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| HS93:
--- Quote from: AdeV on April 02, 2012, 04:56:06 PM ---Damnit, I searched eBay for elbow grease, and now I feel dirty. --- End quote --- get clean http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151-Elbow-Grease-All-Purpose-Decreaser-500ml-x-2-/230634507003?pt=UK_HomeGarden_CLV_Cleaning_CA&hash=item35b2e34afb Peter |
| Swarfing:
Chris Why not have a go at making a Vac bed to bolt on top of your existing, just groove opposing sides of two plastic cutting boards, Holes in one of them etc etc. Use a fridge compressor as your suction source, i'm sure you will get the idea once you had time to google a bit :thumbup: |
| arnoldb:
Good going Chris :thumbup: If you're not too picky, good old Acetone from the paint shop will clean all that sticky stuff right off. You could borrow your wife or GF's nail varnish remover, but most of those are Acetone with some oily additives added to "moisturize" after the Acetone's done its job... Smells the same though, so keep away from pet parrots. A good swab with the Acetone over everything before applying the double-sided tape will also help things getting unstuck. :beer:, Arnold |
| raynerd:
Hi Chaps Got some good double sided tape and the propan-2-ol and it is a good little setup - holds strong and releases ok at the end. A little bit of a pain to release, once a corner is up and the solvent starts getting underneath it goes OK. Anyway, I`ve been putting my little machine under some tests and I`m chuffed to bits with the outcome. I still can`t believe that my machine is actually making these cuts. This afternoon I really wanted to put it through its paces and so I got in contact with my pal who teaches art and one of his personal interests is line art and computerised line art - or at least I`ve certainly seen his original work being lots of lineart. I sent him an email asking if he had anything already as a computer file and got a reply: "have fun! - attached:BOB.jpg" So, the truth is, I`m not sure who Bob is or what Bob is for that matter - how very arty, I guess you have to make your own mind up. But anyway, I was chuffed to bits with how it came out. I imported the jpg in Vcarve and copied to a vector - then off we went: |
| philf:
:clap: Hi Chris, It looks to be running very well - at last. :thumbup: Have you dispensed with one of the round bars on the X axis? Are you still using the same driver and, if so, did you find out what the problem was in your setup? If you want a linear slide to replace the other round bar you're welcome to another. Cheers. :beer: Phil. |
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