Hi Dom?
Thanks for the info ref Stepper motor pulse.
I live and learn.
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I have just finished work on a replacement shoe for a plastic sheet welding machine.
Basically it?s an very large clothes iron that when the heated shoe runs along the 2 edge pieces to be joined it melts the plastic, then a special?
roller compresses the weld. Almost like my wife steaming out the wrinkles of my shirts on her ironing board.?
Typical use of the machine is the construction of pool covers or the manufacture of plastic curtains found on some of our commercial delivery trucks.
I basically measured the old shoe and body, beaten up and drafted using my? old Mastercam ver 8 dated 2002. 32 bit Win 7
I was using this same version when working for a living in those early days and after many trials and errors by using the same CD Rom disc, it? now runs on my Win 10
so basically the 64 bit laptop runs the 32 bit programme. Problem being, during the load of the 32 bit programme onto the Win 10, I really can?t remember how I did it.?
Lesson learnt, I should of taken notes. Something about running in compatibility mode. Any hep from forum members greatly appreciated as soon I need to?
upgrade to Win 11. and just hoping the upgrade will automatically deal with running 32 bit programmes on 64 bit systems.?
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Mastercam being a CAD/CAM programme, I can CAD draft and convert the shape to mill/lathe(wire cut machining ops and produce .nc or g codes without having to leave one programme to use another CAM programme.
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Enclosed are a couple of screenshots for yours and other forum members interest.
The body contains a heating rod up to 400 C , the shoe or iron plate curves were profiled using Mastercam and as I already converted Weiss bench mill to
4 axis, not a problem to make. Once the 2 parts were machined I then silver soldered together. The material I used was phosphor bronze.
Hope of interest.
Cheers for now.
All have a good week.
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John
John Lindo
