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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: judah on November 20, 2006, 01:56:45 PM

Title: mach turn od arc wizard
Post by: judah on November 20, 2006, 01:56:45 PM: hey dose any one know if the z end should be a neg number on mine there are no neg Numbers at all on the screen shouldn't there be?
thanks
Title: Re: mach turn od arc wizard
Post by: PaulWC on November 20, 2006, 03:38:47 PM: On my setup, Z+ is towards the tailstock and X+ is towards me.

When using the turn wizards, I just key in negative (-) values for Z, in the entry fields, when describing cuts towards the headstock.

Paul, Central OR
Title: Re: mach turn od arc wizard
Post by: judah on November 20, 2006, 03:54:29 PM: mine will not let me cnange to a neg number its allways pos
Title: Re: mach turn od arc wizard
Post by: PaulWC on November 20, 2006, 05:11:32 PM: Here's a sample I just ran... Mach3Turn ver R2.0.011:

Paul, Central OR
Title: Re: mach turn od arc wizard
Post by: judah on November 23, 2006, 03:55:05 PM: ya see it will let you enter a neg number in z end mine will not and your and also in your z center
thanks for the help though any more ideas would also be appreciated.
I'm currently running Mach mill would this affect any thing?
Title: Re: mach turn od arc wizard
Post by: DAlgie on November 23, 2006, 09:18:42 PM: Is it a mill or lathe you have? If it's a mill, don't use the turn wizards, if it's a lathe, you should be using Mach3 turn.
Title: Re: mach turn od arc wizard
Post by: PaulWC on November 24, 2006, 11:47:27 PM: Hi Judah,

My setup is a P4, 2ghz, 1GB, Windows XP Pro SP2.

I'm currently running Mach3 ver RC2.0.013. When running Turn Wizards, I start Mach3 with "Mach3Turn.xml".

One more thing... I use my Numerical Ten Key Pad (right side of keyboard) for entering value signs (-), decimal point (.) and numbers... finishing with the "Enter" key on the bottom right corner. I don't know if there is any difference to the Wizard for which set of number keys are used?

Paul, Central OR