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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Gertrude Gets Some!

« on: May 10, 2009, 10:04:22 AM »

Incredible work, Chris, thanks for sharing.

Do you use artcam? Do you have a website?

Thanks,
Dave

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Taig CNC Lathe: First Run...

« on: May 09, 2009, 06:31:25 AM »

Hello,

Not really a build thread sorry, but the components I used for the electronics were:

-NEMA 23 BIPOLAR STEPPER MOTOR 270 oz-in, ¼” Diameter Shaft with flat KL23H276-28-4B (Dual Shaft) Price: $39

-power supply= The $50 Keling KL-300-48 48V/5A

-Gecko G540 Drives/breakout Board.

Hope that helps-
Dave

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Success! Mini Machining Center under Mach3 control - Video link

« on: May 05, 2009, 07:16:41 PM »

Beautiful work, my friend, thanks for sharing.

Dave

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: My first attempts at laser engraving.

« on: May 05, 2009, 11:21:44 AM »

Tweakie, nice work 

Not to make more "work" for you, but any chance of seeing some video of it in action?

Thanks,
Dave

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: My first attempts at laser engraving.

« on: May 04, 2009, 01:43:36 PM »

Now that's just friggin nifty...... 

Dave

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: My first attempts at laser engraving.

« on: May 04, 2009, 10:55:57 AM »

Very interesting, Tweakie, I appreciate you taking the time to share your info on this.

Could be a fun area to dive into 

Dave

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: My first attempts at laser engraving.

« on: May 03, 2009, 03:08:32 PM »

Tweakie that is real nice.
What about power supply can you show pictures
Is it hard to do
did you have a kit to built it or built it yourself
How much did it cost total
is it continuous use

Marcel Beaudry

Tweakie, basically Marcel has asked what I'd like to hear/see about. 

How does the Z axis timing/feedrate work, isn't there a critical timing when the Z comes down to the needed height off the material?

Dave

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: My first attempts at laser engraving.

« on: May 03, 2009, 01:36:47 PM »

Wow, that's slick as hell!

You have to give up some details here, what exactly is required for setting this up?

Can a moron like me do this? 

Thanks,
Dave

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Tangent Corner / Re: LCD Monitors-too cold/hot?

« on: May 02, 2009, 07:23:13 PM »

Hood, it's interesting as it varies among monitors and even different monitors in the same brand. For example, Dell has 1 monitor that will be safe operating down to 14 degrees Ft. while they have another that's only good down to 32 degrees Ft. Well needless to say here in the Northeast, that's not probably not a good candidate for me.

May I ask what monitor you're using? Is your shop allowed to freeze at night?

Thanks,
Dave

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Works in progress / Re: Mach Blue and Steel/Blue screens image source avail?

« on: April 30, 2009, 09:33:34 PM »

Don't let that be a deterent, Benny, your videos have helped me a great deal and I'm sure anything you do will be of help to all of us-

Dave