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General Mach Discussion / speech - waves?

« on: April 04, 2011, 12:35:18 AM »

What about these do options on general config?
do they do anything fun?

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General Mach Discussion / Merge G-codes ?

« on: March 17, 2011, 08:56:07 PM »

Hey guys,

Does anybody know of a utility that allows you to pick 2 or more G-codes and merge them into 1 ?

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General Mach Discussion / switch of the motors off after end of G-code

« on: February 26, 2011, 05:20:52 PM »

Hello everybody,

I Dont know if this is the correct area to post my question, moderators feel free to move the thread.

I basically would like to have the ability to go offline after M05, is there any way to do it with macros or brains?

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General Mach Discussion / A very weird prob... pls assist...

« on: June 04, 2010, 07:49:55 PM »

Hello Guys:

Here is a very weird problem i m facing with my mill: (4 axis - G540 -ballscrews - SmoothStepper)

After tramming the mill to a acceptable degree,
And measuring with the dial and physically verifying the distance on the DRO is the actual distance traveled,
I made a small cube (10x10x6mm)  in my CAD prog to find the 0,0,0 of the machine. ( I do roughing and finishing on top/bottom)
After cutting  - measuring - adjusting the offset i got a pretty good accuracy. (about 0.05mm tolerance).

Here is the weird part:
when i cut my test part i always get the same result, but when i cut other parts they about 1mm smaller in the Z axis. (ie: my part should be 6.1mm in Z and it comes out 5mm)
The problem occurs no matter:
 - If I use SS or not,
 - Two different computers,
 - I run simulations to exclude any CAM issues.
 - While using the LTP driver and press the verify button   I don't have lost steps in the report.

In the bottom line:
 When i cut some rectangular parts I cannot recreate the error, When i do pocketing or anything else I end with physical geometry which is missing about 1mm in Z.

I would highly appreciate any ideas on this very weird problem.

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General Mach Discussion / Problem homing when Autozero is disabled.

« on: April 27, 2010, 09:41:56 AM »

Hello People,

Just installed Mach3,
Hardware: STDR-4C - GeckoG540

When i disable the AutoZero function in homing each axis goes crazy, it goes to reach the limit switch and once it does then it moves in sync with another axis while it tries to home. Difficult to put in to words...

Any intake on what could be wrong?