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General Mach Discussion / Re: Stupid Probing Question....

« on: January 02, 2010, 09:31:49 AM »

Most probing routines take 2 or 3 hits per reading, first is a fast traverse to find the object, it then backs off say 1mm (.040") and then slow feeds to find position. For very fine detail it backs off again .25mm (.010") and then creeps to find the position. At this point the final reading is taken. The accuracy is then down to the trigger action of the probe.

Graham
 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Bad character used line 1

« on: December 31, 2009, 12:58:16 PM »

 

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: My new project

« on: December 31, 2009, 12:56:48 PM »

That just looks way too good to use 

Graham

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Bad character used line 1

« on: December 31, 2009, 12:28:34 PM »

Ah, so the ( ) are there too, list the first few lines of your program or attach it using the Additional Options.

Graham

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Bad character used line 1

« on: December 31, 2009, 12:21:10 PM »

Remove the :

Graham

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FAQs / Re: Engraving at an angle

« on: December 31, 2009, 12:04:39 PM »

Are you using small dia screws, I have had it that they resonate at certain speeds.

Graham
 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Modbus vs Pokey

« on: December 31, 2009, 11:58:05 AM »

 

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Could someone explain what is a macro pump

« on: December 31, 2009, 11:01:39 AM »

The macropump is a Visual Basic macro that runs in the background of mach, it can be used to watch and control many functions.

Just create a macro in the VB editor and save it into the macro folder named macropump.m1s you need to then enable the function in gen. config save and restart Mach3

Graham

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General Mach Discussion / Re: What needs fixed in Turn?

« on: December 31, 2009, 10:45:11 AM »

Rich, check your email 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: What needs fixed in Turn?

« on: December 31, 2009, 09:42:27 AM »

My thoughts are :-

Tool nose radius comp needs major work.
X axis threading.
Offset table added in as a screen tool not an external window.
U & W added as incremental moves.
I,K & C added as automatic chamfer.
R added as automatic radius
G92 added to threading options.
G76 to use standard Fanuc 11 format as an option. E.g. G76 X(Root Dia)  Z(End Point)  I(Taper) K(Depth) D(Depth 1st Cut) F(Lead) P(Style Flank, ZigZag Etc.)
G50 to cap speed in CSS mode e.g. G50 S2000
GOTO, WHILE, IF Etc. in g-code.

That will do for starters, I am sure there are more.

Graham