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General Mach Discussion / Re: Table Orientation and Homing

« on: November 22, 2022, 09:24:03 PM »

It all depends on you.

It is better to have the machine the same as the rest of the world so if you use some code or a drawing from elsewhere the chances are it will work.

Its an easy fix, move the home switches to the correct end update the softlimits and that's about it.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: macro for turret for boxford tcl

« on: November 22, 2022, 08:51:43 PM »

The macro should be named M6Start.m1s and placed in the macro folder of the profile you are using (Mach3Turn) or what ever you are using.

You need to set the A axis motor tuning so that if you type G91 A45 it moves 1 tool position.

The number is going to be:- number of steps per rev of motor X ratio of worm and wheel of turret.

I think the one I set up years ago was the smaller type and it was set as whole steps (1:1) and it worked out at 360 steps per degree.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Table Orientation and Homing

« on: November 22, 2022, 08:26:04 PM »

Here is a description of how machine are set up :-

https://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=1725.msg9977#msg9977

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Table Orientation and Homing

« on: November 22, 2022, 08:15:08 PM »

Are we talking about a router?

If so then the long axis is X and as you look at the machine it should run to your left and right.  It should home to the right end.

The Y axis runs to and away from you and should home at the back.

Z axis runs up and down and homes at the top.

If you set it like this then home the machine and zero out the DRO's when you move away the dro's should read minus values.

To set the softlimits switch to machine coords and use these values in the table.

Table should look something like this.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Auto Tool Setter Offsets

« on: November 22, 2022, 07:57:45 PM »

Sorry I do not have a psychic link with Trevor, you best deal with him as its his macro.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Auto Tool Setter Offsets

« on: November 21, 2022, 06:36:57 PM »

C = the height from the table top to the Z datum on the work.

#5063 is a macro variable built into mach3/mach4 and is the Z axis trigger point of the probe/tool setter, use this command after the G31 line

local ZProbed = mc.mcCntlGetPoundVar(inst, 5063)

You need to create a M06 script, if you look in the Mach4 Docs folder there is a Scripting manual with a tool set program that you can adapt for your needs.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 Job Size problem. Help Please??

« on: November 20, 2022, 03:40:21 PM »

You need to post your XML file and some screen shots so we can work out what is going on here.

Also put a link to the site you got the details for the machine, this will help us work out if the XML file is correct.

We also need the g-code file you are loading that shows the wrong size.

How do you create the g-code?

Mach3 will run on win7 32 or 64 but many of the drivers are 32 bit only so that is why Win XP is better.

I would suggest you wipe the Mach3 folder from the XP computer and do a new install using this version:-

https://www.machsupport.com/ftp/Mach3/Mach3Version3.043.062.exe

If you have a paid for licence file on your other machine copy it to this one, the one on the Chinese disk is a pirate copy and causes problems.  If you do not have one use it in demo mode for now.

Make sure you put the plugin from the Chinese disk in the right place within Mach3 folder and select that on the device window.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 losing g54-g59

« on: November 18, 2022, 07:01:41 PM »

Are you running the licence file that came with the machine?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 Job Size problem. Help Please??

« on: November 18, 2022, 07:00:10 PM »

Are you running the licence file that came with the machine?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 Job Size problem. Help Please??

« on: November 17, 2022, 07:47:53 PM »

Have you got the native units set to Inch or MM