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« on: March 22, 2012, 04:42:09 PM »
Hi all,
I admit I don't know what I'm doing but very willing to learn. I'm simply trying to engrave some text in some aluminum. Here is what I'm doing:
using mach3 wizard - Text Engraving v4
I have written the g code for what I want engraved and clicked run and it runs fine but I have no z axis control/movement.
On the text engraving page it will not allow me to enter any values for the rapid height, zero, or depth of the z axis. (actually it won't let me enter ANY values for anything. Just asks for feed rate, height and spacing after I click write) When I change the value to what I want it goes back to zero when I click something else.
Like I said, I've moved my cutter to the starting point (bottom left of workpiece). Paper off of work piece and zeroed everything out. Click run and it traces good, just no z axis movement because I can't enter any values.
Any help on what I'm doing wrong? Thanks for your time, James