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Great thanks. That was it. I don't know how it got changed.

I finally get a job to cut for a guy and now my machine will not run faster then the 60inch/min that the Maxvelocity slide bar will allow. I am using Axis interface. Something to do with "dryrun"...

Hello,
I have a 4x8 CNC router that is open for work. Cutting area is 42"x88"x 6" If you have anything that needs to be cut let me know. Can cut plastics, wood, foam. I am in the Toronto area...

I have been searching for hours trying to match a tool cut for a customer. I am looking for a plunge bit that has 2 roll overs with a slight 3rd roll at the top. Anyone know who makes such a tool...

Does anyone know how to start the spindle half way through a program? I broke a bit and need to pick back up but I can't turn the spindle on in the middle? I am using the Axis interface.

I changed my Post (edgecam) to output x,y, values for all arcs (this is a check box in the wizard) and this solved my problem. Thanks for the help guys.

I am cutting a pocket and I don't want the clearance cut loop before the tool drops to the next cut increment. How do I get rid of that? I just want to cut the profile and drop to thenext increment...

EMC is giving me the error when I am trying to load the program. It is stopping on the I0.0 lines saying that I need a G code to go with the I and J. This leads me to believe that it is not a...

So my cam program is spitting out some code that EMC does not like. It is for cutting a circle.

(PROFILING OPERATION)
X41.576 Y148.207
Z-2.54
G3 X46.656 Y143.127 I5.08 J0.0
I0.0 J11.006...

I don't see how these can be controlled in any way CNC wise? Except to go forward and back with a valve.

Drill holes with them............???

I do because I love my kids and want them to have somewhere nice to live.

I had to do a sudo thing that gave me permission to move a file into that folder. I looked it up but can't remember exactly how but before I moved it it would say that I don't have permission to...

Here is the error that happens when I start EMC after adding the line:
loadusr -W hal_input -KRAL logitech (I have no other logitech listings, also tried "attack")...

Trying to get a joystick working. I am following the Simple Remote Pendent instructions.
The problem is that after I put the
loadusr -W hal_input -KRAL Logitech

EMC2 will not load and I get...

I am near Barrie Ontario.

My test cuts. EMC2 rules, FREE!!!

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What does everyone use for their 2D toolpaths? I have edgecam and inventor but they are not very good at doing simple stuff because they are for solid models. I would like to be able to cut single...

I am looking for the best method/tool for cutting convex or concave type surfaces? Does anyone have a good way to do this so that the finish is not to much work to sand down?

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oopps

Hi,
I got my 4X8 router up and running and am just tweeking and learning the CAM stuff as I go along. If anyone in canada needs anything cut let me know. I can do the CAD/CAM for it as well if...

So maybe the answer is power storage not production. How much energy is stored that we produce? None.

Since you are in the energy sector you would know better then I what the benifit of energy...

looks like you have enough out the bottom to grab with vise grips and back it up. No?

" the good is not the enemy of the perfect" (can't remember the guys name)

Here ya go.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/flash319/ABB.jpg

Money is the big question. Electronics and vibration/outside/wood do not mix.

If it were me I would go hydraulic for everything.

-I would drive the feed with a hydraulic motor and limit...

Hi,
I am just south of Barrie. I have my machine almost done,

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75397&highlight=flash319

There are no machinery scrap yards around that I know of....

Here is my progress so far. Still need to make a table though.

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I was looking at those cable systems. Very igneous idea but I would like to avoid it if possible. I hate making things complex for the sake of an engineering problem. Complexity means that there...

I may have found my problem. When I milled the pockets that the alum tube sites in and the bearings bolt to, the plate warped. So when I tighten the bearing blocks to the plate they tilt in causing...