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Works in progress / Re: Refurbished standard screen

« on: April 21, 2009, 05:33:44 PM »

That did it, thanks-

Noticed on the toolpath page the "A" is missing at the DRO

Dave

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Works in progress / Re: Refurbished standard screen

« on: April 21, 2009, 04:53:37 PM »

Looking nice-

What folder are you putting your bitmaps in?

When I try to load the set, I get the old screens/bitmaps loading.

Thanks,
Dave

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Works in progress / Re: Refurbished standard screen

« on: April 19, 2009, 12:14:10 PM »

Nice, clean job you're doing there. I'm sure those that use the original screens would love it- 

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Pendant?

« on: April 19, 2009, 08:03:29 AM »

I'm not saying it will definitely work, but since it shows up as a game controller, I would think you could setup the axis' and buttons through KeyGrabber-

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: What size motors?

« on: April 18, 2009, 05:49:13 PM »

I'm generalizing by passing on my experiences with this. Didn't intend to ruffle any feathers. That seems easily done here....I guess I should just keep my experiences to myself, meaning that I'm not welcomed here?

Fine

Bill C.

Bill, don't ever feel that way, we're people and the internet is not the best way to get our points across sometimes. I can piss people off all day and I never meant a bit of it the way that it was taken. It's the loss of "inflection" that screws it up for us. It's too bad we can't all be in the same room at times, but of course, we may end up beating the crap out of each other too,  who knows, 

No worries here - 

Dave

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

« on: April 18, 2009, 02:29:09 PM »

Thanks to Tweakie for the hot shoe bubble vial idea, and I've sawn it in 2 and attached one of them to my Z axis adjustable limit switch.

Works perfectly and I get the switch in the perfect position everytime - 

I also made an indicator holder for my magnetic based indicator. I just unscrewed the magnetic base and drilled and tapped a block of aluminum and mounted in a T slot on the headstock. Great for those 4 jaw location projects.

Dave

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: cad-cam purchase?

« on: April 15, 2009, 05:15:03 AM »

Kenj,

It really depends on what type of work you're doing, if it's 2.5 work, then I would seriously suggest Cut2D from Vectric as it's the easiest software that I have found and the support there is incredible. Learning curve is just about nill 

Dave

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: SINE PLATE FOR MODEL WORK

« on: April 15, 2009, 05:09:27 AM »

I am sure that will come in quite handy at times, Rich.

Being without a sine plate would be impossible for the grinding jobs we do, lol!

Dave

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Macros / Re: Imservice Toolchanger in Mach3

« on: April 15, 2009, 05:02:25 AM »

Hi nps,

Interesting, I wonder who wrote their setup for the video.

I'm definitely not the one to help with macros but I would post this in the macro and vb script area as I'm sure someone there can give you better advice on how to proceed-

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: which shuttle pro is the right one to buy?

« on: April 13, 2009, 08:37:52 AM »

It's the black one that says "Shuttle Pro 2" . I would not attempt to buy the older silver one as I don't think that one is compatible.

Dave