed with some G-code, and getting more impatient by the minute, I trudged out to the shop to cut some wood. By this time, the *fun* part was starting to take it's toll. I just wanted to see some results before the end of the day. Next, I slap a piece of wood in the vice and turn the feed rate up to warp 7.2. Just as I figured, that weak Z axis motor lost a few steps along the way. Interestingly enough, it made some neat looking designs, and I decided to build upon those screw-ups for the next piece, for the next day. A sea-shell in the middle, and some decorative pockets, done the trick nicely. As luck would have it, I ended up spending more time trying to clear the hostile air space (my garage) from a bogey (Japanese hornet), than I spent actually working on my project. These damn predators must LOVE florescent lighting, because they seem to invade whenever I try to work. Those bugs are no joke! You know how most bees sound like a small propeller *bzzzzz*, these sound more like a freakin' fully loaded B-52 jet engine. I think I even seen some heat trails from the tail end of it. With my trusty can of Raid wasp killer, I won this fight, even if I did have to perform a 'tactical retreat' a few times. The pic does not do it justice, as it's curled up into a fetal position, making it look smaller.

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*****VIDEOS***** / Re: Impact Engraving.
« on: April 12, 2010, 01:01:07 PM »
Awesome! It's nice to see the coyote being used, too. So lets see.......you've done a router, a knife, a laser, and now this. What next??? Super kitty sure does have a bag full of tricks.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Math check on motor tune please
« on: April 08, 2010, 04:56:45 AM »
One thing that you have going in your favor is that your driving a plasma cutter, and not a heavier setup that a spindle would require, and there are no cutting forces. I don't see 200 ipm being unrealistic, even higher, if the rest of the components of the machine are up to it.

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The mill is coming along slowly, but it's not dead. I lost out on a nice set of linear rails a couple days ago for the Z axis >:( , so I'm still "on the prowl" for those. I purchased a ball nut for the screws so that I could go ahead and make some flanges and mount them, and now I have decided to just purchase the entire screw assembly with the end blocks, ends machined, and everything ready to just bolt on. It ends up being almost as cheap, and saves a TON of fabricating time. Oh well, if my only wasteful purchase is a $30.00 ball nut, I'll be more than happy.