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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: trob on July 16, 2013, 03:16:27 PM

Title: Mach 3 problem help needed
Post by: trob on July 16, 2013, 03:16:27 PM

Hi all I'm new here and could do with a little help
I recently purchased a small milling machine equipped with mach 3
I've been using the machine manually with no problems, however today I imported a dxf file from autocad, loaded the g code and when I run the program I have found
that the actual movement of the machine is greater than the movement shown on the DRO.
Mach 3 is not something i'm used to, could this be a simple problem or something more serious, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Title: Re: Mach 3 problem help needed
Post by: Hood on July 16, 2013, 03:38:18 PM

Sounds like the steps per unit are set incorrectly, either that or you have scaling set.
Hood

Title: Re: Mach 3 problem help needed
Post by: trob on July 17, 2013, 03:02:24 PM

Thanks for this I have changed the steps per unit and it seems to be ok now