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Third party software and hardware support forums. / Re: Does Anyone Recognize This

« on: July 14, 2013, 06:57:07 PM »

The salesman at BobCad gave me a great deal on Mach 3. only $250.00  WOW

Ron

I'm not sure if you were being sarcastic, but Mach 3 should only be $175:

http://www.machsupport.com/shop/mach3/

Dave

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Machscreen Screen Designer / Re: What did I miss

« on: July 12, 2013, 05:55:17 PM »

So I take it that adding the RESET LED didn't work?

Dave

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Machscreen Screen Designer / Re: What did I miss

« on: July 12, 2013, 05:09:10 AM »

I'm not positive but I think you actually need the reset LED to change the "state" of the rest.

I'm not home at the moment or I'd check for you, but try loading the reset LED(not just any LED) and see if that fixes it for you.

Dave

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: My nearly completed cnc ruter

« on: July 11, 2013, 08:15:13 AM »

Very cool build, may I ask what spindle you're running in there? Looks like and ER style collet setup?

Thanks for sharing,
Dave

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*****VIDEOS***** / Re: Simple Vacuum Hold Down

« on: July 10, 2013, 05:41:41 PM »

All fixed 

Dave

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

« on: July 10, 2013, 06:59:14 AM »

I'm wondering if your finish cuts are too light? I usually take at the very least .020" (.5mm) in wood.

You may be experiencing cutter flex/machine flex on the roughing run and the finish run is not cleaning it up.

Dave

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*****VIDEOS***** / Re: Simple Vacuum Hold Down

« on: July 10, 2013, 05:08:02 AM »

The picture link does not work, please check and repost?

Thanks,
Dave

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

« on: July 09, 2013, 03:23:35 PM »

As Gerry mentions, if the preview looks good in Aspire, then it will cut properly. If it's not cutting properly, something is definitely up with the machine(motors, stability, etc).

The reason I told him to go to the Vectric forum, is because those guys are really sharp when it comes to figuring out the source of the issue.

Alan, any chance you have some HDU or just some foam to cut this 3D file in? That would help tell if you have a stability issue as the foam would have almost no resistance.

Dave

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

« on: July 09, 2013, 07:57:33 AM »

Craig,

Glad you brought this up. I have seen many say the same thing as you, but really give no tolerance for what is acceptable to a particular machine. On your(Craig) machine, if you put a indicator on any of the axis, are you saying it does not move at all? What resolution indicator do you use (tenths, thou, hundred or a metric equivalent ?) and what would you find unacceptable for your particular machine, and most important of all, what's it made of and how's it put together?

 I can put an indicator all over the place on my router, and move every axis if I really wanted too. Especially if I use a crowbar 

I'm being totally serious, and I'm not looking for an argument, it's just that I see this all time, but nobody ever gives acceptable examples for a wood cutting CNC router table. I personally think there are just too many variables being inserted into each home built table to come up with a standard.

For my own machine, I was a little concerned until I started cutting my first pieces, and then relieved to find that it's cutting to my satisfaction. I possibly should have started a new thread about this, but thought the topic was appropriate here as well.

Dave

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

« on: July 08, 2013, 06:46:26 PM »

Gerry, I was merely pointing out that was not using the 5th axis, that's all.........