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  1. Aurdino and cnc shield clone axis reversing steppers

    Hi everyone,

    I am making a 100W CNC laser.

    I will be using 2 steppers on the x axis so have cloned x an a with the jumpers.

    I don't seem to be able to get the second motor to run in he...
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    General questions

    Hi Have bought a 100w Chinese lase tube and PS.

    How do you determine what the max Ma setting should be for your laser?

    What sort of water flow rate is required for the tube?

    Thanks

    Peter
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    Re: New Build Questions

    I'm actually making a machine from scratch.
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    New Build Questions

    Ok So I have probably gone about this the wrong way but :0 I'm new to lasers.
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    I have bought a chinese 100W tube and Power Supply.

    I want to use Mach 3 as I am use this software for my laser....
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    Visual Mill Cut sequence

    Hi, I'm doing 2 1/2 profiling in visual mill. How do you tell the software to do the outside cut last? So you get all the internals completed and the final outside shape last?

    Do you have to do...
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    Optimum mill head

    Hi Everybody, Have purchased one of these along with the optimum lathe. https://www.machineryhouse.com.au/M646 It works fine, but am thinking I want to have a separate milling machine and make it...
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    Re: Jigsaw pieces not fitting

    I have set the cutter compensation for a 1.4mm cutter. It is strange as it is only the radius and the inside lines which are an issue. The parts back to back ok, so the width is not a problem
    The...
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    Re: Jigsaw pieces not fitting

    Ok So I've had a play trying to get the parts to match but for some reason they seem to be the thickness of the cutter (1.4mm) out on the radius only.

    The distance between the maiting flat...
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    Jigsaw pieces not fitting

    I'll come back to this one.

    Made some mistakes

    Prboz
  10. Thread: Visual Mill 6

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    Re: Visual Mill 6

    Not really,

    I am setting up a hotwire to cut a cone from foam for a model jet. I wanted to hold the wire still at one end and use the y and z axis to cut the shape of the fuselage it needs to...
  11. Thread: Visual Mill 6

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    Visual Mill 6

    Hi Guys and Gals,

    I am trying to get my CNc Mill to perform a circle in the Y and Z axis without moving the X axis.

    I have generated a circle to use as the region but instead on cutting around...
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    Vcarve pro cutter compensation

    Hi all,

    Can somebody tell me how to keep within the lines in vcarve pro?

    I used a 6 mm cutter for some lettering and hmmm made the letters join together. Very annoying😲
  13. Thread: Making a canopy

    by Prboz
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    Making a canopy

    Hi,

    How do I make this a solid in Rhino, all I am trying to do is make a canopy to vacuum form for a jet.

    219434

    Thanks
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    3 views to model in Rhino

    Does anybody know where I can find a good tutorial on how to make a model from 3 views in Rhino?

    Thanks
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    Hi Guys, Thanks for your help. hope you had a...

    Hi Guys,

    Thanks for your help. hope you had a wonderful Xmas day.

    Regards

    Prboz
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    Want to Make some signs

    Hi All,

    Merry Xmas, Have been putting together the Meccano and the train sets and now it is me time :)

    Trying to use Rhino 5 to create a sign, Simple (I thought) All I want to do is get a...
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    did you get a reply for this? I have the same...

    did you get a reply for this?

    I have the same problem.

    Regards
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    If you open the MOps browser and then click on...

    If you open the MOps browser and then click on the second icon accross (Posts) you can choose Mach 3 as your post processor.
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    Thanks Much Appriecated, Not going to upgrade...

    Thanks Much Appriecated, Not going to upgrade just yet.

    Regards
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    HHHMMMMM How Do I ?????

    Hello to all,

    What do I have to do to ensure visualmill 5.0 always works to the inside or outside of all lines?

    I am cutting out some formers for floats. The are basically triangles with...
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    Reset Drawing z axis to 0

    Hi all,

    I have a cad drawing and when it was drawn somebody has draw it in what seems to be 3d. It is supposed to be a 2d drawing.

    Is there a way to reset all z axis co ordinates to 0 to make...
  22. Thread: Stauff Clamps

    by Prboz
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    The Rods are just bright Mild steel and the...

    The Rods are just bright Mild steel and the linear bearings I bought off Ebay.

    It is only fairly light duty as I cut Radio Controlled Aeroplane parts for Scratch built planes.

    I use a dremel as...
  23. Thread: Stauff Clamps

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    Some Pictures I have. I Stauff Clamp actually...

    Some Pictures I have.

    I Stauff Clamp actually holds a linear bearing.

    :rainfro:Prboz
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    VM5 Toolpath starting point

    I am playing around with VM5 to do some profiling. How do I set a point for the tool path to start. Don't seem to be able to find it in the help files.

    Thanks

    Prboz
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    Jedicut, Foamwork and Mach3

    I would like to use the same setup as I do for my Mach 3 Router to drive a foam cutter.

    With Jedi and Foamworks it looks like I can setup my pinouts to drive the motors but I need to be able to...
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    I think my interface board has an issue. My z...

    I think my interface board has an issue. My z axis has stopped working but when i move it either other axis it is OK.

    I will test it with a friends board and see what happens.

    Thanks for the...
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    What the ?? All axis pulseing

    Hello to all,

    I am not sure what is going on but over the last couple of days I have been pulling my hair out.

    When I start M3 all the axis start to pulse about every 7 seconds. shutdown M3...
  28. Reset mach 3 after stoping pogram and returning home

    G'day to all,

    I have run a program relised there was a mistake and so i hit stop (not reset estop) Then i went to z with the goto z button and it went to my home position.

    since then i have...
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    Engraving, Tangentail arcs, and crop circles

    Gday to all,

    Here is my problem.

    Bobcad 21 with Mach 3 post processor and Mach3

    - Select a Text and place it on the board.
    - Vectorize text.
    - Other - Offset
    Ok Here it is.
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    self intersecting error What The

    I am tring to get some parts into bobnest (Bobcad v21) but I get this error

    The shape is self-intersecting. Please check the drawing.

    and how do I get rid of it.

    Thanks

    Prboz:cool:
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