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I Challenge You!
We all know the cost of good software. http://kck.st/dKDRA3 Please take the time to watch it. As a forum all Mechmate users will profit from this program. Why don't we all band together dontae $20 and we get an advanced copy. OR I Challenge this forum to match or beat my pledge of $200! Were all going to use it, so quite being cheap bastards and spend a $20!
![]() If you don't want to help out please send the $20 the the Red Cross Japan fund! Thanks, Tim |
#62
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At this time we have 215 backers, raised 15296 out of 18k, only 32 days left!
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#63
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Upgraded my mach3 screen set
http://home.comcast.net/~cncwoodworker/2010.html
I watched the videos, payed the guy, and It works awesome! As close to an automatic tool changer as you can get with a router ![]() Tim |
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They are allready fully funded but still taking donations to further their goals. Thats a pretty cool site Tim going to explore all the other projects on there too.
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http://www.rrtn.org/en/2010/09/22/de...uristic-level/
This guy changed the way I think about this Mechmate project I'm taking his course online |
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is this the course: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/architect...ion-fall-2008/ ?
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#67
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Thats the one, just download it, its free. Lots of info
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#68
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First building system
Well it took awhile but I designed and built my first building system. I stole all sorts of ideas and designed this in Vectric. This is the basic set also have 90s and rafter parts. I still have clearance issues, loose, in the joints. Have to read up on that. I'll post more if theres interest.
Tim I'm still climbing the learning curve! |
#69
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Tim do your puzzle joints halfway through ( male /female) you won`t have a issue with the joint sliding lose.
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Very Interested. Keep it coming.
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#71
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Playing with foam
Had some extra foam laying about. Lions head and the Ram are painted in a stone texture paint then sealed. We'll see how long it lasts outside on the garden box. The garden cover was made with the last building system. The new system is more a diamond overlap affair, pictures will be posted of that as well.
I really behind on my emails guys, sorry about that, I'll catch up in the next few days. Tim |
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i like the blue light effect.. what material is?
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#73
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Hi Fernando, its blue 2" 3m building insulation. It was blowing down the back lane. . .
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeEaVdI2A9Q
Will post more in a bit. Still doing the school thing for this machine, second building system is almost done . So much to learn. . . . . .building this Mechmate was the easy part! I removed the dust collector in the movie, still cleaning up blue foam! Cheers all, Tim |
#75
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A really cool thread
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#76
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/180642920018...t_11237wt_1392
Well I went out on a limb and bought one of these. I'll let you know when it arrives and keep everyone up to date on its setup. Cheers Tim |
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2.2kW is ok but 3kw is just right
![]() also for the future reference, advice everyone will give you is: buy the spindle only and find a quality VFD local. sometimes its in same price range and the chinese vfg you get with spindle is of questionable quality. |
#78
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New Spindle
New toys arrived yesterday. It hasn't given me any problems yet but I still haven't hook it into mach3 yet. The cooling fan and rad adds 15 degrees of cooling. I'll mount everything on the head close to the spindle. Pictures will follow.
Cheers Tim |
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Well thats it! We rented a house at Lighthouse point Florida for a week! This Canuk could use some downtime and sun by the pool! If anyone's nearby with a machine let me know we could chat by the pool in the back.
![]() http://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p147088 Cheers all Tim |
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Tim,
I am in Orlando but I think I am the closes one that I know of. Looks like a nice place for a week. If you come see the Mouse let me know. |
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Just another update
Good Day All! Its been a long time since I've posted so its time. I can honestly say that building my machine was the easy part, how to use it, well thats a whole new ball game
![]() Best Regards Tim |
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Almost forgot! My water cooled spindle is in and running fine. What a difference. Almost zero vibration in the machine and no more screaming router.
cheers! |
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Cool stuff!
On the dark doors, do you stain the face before carving the relief or after? Interesting looking "TinTin" rocket hiding in the background ![]() |
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Rocket works
Thanks Allen, The doors were colored before carving. The design for the rocket came from Fabrun. I'll post the newest round of carvings when there done. These will be my own design, starwars, trek stuff etc. . .
Thanks for the interest Cheers! Tim |
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![]() Well, things were going well. I was up to cutting 4 doors a day without incident. A friend of mine asked for some plaques for her project. Usually that's a quick no brainer. Here are the results. . . ..
Im at a loss to explain how this happened. I looked at my setup all my step #'s were correct. The txt files were saved as a arcs in the mach screen. Anyone seen this before? Any clues on where my issues are? (besides the obvious mental ones!) Any help would be appreciated Thanks Tim Im running out of hair to pull out! ![]() Last edited by HomeMadeCnc; Fri 28 September 2012 at 10:20.. |
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It looks like error on all axis's XYZ and they are loosing steps. Usually it indicates a computer problem, check CPU usage in task manager, it should not be 100% more like 50% or below.
Sometimes if you have an IDE hard drive, they can go to PIO mode instead of DMA, check in control panel - system - Device Manager in IDE ATA controlers properties (advanced settings tab) are all devices in DMA mode, if not... uninstal that channel and reboot. |
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Thanks for the Help Danilo, I'm using Ultra DMA Mode 5
Just weirds me out that overnight things changed. any more thoughts. . . . |
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I did this sign a few days ago with just minor issues. Now, well you see the mistakes above.
Im running out of hair to pull! |
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Are you sure you do not have a loose pinion gear somewhere? Or maybe 2?
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#90
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That was last nights work, all were tight.
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