Hi, Are you talking about the breakout board that goes between the computer's parallel port and the motor amps ? If so, no one I know of makes 5-axis boards so...
Hi Mike, It basically down to the total polygon / vertices count that has to be displayed on your screen. I ended up just using plain old boxes for most of the...
Chris, In the 2nd image, join the two objects together, Make a 'Parallel Spline' goto 'Project Spline' and project the Parallel Spline onto the object. Rab ......
I have 3 axis controll board*2, but It all run in print port, not rs-232, we should select RS-232 controll board? or run in print port is enough? ironfly ... ...
What control boards do you have ? You can add a 2nd printer port to your computer and run a board from each when using Mach2: http://www.artofcnc.ca Rab...
My control board is MM2001, It can run up to 4 Axis, I fix it from 3 Axis to 4 Axis, usually many people use it run in foam cutter ironfly ... What control...
Thanks! I will try it, when I have windows XP ... Looks like you should be able to run two of those boards from two printer ports, Rab ... I ... use ... to ......
Rab, Maybe I phrased my question incorrectly. I changed the original image so if you could please look at it again. I understand what you are saying and I...
Rab, Reducing the number of polygons worked ok for me. I might try the tracing approach if things slow down too much before I finish the model. More than...
Rab, At the shop where I work, the owner sells cnc machines also and one day I look at one of the mills they were going to take to a show, I think in Indy, and...
Hi Chris, I see now what you're trying to get the plugin to do and wish I could suggest a quick and easy method. What we need is an algorithm that fills...
Hi Greg, I couldn't follow the link to your photos, could you post your pictures in the Photos section of this group ? Milling a foot shape would be the sort...
Rab, I downloaded the demo version of VisualMill 5.0 It's pretty much fully functional except you can't output the GCODE. I really enjoy how they have this...
You might want to look at MeshCam http://www.grzsoftware.com/ Jeff _____ From: saxophoneus [mailto:saxweb@...] Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 7:46 PM To:...
I've loaded some pics under greg's stuff. I'll get some pics of my router in progress too. The lathe is turning an intake the mill is profiling the diffuser....
Hi Rab, Since beggars can't be choosers I didn't bug you about the gunstock tutorial but it would still be nice. I am about to spend some major cash, at least...
Here you go Jim, bottom of the page: http://www.rainnea.com/cnc_5axis.htm Rab ... please ... cause ... the ... <jnetherland@c...> ... gearbox ... of ... a...
Hi All, I had my digital camera out, so here's some photos of some recent work: http://www.rainnea.com/custom-made-parts.htm A 2nd hand Colchester lathe...
Check out http://www.lathes.co.uk/colchester/ They look like they are talking about Colchester lathes back to the beginning of time........... jim...... ... ...
I put up some more closeup photos, the bed is 212mm across. It seems to have power feed in both directions. I found the serial - FC3/70062 on the bed under the...
Hi all. I come from the mach2 group. I'm the writer of Mach2 french screens. I think my question will certainly be answered here. As i'm designing a 5 axis...
Hi Olivier, It seems you should be able to use your Z' axis and to program for it, it would probably be most useful for drill cycles, etc. You will need to...
... Rab, I have a power safety book from my days as a Customer Engineer for IBM. It list three different Delta wirings, not all are safe. The main thing is...
... Looking at the this site, it looks like a Mk 2 missing the gear guard on the head, and missing the back shield. If it isn't, it is a close cousin. Don...
Hi Don, Got it running nicely now from a VFD with some help to change to Delta wiring. Thanks, Rab ... for ... main ... company is ... the higher ... 208V in ...
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Hi All Here's the 4-axis tutorial and GMAX files, sorry they took so long. http://www.rainnea.com/cnc_t_4axis.htm The files are in the group files section...
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