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A series of videos on connecting, testing and calibrating CNC electronics.
Please do not guess at feed rates, this is science not art :) Feed rate calculators are all over the web, use them. an example,...
How about making your own cable guides with your router? [media] I've never had water causing cracking in acrylic, but alcohol will do it for...
from what I have read the colored lasers go through the clear plastics, only infrared will melt it, sometimes. my idea is to 'color in' the...
you need to look into vibration damping the mechanics. http://solsylva.com/cnc/dampers.shtml then you need to go straight to microstepping....
my notes to myself on using Sketchup in wine has this as the first line "do the regedit mod for HWok (search wine faq)" did you do that? this...
SketchUcam 1.1d released! Added Group Summary dialog, shows groups in cut order Compatible with Sketchup Make 2014
also a segment of a circle, but not edited after creation. link to video tutorials...
awesome I cannot recall what controller you are using but have a look and see if it supports G64 mode. G64 P0.25 (mm mode) really smoothed out my...
I think the first thing to do is draw a 100x100mm square with the bottom left corner 10mm up and 10mm right of the origin (in Sketchup). now...
but CNC machines have a different standard for axis directions, in the above drawing Y would point up and 0,0 is at bottom left of the cut area....
please post the sketchup file and the gcode you generated.
you do need to redraw the cut lines after changing bit size. measure that bit to be sure, and do some test cuts on scrap to figure out what is...
IF the files came from Mark he probably uses a 1/8" bit which is 3.2mm. Are you using a 3mm bit?
With this IPAC button interface board, you can build an industrial quality interface panel for Mach3 or other Windows software. See the product...
no NOT OIL!!, especially 3in1. 3in1 is not a cutting oil, it is just too good at lubricating to allow cutting. on aluminum use kerosene, just a...
This release replaces previous releases and contains the following features: Setup Profiles Menu items Tools|Phlatboyz|Save Profile...
I have never seen these inaccuracies you speak of. Can you give the steps to repeat this effect please?
then it is time you upgraded both Sketchup (at least to 8) and SketchuCam (1.1b) because both most definitely DO produce true arcs. You cannot...
Mark, this has been running around my head as a 'want' on my own router, maybe you can figure out how to add this to the OX? [media]