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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: Quentin David Lock on December 20, 2014, 08:19:24 AM
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Hi
I am a newbie and starting with a basic set up. I am using ventric 2d cut, mach3 on a small 6040z table. I have spent a lot of time setting up as per the mauals etc but now I have turned on and loaded my toolpaths I have the following problems and cant seem to see where I have gone wrong.
All the axis are magnified. If the maach 3 says that the spindle has moved 230mm on x axis it has actually moved 290mm. same on y axis. on z axis programmed for 9.7mm mach 3 says travelled 9.7mm but has actually travelled 11.5mm.
It is probably something basic but have got myself bogged down as to what I should be looking at. (ventric,mach3 or machine set up.
Please help ??? ??? ??? ???
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It sounds to me as though you do not have your 'steps per unit' set correctly. The Mach3 manual http://www.machsupport.com/help-learning/product-manuals/ section 5.5.1 explains the basics and section 5.5.2.3 explains the automatic procedure you can use to calibrate each axis.
Hope this helps.
Tweakie.
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Thanks Tweakie
I was looking at that late last night. My set up manual that came with the machine said enter 400 steps per unit in mach 3 I will go and try the auto procedure now and see what happens.
Much appreciated.
Regards
Q