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General Mach Discussion / Re: Output Pin Problem

« on: July 27, 2008, 07:53:40 PM »

Ok, then it looks like I'm looking around some more- 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Output Pin Problem

« on: July 27, 2008, 06:24:36 PM »

RC and others, were you able to get these issues resolved?

I was actually thinking about getting one of these but now I'm hesitating..   

thanks-
Dave

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: LAZYCAM toolchange problem (bug) - reporting

« on: July 27, 2008, 03:29:32 PM »

Thanks, Chip, I actually used your post for reference and hopefully I've got this figured out.

Only the testing will show! 

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: LAZYCAM toolchange problem (bug) - reporting

« on: July 27, 2008, 03:04:19 PM »

Hi Chip,

I've been playing around with trying to Edit my own post and I "think" I'm somewhat succesfull but I have to do some testing on the machine first. I'm just trying to change the clearance height, add a snipit of gode at the end and add coolant on/off to be default on every post I make. I'm just such a bonehead with this stuff, I figured if I could see the default post (which is what I've been using), I could see exactly what is already there and change it to suit my machine.

Thank you sir -

Dave

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Some new toys for my Taig

« on: July 27, 2008, 02:27:10 PM »

A shot of the vac grid by itself. It was made from Nylatron and was free so I can't complain. I'd like to do a longer grid someday but this will do for now 

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: LAZYCAM toolchange problem (bug) - reporting

« on: July 27, 2008, 09:34:42 AM »

Is there a way to edit the default post processor? 

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Some new toys for my Taig

« on: July 26, 2008, 06:49:34 PM »

Laser jig is finally setup 

This is a simple laser jig setup that I "lifted" from Greolt (Greg) from here and the CNC Zone. He shared his macro and I must say I love it for those "not so precise" setups when you just want to find a quick location of material. I have a lazer button setup on my Mach 3 screen and when I have the laser just over the area I want to start cutting, I just click the button and the X and Y travel over to the exact point the laser crosshair previously was. The Laser holder is made from black acetal.

My vac jig is just about completed and it works perfectly with the 1/8' O-ring gasket. And just so nobody asks, "how the heck is that working?", the black piece of HDPE is just sitting on top of the vac jig to show the crosshairs, it is obviously not being "pulled" down as it's not completely covering the gasket.

I still want to make some side clamps to keep the material from moving laterally when being machined or engraved. Double faced tape is good but If I can get this to work, which it seems to be, it'll make material changes nuch easier and quicker.

My Mach screen really doesn't look that bad but I can't seem to upload a BMP on here so when I convert it, it get's all fuzzy with weird colors.. 

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

« on: July 26, 2008, 06:22:16 PM »

Very nice looking work, Jack, thanks for sharing - 

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Just got a lathe to retrofit

« on: July 24, 2008, 07:14:27 PM »

  Very nice!!!

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Mach Screens / Re: Pause or Feedhold LED ???

« on: July 23, 2008, 12:05:15 PM »

Greg, OEM code 111 with flashing yellow LED works for me:

- sorry about the fuzzy pic, I hate JPG's.....