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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Any text wizzards for marking parts using 4th axis rotation?

« on: September 05, 2009, 06:41:23 PM »

Well, now we know where your weaknesses are. (;-)

Oh, and why ARE YOU YELLING with your caps lock?

Dave

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Any text wizzards for marking parts using 4th axis rotation?

« on: September 05, 2009, 05:24:44 PM »

Laziness and uneducated (in certain areas) can always bring in business. I have no problem with what Rich is doing with his wizards as some people like myself would rather not learn GCode and would rather just make parts  

If you know GCode, that's great, but I can't imagine there's nothing out there that you pay for, Terry, that someone else is saying the same about you-  

Oh, and let's not forget, Mach is a flat out STEAL for the price!

Dave

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Chains and entities question

« on: September 05, 2009, 09:43:42 AM »

LC is a dxf importer and produces gcode based on the machining operations you want to do. LC is not a CAD program ( this is noted over 10 times in the manual).

Hello RICH

I'm not sure what you think i did or am trying to do but i can offer this.

The part was drawn in Alibre V11. A drawing of the part was made and then it was exported as a Autocad V14 file as a DXF. I'm not trying to modify the part in any way, i just want to cut the part out as drawn.

Steve,

If you have the option of saving in AutoCAD 11/12 ASCII dxfformat, try that instead of Autocad V14, as that "mostly" worked for me with LCam.

Dave

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

« on: September 05, 2009, 08:19:22 AM »

That buffing wheel is mounted on a new buffer that has not been used yet but those wheels that came with it will not be used as I don't like the density of them.

A neighbor wanted to see how you "clean" a wheel with a rake so I showed him on that particular wheel and that's why it's frayed the way it is. It's not used as you can't really "use" a buffing wheel without compound properly.

Dave

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

« on: September 04, 2009, 04:29:37 PM »

Hi Rich,

I'm building this for a few reasons really. I'm a bit of a woodworker and this would be a great addition to have for making anything from signs to instruments. But it's mostly for my "side gig" and will be cutting sheet goods out of plastics and thin aluminum. I think some of the reason that I'm building it, is just because I want to...  

EDIT: sorry Rich, forgot to answer your question about screws. I'm using 5 start acme 4140 screws with anitbacklash nuts and Keling 387oz. steppers on all axis'.

I worked on the T bars for mounting the linear rails to the X axis (sides of the 3030 extrusions). There will be 4 pieces for each side.

Dave

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Any text wizzards for marking parts using 4th axis rotation?

« on: September 04, 2009, 04:55:24 AM »

Here, Mike, this may interest you:

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,7564.0.html

Dave

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Some early made XMas gifts

« on: September 03, 2009, 02:57:45 PM »

A few finished pics of the pendants for you.

Dave

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

« on: September 03, 2009, 02:49:10 PM »

Did a little bit more as I milled and drilled the endplates. Nothing too exciting though...

The next step is working on mounting the linear rails for the X axis.

Dave

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

« on: September 02, 2009, 07:50:04 PM »

Sort-of  but without 3D software, it's more like 2.5 Dimensional cutting.

Here's a great explanation for you:

http://www.shopbottools.com/3-d_work_v2.htm

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 1st MDF

« on: September 02, 2009, 06:57:49 PM »

Actually you want it to look like this for the depth in the picture below. Note: I only fooled with the depth so don't look at anything else as an example! 

Dave