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Very nice, I never knew that. Thank you!

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what bit size did you enter on easel for the yellow 60° V bit and it’s depth?
what about for a 20° V bit?

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I don’t use easel, I use V-Carve. V-Carve makes it very easy to enter pretty much any size and type of bit.

i have vcarve pro and don’t know how to use it inspite of video.
i get lost when getting it into xcarve. do you mind walking me through it?

Do you mean adding bits to V-Carve or general usage?

    I AM INTERESTED IN THE  ROTARY AXIS YOU USE.  can you share the brand name?    

THANK YOU

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Everything I did to get the rotary axis working is in this thread…I have links for everything.

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Hi totally newbie. Haven’t even ordered the machine yet. Just evaluating to see what I can do with it. The T-Rex and all, how thick of lumber do you use to cut that out. From pic looks like 1/4” birch plywood.

Thanks

All of those were cut with 1/8’ masonite/hardboard. The thickness of the material just needs to be the same size as the slots that join the parts together. So they can be resized up to thicker material, but they can get huge if you go too big. They are a fun project and are fairly easy to cut.

Awesome thanks.

Now that’s left is to justify the purchase with payback :thinking:

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I make holders almost exactly like those… What I do is wait until my coasters are finished and then stack them so I know how long to cut the supports. I usually add 1/16 or 1/8" of an inch so they aren’t packed in there like sardines.

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Hi
Could you give me a url or link where I could see more detail on how you did this?
Please advise,
Thanks
Martin Gutzmer
mrgutzmer@gmail.com

wow Erik
What kind of machine do you use

Just your basic modified X-Carve :slight_smile:

Hello Erik

Firstly, I have to confess I’m nothing whatsoever to do with the wood carving community, although looking at your work I wish I was ! I’m a retired teacher from Birmingham,UK and I’ve taken to electronics to keep me out trouble with the Senior Manager I married.

I have a small milling machine, linked to Mach3 which I use to make PCB’s and I’ve been trying for the past couple of months to make a Jog Control for it without much success.

I was impressed to see that you have done this in a number of guises, and even more impressed that at one point you threatened to post your Arduino Code.

Is there any chance of a copy of that code so that I can see where I’m going wrong please … ??

Merry Christmas
Stuart

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I will dig up the code and post the relevant portions to make it talk to mach3 (I will do it after Christmas as I have a house full for a few days :slight_smile: ). There was only bits of information online that pointed me in the right direction, the Arduino code is only half of the solution. The configuring of Mach3 is also essential to make this work right (creation of brain files). I used the Mach3 modbus protocol for communication between the Arduino and Mach3. I posted some info that may get you started in the Mach3 forum (no code, just info) it is here:

http://forum.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,33265.20.html

Again, give me a few days and I will post it.

Merry Christmas!

Hi Erik

Thanks for your prompt response … … … … .

Listen I’ve been trying get this right for more than a couple of months or so … … … ’ a few days’ or whatever is not a problem. If I run out of patience, I’ll ask the Dr, he’s always got some to spare !

Yes, I know about the Modbus protocol and the configuration and your link will help me get a better handle on that too … … …

Many thanks and enjoy your Christmas … … … … .

S

Erik,

I am interested in your Arduino Due code for the pendant you made to interface with UGS. Do you still have that somewhere? I am working on a pendant myself and it would be great to have something to build from.

Merry Christmas!!

Erik,

This is what I have come up with so far over the holidays. The Pendant I have decided to run off of an old Arcade Controller I had (basically a keyboard encoder). It was cut on my home made CNC with a 1/8th inch 10 degree V Bit out of Inventables 2 color acrylic. The second picture is the Due and screw shield I would like to use with the enclosure. This will be more like a console for more commands than the pendant will give. I’m also looking at some kind of a display in it to show the actual position of each of the Axis.

So while I am not using the Due for the pendant I could use some guidance on the Due code to get started on the console. I understand Arduino code and am pretty good at modifying others code but not so good at starting from scratch.

Thanks for your time.