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by MathewHPC
Thu Sep 17, 2015 1:28 pm
Forum: Help or advice required please
Topic: Think I'm going to go mad soon..
Replies: 9
Views: 7875

Re: Think I'm going to go mad soon..

Hi The Recommended speed settings in your HPC Manual are 8-12 at 40-100% power .
Above this is a bonus and depending on cast or extruded and the thickness tolerance depends on the speed you will cut at.
Thanks Chris
by MathewHPC
Fri Aug 21, 2015 8:57 am
Forum: F.A.Q’s & Tutorials
Topic: Windows 10 Drivers
Replies: 18
Views: 29496

Re: Windows 10 Drivers

HI Dave

My apologies this is for Lasercut 5.3 users.

From an official standing Newlydraw is not compatible with any windows operating system younger than windows XP.

Thanks
Mathew
by MathewHPC
Thu Aug 20, 2015 9:25 am
Forum: F.A.Q’s & Tutorials
Topic: Windows 10 Drivers
Replies: 18
Views: 29496

Windows 10 Drivers

Hello Everyone It has come to my attention that a guide to update the machine drivers for windows 10 may bee required. The windows 7 64 bit drivers stored on your machines installation disk are capable of operating on windows 10. To manually update the drivers please follow these steps. DRIVER INSTA...
by MathewHPC
Fri Aug 07, 2015 10:22 am
Forum: F.A.Q’s & Tutorials
Topic: HPC Laser Competition 19/05/2015
Replies: 12
Views: 19726

Re: HPC Laser Competition 19/05/2015

Hello Everybody Thank you all for your competition entries they were all excellent. The 1st place winner is Exmoor Engraving With an excellent example of the power and versatility of our laser cutters. In second place is T2K Creations with a lovely demonstration of the accuracy of our laser cutters....
by MathewHPC
Wed Jul 29, 2015 2:17 pm
Forum: Projects and Plans
Topic: Cog cutting file
Replies: 4
Views: 9944

Re: Cog cutting file

Hello

You can make some in this and then download them as a plt that will import into laser cut5.3.

http://woodgears.ca/gear_cutting/template.html

Regards
Mathew
by MathewHPC
Tue Jul 28, 2015 9:39 am
Forum: Help or advice required please
Topic: Chuck rotary settings in LaserCut
Replies: 4
Views: 5204

Re: Chuck rotary settings in LaserCut

Hello

To work with the LS3060 chuck rotary you will need to use the following calculation.

Diameter of object to engrave/16000=Y axis pulse units.

Hope this helps
regards
Mathew
by MathewHPC
Mon Jul 06, 2015 3:51 pm
Forum: F.A.Q’s & Tutorials
Topic: HPC Laser Competition 19/05/2015
Replies: 12
Views: 19726

Re: HPC Laser Competition 19/05/2015

We have decided to extend the deadline of the competition by another month, we love all the entries sent in so far and are looking forwards to seeing even more fantastic entries.

Regards
Mathew
by MathewHPC
Wed Jul 01, 2015 11:47 am
Forum: Useful Information Quick reference
Topic: Laser machines and hot days
Replies: 1
Views: 7051

Laser machines and hot days

Hello everyone As we are looking at the hottest days of the year ahead please bare a thought for the temperature of you cooling water. Keep an eye on the temperature of your water before and during the operation of your machine. in weather such as this the ambient temperature and water temperature i...
by MathewHPC
Wed Jun 10, 2015 9:18 am
Forum: Help or advice required please
Topic: Bed Positioning & Alignment Help
Replies: 4
Views: 5329

Re: Bed Positioning & Alignment Help

Hello I suggest producing a jig for the job. If the machine is run from datum (to do this un-tick the immediate box on the left hand side bar of the lasercut 5.3 software) it will operate from the top right hand corner of the bed. all objects in the software will be cut in relative to were it is pos...
by MathewHPC
Tue Jun 09, 2015 10:40 am
Forum: Help or advice required please
Topic: Coreldraw 3
Replies: 2
Views: 3661

Re: Coreldraw 3

Hello Bill This can be set up during the install of lasercut 5.3 when selecting the version option. However it is only somewhat of Beta function and can not be expected to work consistently, changes in software such as updates to corral can prevent it from working. It is best just to export as a DXF...