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Oh thanks so much. I use inventor HSM. A dxf will work fine.

Does anyone have a nascar type car silhouette. I want to make a personalized sign for my grandsons door. Thanks in advance

gfacer,
I think you nailed it. I wrote a simple set of pockets using a 1/4 end mill and had it report to a indicator after each one. Each time it got deeper. I have a 30 degree helical 2 flute...

I purchased a Chinese 3040 with ball screws a little over a year ago. I have been able to do several projects on it. My newest project is solid oak. This is old reclaimed wood, so I know its hard....

Wizard,

I agree so this is the start of my fix. I had the aluminum on hand so that helps. The gantry vertical supports are made of solid aluminum. Base being 1" thick and the upright being 1"...

Pat,

I have the extrusions, Thanks for the offer though.

All,
I am truly amazed at the quick service from CNC Router Parts. I ordered these slides on the 17th. I'm in Ohio. I checked the...

Hello Guys,

Well as luck would have it, a company sent a machine to us for rebuild. It had a 80/20 guard on it and I was able to get the components for free. I have a 3040 machine so its time...

Problem solved. To help the next fellow, Not all parallel cables are the same. Thanks to the extreme efforts from daniellyal. I was able to conclude my control box was functioning as it was...

Here is the test I did.291514 Shouldn't I see the parallel port15 light on this.291516

I had 5vdc on the touch pad positive lead and had the negative lead on alligator clip. So basically you think I need to change the breakout board?

Yes. I checked touching to tool. Had clip on tool.

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I decided to bring the controller into work and have the electrician check it out. I showed him your post and he verified what you were requesting. He said the probe is getting 5VDC to probe plug. ...

I will do so on Thursday. Unfortunately I can't work on it tomorrow. I really appreciate your help. I'm not real sharp with electrical. I assume you want me to touch the touch plate to my house...

Here is a picture of the control. I bought this on ebay. I got no manual on the control unit itself. It has a port in the back to plug the probe into. I made a touch off tool like one I saw on...

I'm still not having any luck. I tried attaching a ground wire from control box to machine. I also played with the settings as you suggested. Still no results. I checked my plug and I get good...

No not at all. I even tried the auto pin and port finder with no results.

I have a Chinese 3040z router using Mach 3. I can't get the tool probe to work. I purchased the Big Tex screen and can't get any kind of reading. I checked the probe with a ohm meter and it shows...

Hello,

I'm a newbie. I'm trying to set up this blue screen. I am using Inventor HSM to write a program. I don't think the post is correct. I have a 3040 router. Does anyone have a very simple...

Hello All. I am having a problem running inch programs. I purchased 2 programs (1 in metric and 1 in inch making the same design). I ran the Metric program and it ran just fine. The inch program...

My computer crashed and I can't find my activation code for V23. All I have is the downloaded file I burnt to a disk. I had Bobart also and I cant find it either. Please help I'm just a hobby guy...