Hi gang!

As the saying goes, "When life hands you lemons, make lemonade".  In my case, life handed me a sack of lemons and all I got was an eye full of citric acid!    Got laid off from my full-time job thanks to outsourcing, or as the company calls it, "Right-Sizing". 

I'm an Engineering Designer by trade specializing in tooling, fixtures and jigs, etc. for manufacturing as well as production lines, R&D and pilot lines.  I've been doing this sort of work for the last 25 years or so.  I used to operate some of the earlier wire E.D.M. machines which used paper-punch tapes for the program.

I am now interested setting-up a small, table mount, gantry type, CNC engraver/mill for fabricating/detailing parts for my custom Corvette.  I also have small setups for powder-coating, anodizing and plating.  Holy cow!  With all this stuff, maybe I could start making some lemonade!

Hello, I am carve 1. I  am very new to cnc ( Dont Know Nothin ) but hope to apply cnc to my wood carving work.
I am interested in touch probing to reverse engeneer  ( duplicate and enhance ) my carvings.
I have a machine with Animatics smart motors and Jen cnc software.
I need advise to fill in the blanks ( and there are a ton of blanks to fill )  to make my machine run.
Anyone with touch probe experiance ( I hope ),,,, I can use your direction,, this thing has smacked me stupid,,, many thanks, carve 1

Hi,
I have a three axis router, which Mach 3 trial do I need to down load ?The nearest application I see is Mach 3 Mill.

I'm kent mcvicker.  from marion, louisiana.  a very small village in the middle of the woods.  i envy all of your great sounding jobs.  i'm just a truck driver.  hual chemicals.  bought a ez router with mach 3 in november of 06.  been trying to master everything in my spare time, since.  hope to be able to use my new "toy" to turn my woodworking hobby into at least a part time business.  i'm not good enough with the software to help anyone yet.  everytime i use my router, i understand just how much i have to learn.  it's slow for an old fellow.

kent

Hi, I'm Nino
I'm from Spain.
I have no idea of cnc, cam, dnc, ... stepper motors, servo motors, drivers ...
But in the last two months or so I have begun to learn a little because I need a cnc table for plasma cutting and can not afford for a commercial one.
I was almost in despair till yesterday that I found this site and mach3, I think I can do it now.
By now I can help very little but i'll try to help all I can.

When I remember the days when i made my own press brake (3000 mm wide, 100 Tons) five years ago, and didn't even think of a cnc because it seemed to me it was
some kind of  STAR WARS devie ... .

I'm not an engeneer, nor electronic, I'm just a self employed welder, but I like machinery and if  I can make a machine myself ... 

Now my next challenge is the cnc table. I have a lot to learn and maybe its out of my limits but I hope to be able to do it with all the help that can be breathed in this site.

Thanks to all in advance.

Regards.

Hi,

Just getting my feet wet in CNC as a hobby to start.  I bought a Taig mill well over a year ago along with Mach2 and I'm just now starting to tinker with it... sad, I know.

Guess I should have posted by now but yes I am too bitten by the DIY CNC bug and I am nearly done! I will also be working on some nice flash screens for new users or people who want a good 3D look at things! watch for the thread it will show up soon!


Coog

Hi All,

Great forum. I'm in australia and have been building a composite material cutting table.

I have got the x and y moving so now onto building the Z.

Great software with excellent support by this forum



Jason

Hi All, first post woo hoo.

I am based in Melbourne, Australia. Discovered cnc routing a couple of weeks ago (I am totally new to all this)  I am just putting together a cnc router should be up and running by the end of the month. Just purchased a kit from mike beck (not sure if hes a member here).

Just trying to sort out the software I need/want i'll be buying mach3 for sure


joez71

Hello. I am Jerry Dotson and live near Pensacola, Fl. 61 years old and retired control technician. I have been interested in CNC a long time. I saw an old tape machine in 1969 at Piper Aircraft making landing gear parts.  I was hooked. I built my CNC router in 2002. I started with Stepperworld drivers and soon grew tired of 20 IPM and got Gecko 210's. Now I get 120 IPM rapids. Leadscrews get to whipping above that speed. I make model airplane parts and small signs. Just a hobby nothing more. I use Mach3.