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Announcements & Issues / Re: What happened to 'insert attachment' button?
« Last post by Brass_Machine on November 13, 2025, 08:52:42 AM »I will have to re-add it. it is a mod for the forum.
Eric
Eric
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New from Old / Re: Fitting Vee Guides to the Fanuc Tapecut Model M Wire EDM
« Last post by AdeV on November 13, 2025, 07:17:49 AM »It replaced an Ender 3, and it's just so much better I actually threw the Ender away!
Well I Have an Ender 2 - I'd have come to Liverpool to collect it.
Russell
You're welcome to have it if you want it! I've got an original Ender 3, and an Ender 3 v2, both are destined to be parted out - I just haven't got A Round Tuit yet. Both have glass beds & I have one of the original textured beds too.
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New from Old / Re: Fitting Vee Guides to the Fanuc Tapecut Model M Wire EDM
« Last post by awemawson on November 13, 2025, 06:52:03 AM »Well Fanuc Wire EDM machine back in comission (*) as of this morning having satisfactorily cut some bits using the new Vee guides. I even gave the polycarbonate water screens a good clean up with Windowlene and the tinwork a clean up with Flash - it fairly well sparkles now 
So no excuses - unbox the P1S combo from it's three boxes. Just spent a while watching set up videos !
* About time too - I started this Vee guide business over five years ago
So no excuses - unbox the P1S combo from it's three boxes. Just spent a while watching set up videos !
* About time too - I started this Vee guide business over five years ago
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New from Old / Re: Fitting Vee Guides to the Fanuc Tapecut Model M Wire EDM
« Last post by RussellT on November 13, 2025, 04:21:01 AM »It replaced an Ender 3, and it's just so much better I actually threw the Ender away!
Well I Have an Ender 2 - I'd have come to Liverpool to collect it.
Russell
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The Design Shop / Scanner parts What could this be used for?
« Last post by BillTodd on November 12, 2025, 03:28:21 PM »I had to save this old drum scanner from the scrap. It's got too many nice useable bits to waste so...
What can I , or you - if you want it, do with it?
To explain. The film drum was placed between centres of the carriage, light sources form inside or outside illuminated a pixel. As the drum was rotated by the motor and encoder on the left the light was analysed by a the three colour sensors in the camera box (scanner 3) . The whole carriage is shifted right, on 19mm supported linear rails by another stepping motor with encoder
The camera box has a focus motor and orifice disc on another motor.
My first thought was coil winder , especially large Tesla type coils .
Thoughts ?
What can I , or you - if you want it, do with it?
To explain. The film drum was placed between centres of the carriage, light sources form inside or outside illuminated a pixel. As the drum was rotated by the motor and encoder on the left the light was analysed by a the three colour sensors in the camera box (scanner 3) . The whole carriage is shifted right, on 19mm supported linear rails by another stepping motor with encoder
The camera box has a focus motor and orifice disc on another motor.
My first thought was coil winder , especially large Tesla type coils .
Thoughts ?
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Announcements & Issues / Re: What happened to 'insert attachment' button?
« Last post by RussellT on November 12, 2025, 11:38:31 AM »OK. I misunderstood. I can't see that either, so it's presumably a question for Eric.
Russell
Russell
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Announcements & Issues / Re: What happened to 'insert attachment' button?
« Last post by sorveltaja on November 12, 2025, 09:23:18 AM »Yeah, that's visible for me as well, but 'insert attachment' - well not actually a button - doesn't show up. What I mean is shown in the pic from another SMF forum:
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Project Logs / Re: Titivating a Wire EDM Machine
« Last post by awemawson on November 12, 2025, 08:05:22 AM »Material is clamped to the stainless rail that surounds the work area.
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Announcements & Issues / Re: What happened to 'insert attachment' button?
« Last post by RussellT on November 12, 2025, 08:04:09 AM »I can see it. I checked, I can also see it on a new topic.
Russell
Russell
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New from Old / Re: Fitting Vee Guides to the Fanuc Tapecut Model M Wire EDM
« Last post by awemawson on November 12, 2025, 08:03:07 AM »Two more big boxes have just arrived but they are staying as is until the EDM is fully sorted.