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Well, about two weeks ago I emailed Gilles informing him that we hit 72 inches per minute on my rebuilt machine. I was practically high over the news... ...
22 Apr 11, 2010
5:58 am

Dan Field
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I'm in the process of building my cutter, I have SS precision 1/4-12 and 1/2-10 threaded rod. Has anyone used either of these in the machine....
12 Apr 8, 2010
4:58 pm

startcombat
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This raises the question: where does the rounding takes place, when the next step is not a multiple of 360/1.8 or 360/0.9 or 360/0.45 etc.? (200, 400, 800...
7 Apr 8, 2010
3:28 pm

don_eac
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Folks, I need to cut a Diamond shaped airfoil for an old airplane's horizontal stab. How do I get from CAD to a dat file, i.e. normal airfoil coordinates. The...
10 Apr 6, 2010
5:09 pm

variac55
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Ok, so I've been rattling around with my new machine. I had to back down the max speed with no accel to around 1.9mm/sec just to get it to run and my accel...
2 Apr 6, 2010
3:46 pm

Gilles Muller
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Hi Guy's I am hoping you guy's might have a good suggestion on cutting stab cores simular to the Supra. I have tried one piece two piece and three piece and...
16 Apr 6, 2010
1:00 am

Dan Field
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Time to cut a few sets of cores for my latest design. This is a 3.2meter span Slick 360 IMAC model. The wing cores are nearly 1.5 meters long and the root...
3 Apr 3, 2010
1:25 pm

don_eac
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I have uploaded the latest version of the program and the kerf spreadsheet to my web site. The URL for the zip file is ...
1 Mar 30, 2010
3:27 pm

Anker Berg-Sonne
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I have been doing some research on kerf width when radiant cutting. After cutting a large number of test cores it became obvious that the kerf width has a...
25 Mar 30, 2010
1:58 am

Anker Berg-Sonne
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Hi All, I'm cutting some wings with a S9026 airfoil on my new FoamPro board with GMFC Pro and have run into an unusual problem. When the wire is about 1/4"...
9 Mar 18, 2010
1:47 pm

Cristalli
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Does anyone know if GMFC will drive a Gecko 540? https://www.geckodrive.com/product.aspx?c=3&i=14469 Would I have to add an external timer circuit to get this...
4 Mar 14, 2010
7:35 pm

Gilles Muller
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Greetings everyone.. I acquired a free laptop from a guy at work, an HP N5425, 800 mHz running XP. I added ram to get it up to the max of 512 Mb and did a...
9 Mar 9, 2010
7:45 pm

Wayne
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Hi Guys, I am a Newbie in trouble and hoping someone can help me please. I am familiarizing myself with GMFC Pro V3.0.86 and have come across the known...
19 Mar 1, 2010
1:39 pm

gesbey
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Another. Dan Field ... Subject: [CNCFoamcutters] reg file for registering litcut Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:10:35 +0100 From: Gilles Muller...
2 Feb 26, 2010
1:41 pm

gesbey
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Instructions for editing the registry to have Litcut work from the GMFC Icon. IF you are not comfortable with regedit, then just open Litcut from it's exe...
1 Feb 25, 2010
8:35 pm

Dan Field
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Hi everybody. I'm new to this group. I'm a lecturer in an aerospace engineering program and we just bought and assembled a foamlinx FC2913 cutter...
4 Feb 24, 2010
4:00 pm

don_eac
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I am starting to assemble all the parts I need to build a CNC hot wire machine. Looking for someone local to talk to/ maybe ask advice. Thank's Blane...
1 Feb 24, 2010
3:25 am

toosoar
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HI, I want to use Renne wire (.014" Dia) and be able to cut parts that are 48" long. What size regulated power supply would I have to buy to make these parts??...
4 Feb 24, 2010
1:12 am

Anker Berg-Sonne
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Programs that have problems with airfoil files with different numbers of data points raise all kinds of red flags with me. The problems are usually caused by...
5 Feb 20, 2010
5:39 pm

David Register
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Hi, I just finished building a HobbyCNC board for hot wire foam cutting. I am now building a Hot Wire Foam Cutting Machine. I want to be able to cut foam...
13 Feb 19, 2010
1:02 am

Anker Berg-Sonne
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Hello, I'm sure this must be a very simple question, but it isn't obvious to me. How does one cut a circle? Can someone point me the right direction? Thanks, ...
12 Feb 16, 2010
10:32 am

Gilles Muller
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Guiles Had a computer crash got everything restored but could not get the mm2001 driver to load. Uninstalled not cannnot get it reinstalled. Is there a special...
6 Feb 6, 2010
8:07 am

Gilles Muller
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I got a nw Inspiron 6000 and would like to run gmfc software on it, but when I try to run it I get a message can't open MM201 driver. I have gone to the...
3 Feb 2, 2010
8:46 pm

don44039
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I'm thinking of trying a different lay-up method, and would like to cut beds that have an accurate airfoil, instead of having accurate cores. Has anyone done...
14 Jan 31, 2010
1:54 am

kcaldwel9
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Hey All The board I had went pretty quick, thanks for all your interest. I was able to contact all that e-mailed me...........all but one: Curt at...
1 Jan 29, 2010
6:15 pm

soarkraut17
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Hello Guys I am cutting out cores and am trying to stop the surfaces coming out waving. I have adjusted speeds and heat and one core comes out good and then...
5 Jan 27, 2010
1:17 am

Dan Field
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Hey Guys I am getting ready to cut some foam cores from HiLoad 60 and when i was skinning the foam it gets wavey at the beging and then levels out for the rest...
3 Jan 24, 2010
9:02 pm

Chris Corven
spinandfly
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Hello, http://www.model.ypsi.cz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=109:inspira&catid=45:vetrone&Itemid=85 span 4,5m mass 5 kg Type "F3J" (they say). ...
1 Jan 20, 2010
6:43 pm

Dirk Schipper
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Hi, I was wondering if anyone can help me with an err that just started with my pc setup, I built the pro board and had it running / driving the motors quite...
3 Jan 19, 2010
3:37 am

mstranderson
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I had several folks that wanted to buy this completed board.The pending sale I had, did not happen......... I added some pictures in the Photo section: "Pete&#39;s...
1 Jan 17, 2010
3:53 pm

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