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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: G84 Canned RH Tapping Cycle

« on: February 05, 2006, 07:19:31 AM »

Here is a program that I think woudl work:

G00 X0 Y0
M98 P1000
G00 X2.0
M98 P1000
M30

O1000
G00 Z.1
M3 S300
G01 Z-.625
M5
G4 P2.0
M4
Z.1
G4 P1.0
G00 Z1.0
M99

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Angular axis A

« on: February 05, 2006, 07:14:09 AM »

Nope The rate is in Deg per Min ... This is something that takes most some time to get there head around it.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Help Set Me Straight ( Limit and Home switches)

« on: February 05, 2006, 07:07:14 AM »

Double check the with the LED's on the Diagnostics page to see if Mach 3 is getting the input. Once you have the led so it will light on the screen when you press the home switch you should be good to go.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: tiny pc for mach 3

« on: February 04, 2006, 05:14:33 AM »

You are having to much fun Nice find!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Help Set Me Straight ( Limit and Home switches)

« on: February 04, 2006, 05:13:28 AM »

basically you are telling the computer to ignore any input that is on for less time than the debounce. So if you have an input that is on for 100 and have the debounce set to 200 I will never read the input! You can crank it up to 2000 no problem! That is only like 4 Milli sec.... You will never even know it So as you can see it is to filter out noise that could be coming in to the input....

How is that?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Angular axis A

« on: February 04, 2006, 05:05:26 AM »

On the Fanuc mills you can change this in the parameters. But in the end it is that you see because the Mill KNOWS how many times it has turned.... The problem that most people have is that you are working in deg/min NOT inch/min! SO GREAT care must be taken when programing a 4th axis job. Inverse time is a bout the best because you just tell it how long of a time to make the cut (min / inch)

How is that clear as mud?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Finding 'Sherline'

« on: February 04, 2006, 04:54:37 AM »

On the first page of the ports and pins there is a check box. This should help

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General Mach Discussion / Re: How can I adjust the speed of Jogging ?

« on: February 04, 2006, 04:49:44 AM »

in Mach3 Press the "Tab" key and you will get a slide out with the SLOW JOG DRO with arrows to make it higher or lower.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: G84 Canned RH Tapping Cycle

« on: February 04, 2006, 04:47:15 AM »

I am also getting off list questions about this I think it is about time to start getting this working... But for now I could make it a sub that we call in the program...

What do you think Terry?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Help Set Me Straight ( Limit and Home switches)

« on: February 01, 2006, 07:28:19 PM »

Hello!
You are going to have to check that you have the machine set to HOME NEG. Also what happens if you press the X axis limit switch? It should show both the X home and X - limit switch actice on the Diagnostics page. If that is all okay we start to dig