You will probably never know how many of us wish we could do what you do every day, and do it as well as you!
Brian
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You will probably never know how many of us wish we could do what you do every day, and do it as well as you!
Brian
You're getting closer. Actually your final X position will be 0.166 because that is the RADIUS of the final size. I'm going to try to attach a picture I drew in Paint to help explain. Since I drew...
Glen,
If you want to understand what these people are telling you, you will need to reverse the direction of your X axis. You will have to figure out how to do this in your DeskCNC software. ...
Glen,
Are you using Mach 3?
Brian
Just to clarify:
The F declaration is global, not for each axis.
For example,
G01 X0.010 F10
Z0.010 F20
X0.050
M30
Line 1 will make X move at a speed of 10.
Hi Glen,
When I started with CNC, I learned just the way you are learning. Writing small programs by hand so that I understand what each line does. If I were writing your program, I would write...
Sweet looking router. Odd to see a 13 month gap between post #39 and #40.
Brian
You will probably need to give more information about your setup if you want help. What brand & model of motors are you trying to run? How are you hooking the power supplies up? Things like that.
Don't feel bad. You definitely aren't the first one to do that. (sheepish grin. . .) :o
Brian
Nickelodeon slime probably tastes waaaay better than rancid coolant. Just ask Jack Black!
Brian
Drink a cold one for all of us, you definitely deserve it! :cheers:
Brian
Looking good, Alex!
:cheers:
Brian
Nice looking base.
Brian
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Thankful I had my job yesterday.
Working hard at my job today.
Praying I still have my job tomorrow.
--Brian
I don't own a Gecko, but I do believe the terminal block is removable from the drive. I think it lifts straight up off of it's PC board pins. That makes it easy to swap a drive because you don't...
One overtravel limit switch per axis with two ramps per switch will work just fine as you have described. If you wire them in series, I would recommend that you use the normally closed contacts so...
I'm using VCarve Pro, so I hope you're looking at the same thing here.
When you have your tool list open, you'll see three buttons below the list that say New, Copy, and Delete. Just to the right...
Doesn't 2000/.314159=6366.2 steps per inch?
3000/.314159=9549.3 steps per inch.
Brian
I have had good luck for a couple years now running Mach 2 on my Dell Latitude.
Brian
I, too, began experimenting with toner transfer. My best results with this method were with the clear transparency sheets you get from Staples, etc. Copy or laser print as dark as you can onto one...
I third the paper trick. Right on top of the work. When the paper just starts to grab under the tool, I set Z to 0.004. That's close enough for me.
Brian
Anybody else want to raise a glass in salute to Steve Irwin?
:cheers:
I often wondered if it would be one of those wild animals that would take his life. . .
What do you guys think?
Brian
It took me a couple evenings after work to get the toolpaths all generated and cut the pieces out. The design came from a thread here on the Zone started by Lakeside, called "Share your partfiles or...
I had fun cutting out all the pieces for this eagle. It's not quite finished if you can tell. There are a couple pieces missing from the globe because I ran out the wood I was using. I have a...
That eagle looks sweet in mirror. Did you use any glue to hold the glass pieces together?
Brian
RE2: I use a Dremel Advantage on my router, and when I insert a new bit, it never goes back to the same spot it was before in the collet. So what I do is jog the bit down close above my 'zero'...
I thoroughly enjoyed every one of Stevie's posts and photos that I ever came across here. The world has lost a truly talented person. My prayers go out to all his family and friends.
Brian
Hey man, I'm not for sale!
:D :D :D
Brian
G01 is a modal G-code. That means once you set it, it stays that way until you change back to rapid feed, G00. So, on your first line of your example, if you change the G00 to a G01, all of your X...
A pullup resistor, in this case, is wired between +5volts and your input, so that when your short to ground breaks open, the input is definitely "pulled up" to a logic high level. Most pullup...