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Thanks for posting that. It's definitely an interesting option.

In case this helps someone else....

I was getting the E.Lu.S or E.Lu.5 error. It turned out that my particular electrical panel required the two pole 220V breaker to bridge connections. Instead...

I guess I'll find out in October.
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Will videos of the presentations be available to download for those that are unable to attend?

I could either attend the user group meeting or continue saving to buy VCarve Pro. :D

I hope I'm not confusing the issue, but I think ViperTX and I are experiencing the same thing.

Attached are the top and bottom .NC files (see sample_cut.zip) for a 4" x 4" x 4" cube cut from a 5"...

Ahhh. So that's what they mean by "machine geometry +"! MeshCAM kept popping up the warning about by "machining margin" possibly being too small so I would let it increase the margin to equal the...

I was trying to machine a skull a crossbone relief that Todd71 was kind enough to post in this thread:
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96499

Unfortunately I cannot figure out how...

Big improvements! Your suggestion significantly cut down my machining time as well. Thanks.

I still can't make sense out of your two-sided machining though. I align my material to an L-shaped...

Thanks Ger21. I guess watching the VCarve tutorials had me thinking it was typical for cam software to optimize the tooling paths with consideration given to the shapes of cutters being used.

For...

I'm testing out MeshCam 4 and it's kind of frustrating me. The part I'm cutting has a lot of flat areas and they come out looking great after roughing with a 1/4" end mill, then the "finishing" path...

Like this one?
http://www.grizzly.com/images/pics/jpeg288/h/h3009.jpg
http://www.grizzly.com/outlet/H3009

$16 from Gizzly Industrial. Is that a good price? How small of a cutting diameter do...

I have a Ridgid Trimmer (1/4" collet), but I often use a rotozip adapter chuck to mount 1/8" shank bits. I'm sure a replacement collet would have less runout than the setscrew style adapter I'm...

I'm reviving an old thread.....

Great looking bed. Does anyone have detailed plans for building this bed or similar looking bed?

I don't know about ArtCAM 7, but ArtCAM Pro has a trick or two that should speed things up for you. Skip the first 1/3 of this tutorial and focus on the last two thirds where they show using...

It seems kinda weird to me having artCAM Pro in the "Engraving and Art Design Software" category. I guess it's ability to create .STL reliefs distinguishes it as "Art Design Software" instead of...

It sounds like EMC is seeing an estop (emergency stop) signal. Run the stepconf program again and either invert the signal or tell EMC that you don't have a "real" estop. When you start EMC, press...

Just wait until the entire video is buffered before pressing play. The slider bar along the bottom of the video will "fill in" (turn from a dark green color to an almost black-green color) as it...

Thanks! That worked for me.

- Dean

Mixing motors with different resolutions (steps per revolution) isn't a problem because the controlling software (EMC2, Mach3) can easily be adjusted for that. If you get lower resolution motors...

I've made some progress by using bit's and pieces out of several how-to articles on the emc wiki site:
http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?EmcKnowledgeBase

I've managed to create a...

I'm not having much luck scaling these files. I was hoping to do the spider one out of 1/8" material, but the slots on the original drawing appear to be 1/16". Is there a simple way to scale these...

Man that sucks. On two separate occasions I've had a leadnut come apart on me and the setscrew on a motor coupler vibrate out - both times the part was ruined. They were simple fixes, but it's...

Funny, I thought it had 6" of travel - I must have gotten the specifications mixed up. Sorry about that. 3" of travel does limit it's usefulness. My Fireball V90 only has 3" of Z-travel, but then...

Yes, the router holders that K2CNC produce look to be top notch! Couple that with a Paul Jones Instant Z Axis and you'll have a great looking, bulletproof (?) top end.

Good luck with the...

Buy a used set of plans for $25.



Just kidding. You'll want access to the support forum so you can learn how other people have improved upon the original design, get help from co-builders, and...

A year later and your kind advice has helped another! I couldn't figure out how to reverse the direction of my Z-axis without swapping wires. Thanks Alan!

- Dean

I've been looking over that code and I'm starting to understand it, but the implementation of it still leaves me puzzled. I use the AXIS interface and I can only see two ways to implement that...

Thanks for the link! It's going to take me a little while to wrap my head around the g-codes and whatnot, but it does look like it'll do what I was asking.

I've been playing with EMC2 while waiting for my CNC parts to arrive so I'm very new to EMC2, but from the sounds of it, it is very customizable. One of the cool add-ons I've come across for a CNC...

Scott's right and you're wrong. :D

I like the dark green that you painted the base, but green and yellow is.... ummm... horrendous? Yep - that's the word.

If it's parked in your shop...