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Need machinery to put 90degree bends in 3/16 to 1/4 aluminum. Think as in building the bottom of a pizza box, but using up to 36x30inch plate . What type, brand of equipment should I be looking at....

I got pp loaded but not up and running. I think where I got stuck was needing a tweaked flash. Been a while can’t remember exactly. Once work quiets down I’ll take another run at it

Thanks as well! hopefully this will lead me down the right path on my nm145

thanks for this. I have PP cd and the mesa 5i25 card for my NM145 with ShadowSpawn AC motor retrofit. Took a stab at converting to pathpilot a couple months ago and was a complete failure. Got the...

Went to fire up mill. everything was powered off for a few days. x axis didn't move. What the heck. Checked config and pin config for x step was back to 0. Config xml is not read only. Going to...

Also determined why the coolant pump wasn't moving. Yikes! All good now other than the drain hose that was so stiff it snapped when I took the tray out....

so, fixed it. long story but config reverted to wrong pin config for x axis. doesn't make any sense as i restored backup copy of config from when mill was working. restored 3 different copies of...

In parallel I installed the mesa card and loaded path pilot (on yet another pc!) but wow, its way over my head. Won't be getting that going any time soon I don't think!

Haha! A little knowledge is dangerous! Don't really know what I am doing that's for sure! I unscrewed the main board that holds the BOB on, the gecko drivers are behind it. Geckos only seem to have...

Pulled x motor off. Spins easy. Powered up mill and it energizes/locks, good. Unplugged it and plugged into y harness, works. So at least I know it's not the motor.

Hi Roger. I used my Novakon config file (the xml) for the mill that I had backed up , so its the the correct config. Didn't use he plasma config. As far as I know all machine specific settings are...

Well good news and maybe not so good news. Got PP as well as my mesa card. Decided to load up Mach3 on a PC to have a 'everything is working' starting point (remember I haven't used the mill since...

Cnc4pc C11G board. Anyone know if there is a mesa firmware for this board yet or where to look? https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170305/456f94f3561f96bfebbdf6129d620013.jpg

thanks all. If I understand correctly the firmware for the mesa card needs to match the specific BOB in use? Not at my shop to check, is the nm145 BOB the same as other novakon models?

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I'll call them later today but doesn't appear to be. The link to purchase their PP Restore DVD requires a valid tormach SN and their FAQ says

7. Can I get PathPilot for my non-Tormach machine?
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thanks Brian! Research here tells me mesa 5i25/6i25 card depending on slot type. Just read another post here though saying Tormach is no longer selling PP on their site? So us non Tormach owners are...

Hi all. I have a nm145 with cteufert's VFD and motor upgrade. In 2014 my shop was broken into and mill PC was stolen, haven't used mill since. I want to get back at it so need to build a new PC but...

My pc that runs my nm145 has double duty, for example surfing the web so I have an antivirus program on it (I know, I know). I have to turn off the antivirus before using the mill otherwise I get...

Haven't attempted, just curious. Building a new pc for my nm145, thought maybe id try it out

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Just curious, is this an early or a late nm145? I believe in the last few months of its production novakon switched to some "updated" components.

A name isn't everything... but wow I agree, 'geomagic' is pretty cheesy! Pretty sure if someone does a poll on that name here it would get blown out. Hopefully the new features that 2013 brings...

The places I have asked so far that are in the US won't ship it to canada. Nothing on ebay canada currently. The bigger companies in canada I have contaced don't sell to the general public.

Anyone have a canadian source for sodium nitrite? (For homemade plasma quench)

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I assume the personal edition of alibre ($200 I think) doesn't have all the features you need?

is there no peck drilling in visualmill? I don't see it anywhere and a search of 'peck' in help doesn't show up with anything

PM me your email, I can send a couple

Struggling on how to define chamfer tool in visual mill. What are the minimum fields that need to have values? Can't find any examples in the docs.

I'm trying to add this as a new tool for...

Will it stink? Well I can say if I go play with my mill in my shop for more than half an hour, I get an earfull if I even walk inside the house wearing the same clothes afterwards due to the 'machine...

thats it? I get more action from my wife! Boom !

Not sure what the rules are on cross-posting on the 'zone, so moderators, if you must delete this post, well, then, you must.

See below for post on Glacern potentially manufacturing a 4" (or maybe...