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LazyTurn / Re: LazyTurn

« on: December 04, 2010, 10:03:55 AM »

I have a boxford converted to run mach3....I've had it for a couple of years but just getting round to use it...the weather has put paid to that at present cos its out in a unheated garage....

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LazyTurn / Re: LazyTurn

« on: December 04, 2010, 07:49:09 AM »

OK, run it under winxp compatability and it works....thanks for the nudge....

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LazyTurn / Re: LazyTurn

« on: December 04, 2010, 07:30:21 AM »

sorry to be a pain guys but I'm new to this. Have downloaded, read manual and got it working except when I post gcode it just makes an empty file...there is no gcode in it. I have run the sim and highlighted the toolpath in the left box but still no code.....help please?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Help for a newbie please.....

« on: May 05, 2008, 01:16:45 PM »

Can I just make it clear that I don't think Jonathan is any way responsible for this as I have probably cocked something up by clicking a box or setting I shouldn't. Anyway just to make that clear and that Jonathan is being very helpful and supportive just thought someone might know an answer to help me out.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Help for a newbie please.....

« on: May 04, 2008, 01:28:25 PM »

in spindle configuration there is a box for pulses per revolution....how many for my machine and how do you enter the figure?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Help for a newbie please.....

« on: May 04, 2008, 01:02:23 PM »

V2.63  and yes, I'm sure its a config problem as well......was just angling after pointers as to where to config it.

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General Mach Discussion / Help for a newbie please.....

« on: May 04, 2008, 11:49:39 AM »

Hi, just starting to get to grips with mach3 for both turn and mill. I have a boxford 15tcl converted by another guy called cncdoctor (cheers Jonathan) and it works fine up to a point as does my Sieg X3 cnc converted mill (thanks to spg tools Hinckley) but two questions....

1 It appears that mach3mill and mach 3turn interfere with each other when you try and run them on the same PC but controlling both the machines via a switch box. The steppings for whichever is started up first seem to stick; so I start mach3turn and the steppings are 407 for the x and 800 for the y but if I then start mach3mill the movement is wrong and it appears that it does not pick the steppings up correctly and as it is 800 on both x and y the x axis is out of step, conversely if i start them the other way the boxford is wrong. Why does not mach3 pick up the correct settings from the XML file. I am starting the program from the launcher?

2: In mach3turn the Strue speed readout seems very wrong. I have set the pulleys for the correct speeds (320 - 3000 rpm) and to be honest they look pretty good, however the Strue speed dro is stuck at ~350 rpm when running at 1000rpm spindle speed. I have tried changing the ratio but that just makes it stuck at some other arbitrary figure, for instance, if I set the ratio to 1 @1000 rpm then the Strue readout is ~60. What am i missing as I understand this is need for thread cutting.

Thanks for your help in this

Tony