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General Mach Discussion / Re: I went to cut my first operation and ..... nothing..

« on: September 01, 2013, 09:46:48 PM »

hope you see something n this to help me .

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General Mach Discussion / Re: I went to cut my first operation and ..... nothing..

« on: September 01, 2013, 06:49:15 PM »

Ok I found it but Im on my way out the door to  olive garden with my kids n wife . I would love for you to look at it any ways . My lead screws are metric 2.5mm from what I read. I personally didn't measure them .
I have my steps per @ 16393.44262 when I took the backlash out the tables and did the steps per unit axis calibration this what it gave me . If I Put my dial indicator on and tell it to move 1/2 in it moves a half inch now. So.. My guess is there right but give me a little bit I have to go eat then when I get back Ill go into the garage and get the xml file.
Im defiantly going to try what jim wrote.
Thank you for the help
Mark

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General Mach Discussion / Re: I went to cut my first operation and ..... nothing..

« on: September 01, 2013, 04:31:06 PM »

Thanks for the help Jim ,
License won't be a problem since I'm still in demo mode and trail mode on all the soft ware I use.
I'm not pre paired to pay for any soft ware if its not compadible with me my brain  or my stuff.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: I went to cut my first operation and ..... nothing..

« on: September 01, 2013, 03:35:02 PM »

What's my xml ? What's that do .
Jim I designed the part in metric and inches . Every time I load mach in settings it changes my its from inches to metric. So how can I make sure it stays as a standard . In cam ?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: I went to cut my first operation and ..... nothing..

« on: September 01, 2013, 01:41:37 PM »

I went into my cam changed the feed rate , depth of cut shortened the gcode same thing.
Heres a vid also . Ill upload the gcode but its the on I asked you to look at .  
I turned the spindle off for the vid because I knew it wouldnt cut anything .
http://s2.photobucket.com/user/MARK1234SARA/media/VIDEO0024_zps36b8947e.mp4.html

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General Mach Discussion / Re: I went to cut my first operation and ..... nothing..

« on: August 31, 2013, 08:21:47 PM »

I was looking at my g code Vs the road runner file.
the feed rates are extremely different mine is at 3 4 road runner is at like 50-60. Could it be i generated the feed rate so slow its barley moving ... I dunno

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General Mach Discussion / I went to cut my first operation and ..... nothing..

« on: August 31, 2013, 07:03:40 PM »

Well it wasnt exactly nothing. All day today for about 12 hours I was setting up read preparing getting everything in tram. Broke my starett dial indicator. (Turn the spindle on and forgot it was in there)
I ran the XY to there farthest negatives and Z to the farthest positive. Hit reference all.  loaded g code , zero out XYZ regen tool path.
The cnc rose to the top of z then brought xy to the farthest limits.
Im all excited  ...
It goes to the corner I specified in cam right as its bout to take its first cut the motors start pulsing is the only way I can describe it  . they werent event moving .001
System jogs fine I set backlash up today fine . If I tell it move .030 it moves that distance.
My head hurts I can really use some help.....

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Motor tuning

« on: August 31, 2013, 04:08:28 PM »

All three my steppers diver and power supply is the same.

I understand I can have different motor settings and lets say I set Z low and XY up higher. If my Z is falling on its face because it has more of a load will X and Y do the same when they have a larger load on them when its time to cut a piece?

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General Mach Discussion / Motor tuning

« on: August 31, 2013, 02:08:22 PM »

Im curious do some of you have your XY axis set differently then your Z.
My X and Y  I can set allot higher than my Z . If I try setting my Z as high as the others Z falls on its face. But im worried in a maching oppeation x & y will lose steps if I set them hat high.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Error free

« on: August 29, 2013, 10:52:31 AM »

Ya I really dont understand why when I load the gcode the picture is very small. What can I do to change that?