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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: Steveb100 on February 07, 2017, 07:54:57 AM
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Hi,
Seem to be having trouble with pause/re-starting Gcode and wondered if anyone else has seen this problem and perhaps have a solution. It doesn't happen every time but this is the second instance where the cutter has gouged a job after restarting from hitting the space bar. If i'm going to pause the router, I try to pause on a straight cut and this morning it continued in the same direction at the correct height after re-start but then removed a radius turning it into a chamfer then continued on the same line straight through the stock!
The other day I had a job with a long machine time and nervously stopped a started about four times without a problem. I thought the first time was just a one off and then it happened again today.
Any solutions/advice would be appreciated.
Steve.
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The only time i have managed to get this to work is to press Feed-Hold then when the motion stops I press stop, to get going again i used Run From Here iIIRC
I hate doing it though and really try not to.
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Dave,
Thanks for the feedback. After doing a few searches I found a piece on the SmoothStepper site(I'm using SmoothStepper) that describes a similar problem and they recommend installing an older more stable version of Mach3. I'm currently on 066 and they say 062 is better.
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062 seems to be the "go to" version for Mach3