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awemawson:
Then use the old one as a drilling and filing jig to get the holes in the right places:

awemawson:
Then re-assemble with the way wipers ready to fit back on the machine:

awemawson:
All went quite well really - another example of tools that don't get used for weeks on end being indispensable for some jobs. The spot welder is rarely used but does make things so easy when the need arises. Similarly the guillotine, although used a bit more, usually just gathers dust.

Last night I tried my hand at a bit of programming - up till then I've just been moving axis's and starting spindles under 'MDI'. Managed to write a diddy to position the 'C' axis (main spindle but precision rotary location) in increments of 120 degrees round the circle - simple stuff but satisfying that it works.

Currently working on the tool setting system. There is an optical tool setter - you bring the tool tip under it, and the machine automatically puts the tip offset into the tool file to compensate for differing tool lengths etc. It measures from a reference point on the turret. Seems to work except that values are in microns not millimetres to 3 decimal places. So a 1mm offset is registered as 1000.00 and not 1.000 with the result that the control errors complaining the value is too large! Hey get real mate - YOU measured it :)

awemawson:
Spare relay arrived today for the Platinum Resistance Thermometer Relay box that had kept failing. It's been ok since I bent it's contacts but I've changed it anyway. £6.40 for 5 of them brand new off ebay and they're not made in China ! How do they do that?

tom osselton:

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--- Quote from: AdeV on July 03, 2013, 04:59:47 PM ---
Re video - why not buy a cheap 2nd hand GoPro (or even a proper 250 quid new one), IIRC there are various kits, some of which will include a suction mount & a waterproof case; ideal for mounting inside the the machine to get those full HD swarfy shots.

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Well Adev I've acted on your advice and ordered a GoPro 2 Outdoor Edition - so hopefully video quality might improve a tad as the camera can be inside the machine enclosure. I'm tempted to get a wifi back for it, but I suspect that would compromise the watertightness, and I'm not convinced that the signal will penetrate the few non metallic openings in the machine enclosure.

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Just letting you know any of the gopro extra's come with a asortment of case's watertight and vented for audio.

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