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No I haven't checked yet. I guess I better make sure its all good before I plunk money on this :tired:

I’ve got the opportunity to buy a used RhinoCAM 2018 license. I run Rhino 4.3, is RhinoCAM backwards compatible with Rhino 4?

Each time I process g-code with MadCAM all the rapids are moving at the speed of the cuts which is a lot slower than what my machine can do. I noticed on the post-process screen the message " Rapid...

I bought an Acctek AKM6012 recently. It arrived just before Christmas. All went well, no issues with them. They were easy to deal with, quick on the email replies and customer service was quick too....

Never mind, found the XML file in the main Mach3 directory not in the folder :withstupi all good now :D

Hi guys,

I built a homemade CNC 10 years ago and have been using Mach3 since on a very infrequent basis. I updated my older PC with a UC100 controller a couple of years ago. All works well there....

Thanks for the replies guys, I ended up buying a cheap used PC and reloading the software, I also bought a UC100 to try to get away from XP and old pc's soon.

Hey guys, running G540 system through a 10 year old PC with Win XP. The desktop just died. I need to have this fixed asap to do some work with the CNC. Problem I'm having is there seems to be zero...

Hey Rod, how's it going'? Good thing this forum suscribes you to your threads per email, I never come here anymore lol

I've made a few pickguards since then, I usually do climb cuts at around...

Sweet thanks for that i'll look into it

I'm using a homemade cnc router, I don't have an automatic tool changer. Do I just need to change a setting somewhere in Mach3 to get it to stop automatically when it needs to change tools or should...

Maybe i just don't understand how tool changing works. Can I just create one nc file that will have some sort of command to bring Z back up and stop moving so I can manually change a bit, reset the Z...

Probably not, I don't even know where to number the tools. Can anyone be so kind as to give me a point by point beakdown of what I need to do with MadCAM to do tool changes or point me in the...

I tried to do some tool changes for the first time, didn't work. I first used a 3mm drill bit to cut a few holes then switch to a router bit to cut a contour, you can see that written down on the two...

Thanks for all the replies guys, looks like there's a bit mroe of learning I need to do lol

Gadgimoj, so far I've never used clipping planes, there's another area I need to learn. I pretty much...

Hi Mike, it's a Jazz bass pickguard and pickup here's a picture of the finished guard. I ended up drilling the holes manually on that one.
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Thanks for the reply, I wasn't expecting a curve as the other CAM software I used only required dots :D

I'm trying to drill holes on these dots around the pickguard. Each time I click on 2D->Drill I get this message saying "Can't find layer (Clipping Plane Top)" What's going on here? What do I have to...

I want to start cutting my own pickguards with my CNC. What speed -ipm- do you guys cut at and how deep of a cut per pass? My goal here is to not melt the plastic or tear it up on the first try, I'd...

Awesome! thanks very much for that. I had a very tiny little line overlapping. it's all good now :)

Drew this and extruded it. I'm trying to cap it off but it keeps returning this error: "Unable to cap at least one object. The openings did not have closed, planar loops of edges."

What am I doing...

1600mm/min (about 64ipm) the problem has been solved by changing the settings to exact stop. I'll probably try the job again at a lower feeds to see if that'll do it too.

We figured out the problem, luckily it wasn't a machine problem, I would have had no idea how to fix that lol the problem was the "constant velocity" setting in Mach3. I fixed the problem by setting...

Thanks for that, the machine is indeed DIY but is from 8020 and has ballscrews. I'd think the backlash would be minimal but really, I have no idea. I'll have to check into that.

The tutorial was...

ok, figured out some stuff so I might as well write it here so no one wastes their time answering my questions.

problem 1: turns out its not enough to extrude a new part in the hole, I need to do...

I just finished building my CNC and I've been playing around Rhino and MadCAM all day trying to cut a job.

I designed an extruded rectangle in Rhino, wirecut some blocks then filled the holes with...

Cool thanks guys!

I was able to cut through the material with both boolean difference and wirecut. This software definitely needs some "getting used to" :)

Just learning Rhino, I'm coming from a background of Inventor 3D. I'm looking for a function like "extrude a cut" from Inventor, is there such a function on Rhino?

i.e. you draw a sketch on a...

It does!!! :wee::cheers:
Gotta finish the table and hook it all up now :D



I essentially did everything the way your Initial setup guide says. The only problem I had was that I needed to...

I got a separate message from Peter Homann, the problem was the charge pump switch that was on the on position, I moved it to off and I now get my green light :D