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Post Processors / Re: My notes for 5 axis post

« on: February 07, 2006, 01:29:33 PM »

Hi, I am also building a 5 axis gantry router. Thanks for the file. Do you have any pictures of your machine? i would love to see them.

chad

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General Mach Discussion / Plasma Guys -- need some advice

« on: February 07, 2006, 01:17:46 PM »

I have to have some pieces plasma cut for the mill I am building. I would like to know if I can plasma cut a 1/4 inch hole in 3/8 steel. Or will it just make a bad hole? what is the smallest you can cut vs plate thickness? This is a 200 amp pro plasma cutter at a steel fab shop.

chad

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General Mach Discussion / Re: My mondo router project!

« on: January 12, 2006, 02:02:01 PM »

The plan is to route in hard foam, plugs for making fiberglass molds, for body's for formula s-ssca race cars. And I personally want to make some cool furniture . As far as g code is concerned we have a friend who owns a pretty big cnc shop and does 5 axis work, in the beginning we will probally have him generate the g code for us. I am also planning on playing with this http://www.rainnea.com/cnc_toolkit.htm

I rally don't know anything about that package but I will give it a try  the price is right! I have a feeling that down the road we will have to bite the bullet and buy a real 5 axis cam package 

These are the cars that we will be building the updated body's for.

chad

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General Mach Discussion / Re: My mondo router project!

« on: January 11, 2006, 07:06:24 PM »

I have 5 Rutex R2010, and 2 R2110 breakout boards. Haven't fired any of them up yet but I am planning on building the control and power supply box this weekend.



Another pic, These are the "baby" slides for the Z, another one of the gear reducers, and one of the servos I am going to use for the c and b axis. And a 6" caliper for scale.

chad

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General Mach Discussion / My mondo router project!

« on: January 11, 2006, 05:47:27 PM »

I decided to start a thread chronicling my adventures in building a 10' x 12' x 5' - 5 axis gantry router.

Here are some Alpha Gear two stage planetary reducers I got yesterday. I have one motor mounted, two to go. They are supposed to have 10 arc minuets of total backlash but I am unable to detect any... so far. They are a 50:1 reduction.

If you have any comments or questions let me know. I have more pics if you want them...

Chad

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General Mach Discussion / Got my IKO slides in !!!

« on: January 06, 2006, 09:45:52 PM »

Thought i would post some images of my new slides for the monster i am building.

http://machsupport.com/Coppermine/index.php?cat=10021

This should take you to the machsupport gallery under chad..


chad

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Any one have a source for flexable wire and cable tray?

« on: January 05, 2006, 12:13:45 PM »

Thanks brian that is what I was looking for.

Chad

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General Mach Discussion / Any one have a source for flexable wire and cable tray?

« on: January 04, 2006, 11:27:07 PM »

I am looking for the stuff you see on pro cnc machines to keep the cables out of the axis when moving, it will only bend in one direction.  I am sure it has a proper name but I don't know it



Thanks
Chad

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General Mach Discussion / Re: big router vacuum tables ?!?

« on: January 04, 2006, 11:08:28 PM »

Brian, Bill, 

Thanks.

Ok I that is what I was guessing, I just didn't know if there was some high tech solution that I wasn't aware of.

thanks again

Chad

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Hotkey Keystrokes?

« on: January 04, 2006, 11:04:04 PM »

The default Mach install will be, page-up, and page-down.  33 z++ 34 Z- -

chad