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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / First wood sign on my CNC Router

« on: May 20, 2012, 06:55:08 PM »

Thought I'd share a project that I "finally" finished up today. It's a welcome sign using maple and a maple leaf pattern that I used Minwax Teak oil to finish. This is the first wood sign that I've actually cut on the "almost" completed router, and I've learned quite a bit from just this one job. Just wish I had more time, but the older I get, the smarter I get, and I'm taking a lot of notes as I go along to learn from.

It's 3/4" X 11-1/2'' X 15". It ended up warping just after it was cut out from the material blank, but only about 3/32nds across the width. Not too bad, but actually straightened out a bit over time (about 2 months) before I actually finished with the oil. I guess it relaxed a bit? Moisture content changed?

A few pics and video for you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l79iwOd-8Q&feature=youtube_gdata

Thanks,
Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: A Power Drawbar Like No Other....

« on: May 17, 2012, 03:48:46 PM »

AND it would scare you the amount of force some people put on a R8 collet to attempt to hold the tool from slipping in the collet.

Yep, I've stripped my share of bridgeport drawbars.  

But hey, the cutter slipped, and darn it, it has to stay put!

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: KeyGrabber

« on: May 15, 2012, 10:59:42 AM »

There's no real manual (that I know of) but these videos will probably help with what you're after:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzmah5RFzJ0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F92xmbdvIM

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General Mach Discussion / Re: touch screens

« on: May 14, 2012, 12:41:03 PM »

Min button size I suppose would depend on how fat your fingers are

Hood

....or if you have a shaking issue...........  

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Constructing a Low Profile Tool Height Setter.

« on: May 14, 2012, 12:37:14 PM »

As always, Tweaks, your work is beautiful and so friggin clean! Love it!

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / MOVED: CARBIDE TOOLS India

« on: May 08, 2012, 11:06:43 AM »

This topic has been moved to Promote and discuss your product.

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=21513.0

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / MOVED: V24 Lessons

« on: April 10, 2012, 06:38:23 PM »

This topic has been moved to Third party software and hardware support forums..

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=21310.0

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Third party software and hardware support forums. / Re: V24 Lessons

« on: April 10, 2012, 06:36:19 PM »

links are dead?

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PoKeys / Re: NEW: 'Official' PoKeys Mach3 Plugin - 'alpha' version v0.01

« on: April 07, 2012, 06:30:18 AM »

So I guess with the new pokeys plug-in, Mach3 can run 9 Axis?

Have a look at the manual on page 3 in reply 8 of this thread.

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: shuttle pro acting up

« on: April 03, 2012, 08:11:50 PM »

Sounds like when you saved the edited macro, that you did not save it to the same macro number that your shuttle pro is set up for.

Dave