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3 Days Agocropwell replied to a thread Proximity switches or limit switches in Gantry/Router Machines & BuildingAND I would add, less to go wrong over time.14 replies | 518 view(s)
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3 Days AgoDoddy, you are right in your first example, but if you are cutting a 10mm pocket in 1 pass you will cut an 8mm pocket and retract to Z5 and stop. but...9 replies | 387 view(s)
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3 Days Agocropwell replied to a thread Proximity switches or limit switches in Gantry/Router Machines & BuildingI think design is a bit of a strong term to apply to my machine. I bought it from a company in Devon!. It came with proximity switches to act as...14 replies | 518 view(s)
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3 Days AgoDoddy, if the stall is caused by the load required to cut into the workpiece, it would only cause a shallower DOC than expected, this would not cause...9 replies | 387 view(s)
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3 Days AgoI'll drink to that !12 replies | 648 view(s)
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3 Days AgoIf the stepper were stalling on plunge it would be taking shallower and shallower cuts until it only just skims the surface. I would check that...9 replies | 387 view(s)
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3 Days Agocropwell replied to a thread Proximity switches or limit switches in Gantry/Router Machines & BuildingA proximity switch is a type of switch. A limit switch is a designated use of a switch. Limit and Home switches can be either electronic, like a...14 replies | 518 view(s)
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1 Week AgoI would like a TIG welder, but I am afraid my workshop days are dwindling and I would never get any real use out of it. So I will stick with my MIG....8 replies | 4645 view(s)
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1 Week Agocropwell replied to a thread Replacing a Digiplan SD/3 with something else, help please in Motor Drivers & ControllersIf it helps, I have 3 Digiplan PK2 drivers and 1 PK3. I do not know whether they are just packaged versions of the SD. They have an integral power...10 replies | 723 view(s)
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1 Week AgoI'll find the details for you. Here 'tis https://sites.google.com/site/chaletoslinux/home There is a lot of info there, apparently you can...24 replies | 13518 view(s)
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2 Weeks AgoI have heard (and it may be just rumour) that Microsoft is/are seriously considering Win10 was a big mistake (business-wise) and the next OS offered...24 replies | 13518 view(s)
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2 Weeks AgoThere are M6start and M6end macros which come as standard. If you want to move the X,Y,Z to a certain point then you will have to put that in the...4 replies | 563 view(s)
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2 Weeks AgoIt could be a Mach3 setting Look in Config - General Configuration - Tool Change and see if 'Ignore Tool Change' is set on.4 replies | 563 view(s)
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2 Weeks Agocropwell replied to a thread NEW MEMBER: Hello everyone, bespoke spectacle maker in London pulling my hair out. in New Member IntroductionsMy appreciation of your aims at the moment is to save time cutting out from the blanks and getting the frame nearer to the finished shape than you...13 replies | 1611 view(s)
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3 Weeks Agocropwell replied to a thread NEW MEMBER: Hello everyone, bespoke spectacle maker in London pulling my hair out. in New Member IntroductionsI would tend to favour the Boxford VMC route, especially if you can get one from a Technical College (are they still called that?). They tend to have...13 replies | 1611 view(s)
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3 Weeks AgoWell, I seem to have sorted most of the problems as the machine is printing reasonably now. I found that replacing the guide tubes (Filament reels to...11 replies | 1398 view(s)
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3 Weeks Agocropwell replied to a thread BUILD LOG: Rigid Ink not selling 3D printing filament any more !!! in 3D Printing MachinesTechnology Outfit is just down the road 15 miles from me, and I bought the printer from them, but I find them a bit pricey, £17 for a roll of...2 replies | 438 view(s)
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3 Weeks Agocropwell started a thread BUILD LOG: Rigid Ink not selling 3D printing filament any more !!! in 3D Printing MachinesI went onto the website to find out why their ABS 1.75 mm filament needs to get to 240C to print properly and found out that their mainstay business...2 replies | 438 view(s)
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3 Weeks Agocropwell replied to a thread Help please. Dip switches and mach 3 settings in Motor Drivers & ControllersPM sent261 replies | 45025 view(s)
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3 Weeks AgoHi Chris, The D4S uses what is referred to as the Mk10 nozzle which comes in two variants. A - a nozzle and metal feed tube with a PTFE inner...11 replies | 1398 view(s)
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3 Weeks Agocropwell replied to a thread Help please. Dip switches and mach 3 settings in Motor Drivers & ControllersIt looks to me as though the relay is being energised for some reason. If you are not using the relay it can be disabled by a jumper on the board. I...261 replies | 45025 view(s)
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3 Weeks AgoHi Chris, I have had my printer now for 5 years, it is a Wanhao D4S. I have had little trouble with it up to the last few months, when it started...11 replies | 1398 view(s)
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3 Weeks AgoI printed the file that Andy fixed for me and then the printer refused to extrude evenly, to the point where prints were failing. After raising the...11 replies | 1398 view(s)
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3 Weeks AgoServer cabinets are cheap enough, the larger ones can't be given away sometimes. I have one dismantled in storage, deep enough to put a tool cabinet...108 replies | 23672 view(s)
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- Married, Overweight, 2 children, 4 Grandchildren.
Existing on State pocket money.
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“A DEAD (in a ditch) STATESMAN
I could not dig: I dared not rob:
Therefore I lied to please the mob.
Now all my lies are proved untrue
And I must face the men I slew.
What tale shall serve me here among
Mine angry and defrauded young?
from EPITAPHS OF BREXIT 2016 - ????”
Thanks to ― Rudyard Kipling 1865 - 1936
I could not dig: I dared not rob:
Therefore I lied to please the mob.
Now all my lies are proved untrue
And I must face the men I slew.
What tale shall serve me here among
Mine angry and defrauded young?
from EPITAPHS OF BREXIT 2016 - ????”
Thanks to ― Rudyard Kipling 1865 - 1936
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Opening a bk12 support ??