Hello. We are having continued problems using QuickCam Pro on our site licence. When we try to create a cutter path from an STL file we get the error message displayed below. Our IT department has identified the problem to be that the “.” (full stop) in staffs user names is making your software fail...

Hi. I took your advice and removed the USB connectors located on the side of the machine out of the equation, the USB cables now go directly from the PC into the internal USB connectors inside the machine. Since I have done this the machine has worked without problems. The only drawback is that I no...

Hello. Having some issues while trying to use canned cycles from Denford VR Turning to HASS controller. Appears that G76 is not compatible with each other? Denford requires 2 lines of G76 while HAAS only requires one, is this correct? HASS program % O01212 T505 G00 G97 S1000 M03 G00 X30. Z10. G76 X2...

Correction - The error message that is actualy displayed reads "The Device Driver Call Failed" if this helps. There is no error code number generated.

Cheers
Rich.

Hi. Thanks for quick reply. Please find attached a photo of the electrical cabinet as requested. No we do not have a floating head fitted to our machine. I successfully did a dry run of a program with the M03 code taken out yesterday. This morning I turned on and homed the machine and did some rapid...

The router has been playing up for some time with various incarnations of a similar problem. When I go to run a program on the router the spindle will start and the head will move over to start cutting, sometime the machine will rapid down towards the job and then the side machine control window on ...

Those look great! I've often thought about making a frame for them but never got round to it...are they slotted or did you just stick the lithophane to the back face? Thanks. The Dyson frame is made from solid oak, machined from both sides. The acrylic ones are slotted together using an interferenc...

Had a try at some lithophanes over the last couple of weeks.

As promised a photo of the finished products with all laser work done and a couple of coats of Danish oil.
Great active forum you have here!

Hi. Just thought I'd post a picture of a project I'm working on. We will be having our student awards ceremony at the end of April here at the NSSC. We like to give our winning students some sort of gift to mark their achievement. Other years we have purchased small gifts but money is tight so I was...

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I'm still awaiting some direction as how to correct this fault.

Hi Steve. Thanks for your reply. I have checked the toothed drive belt is located on the pulleys (can't see them under the cover but can feel them). I have removed, cleaned and lubricated the anti backlash nuts which attach the leg to the lead screw. I have not been able to locate the castle nut on ...

Hello. I have noticed that our 2600 Pro has some back lash present on the X axis. I have attached a DTI to the bed and taken some readings X Error of 0.12mm Y Error of 0.08mm Z Error of 0.02mm The X axis error is so bad that you can see it by eye when you jog the machine using the 0.1mm setting! Is ...

Hi. Thanks for your quick reply. When I try to create an NC cutter path in DeskProto it outputs it in an ISO file format. I have found a way to use DeskProtos ability to generate support blocks on an STL model. I start the wizard then get to the point where it adds the supports blocks, after this po...

Hi, Having found time to have a play again, I decided that I would try a little bit of Glass work using the Rotary attachment. unfortunatly I have not achieved anything. 1. I can not find a user manual (electronic or paper) for the Rotary attachment. 2. Having played and tried no marks are made on t...

Hello. I have been trying to use some software called DeskProto with our 2600 Pro. It allows the addition of support lugs to an STL file so when you machine one side of your model you can then turn the billet over and machine from the other side clamping on the outside of the billet while the suppor...

Hello all. First post on the forum so be gentle with me!! For one of our student’s projects he wants to redesign the body of his model remote controlled helicopter. I am trying to take a laser scan of the existing body so he can run it through Solid Works flow simulation analysis and compare lift, d...