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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Mastercam to Mach Problems

« on: February 27, 2010, 06:21:19 AM »

Post one of your code files then we can see what needs changing.

Graham

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: G31 Trouble

« on: February 25, 2010, 11:37:17 AM »

Do you have the sub program stored in the subprogram folder inside mach3 folder, if not you should or you need to specify the full path in the m98 call.

Graham

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: G31 Trouble

« on: February 24, 2010, 08:09:07 PM »

how did you write the sub ?

it should look something like this

%
g21g40
m98p1(call sub)
m30

o1
g31z1.f100
g91z.3
m99
%

Graham

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Macropump?

« on: February 17, 2010, 08:05:13 PM »

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,13576.0.html

Have a look at this link, if you type macropump into the search you will get about 7 pages of info.

Graham

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General Mach Discussion / Re: CALL PGM

« on: February 17, 2010, 11:29:08 AM »

Yes you can do this type of call

M98 (c:\NC_code\program_name.tap)

Graham

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: What i didn't make with my cnc machine

« on: February 16, 2010, 06:49:17 AM »

This happened about 20 years back and is still my claim to fame.

Smashing a brand new SMP floating holder and a 5/8" Dihart reamer into a hundred parts first time out, I don't know why but I never set the length offset, 25 metres a min into the top of the job, in that split second 800 quid flashed across my mind in a ball of fire.  That was an expensive morning, amazing how things like that focus the brain, not missed an offset since, and long may it continue.

Every time I have a go at one of the lads about smashing something they go to there tool box and bring out a fragment and hold it up.   

Graham

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General Mach Discussion / Re: urgent need of help please..!

« on: February 10, 2010, 06:36:34 PM »

Yes, just change the one, it makes no difference to the software, you just calibrate it as 9tpi for that axis.

Graham

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Feed Hold and Single Issues

« on: February 10, 2010, 06:25:41 PM »

Those were the days, long stands, new bubble for the level, sparks for the grinder, buckets of blue steam, and glass hammers, when my nephew started working for a local engineering shop we had a glass hammer water jet cut for him, oh boy did that spoil there fun  

Graham

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General Mach Discussion / Re: urgent need of help please..!

« on: February 10, 2010, 06:15:53 PM »

Why do you have to have a 11tpi, you can fit the 9 tpi and just change the 'steps per' in mach3 config and be up and running in no time.

Graham

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Screen designer tips and tutorials / Re: Sorry for the hopefully simple basic question

« on: February 10, 2010, 06:13:08 PM »

Here is the location of screen4, get that and put the contents of the zip file into the mach3 folder.  Then you can run screen4 by creating a shortcut to the screen4 .exe file on your desktop.

From there on its not that hard to work out how it works. You can always come back and ask more questions if you are stuck.

Graham

http://www.machsupport.com/downloads/Screen4.zip