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General Mach Discussion / Re: NEED HELP IN CNC MILLING AND SOFTWARE

« on: September 17, 2011, 09:43:08 PM »

Well I'm glad to here I'm not crazy. Lol. This thing every once in a while gets a mind of it's own. It will take a turn for the worst and go and run good for a but and then all of a sudden it goes a different direction just out if the blue and pow there goes another bit.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach3 on cnc masters mill

« on: February 15, 2010, 09:36:09 PM »

i have a cnc masters supra and i dont care for there software either .  im not a whiz at the controller aspect but i would like to see some pics of your controller you built (if you would''nt mind.) so i can see if it is something i could accomplish on my own .  i really hate to quirks that this software and controller has it has cost me several hundred dollars in broken tooling .
thanks
kevin 

 dwg at wind stream dot net can get me !!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: NEED HELP IN CNC MILLING AND SOFTWARE

« on: February 15, 2010, 08:39:37 PM »

im not yelling!!! lol just can read tall type better!@!!!! lol anyway the controller is mounted on the machine with just a usb connection from it to the computer.  i didnt know if mach 3 had that option using my existing controller., it has a usb card in the controller that is tied to the step driver cards with a ribbon cable.. the machine is a couple of years old. OUT OF WARRANTY of course. the software that runs it is called master xu  and its really basic but has no starts from stops you have to restart the whole program and watch the bit run through the already cuts and waste time.
the table has home position grounds that let the software save your home position if you desire or you can manually set the home and zero the dro.  the machine also has a remote control that is hand held and has a joystick on it to jog around at the machine.  if the computer is on and you use the joystick sometimes the axis will just take off and you have to e-stop to  make it stop. i think this machine came with a ghost in it !!!!! for the most part it will do what you set it to do but you never know when it will throw you a curve!!! it will break bits when it goes wrong !! that tends to get expensive..  thanks for all you guys input! im fairly new at the machining thing but i love to do it.

kevin

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General Mach Discussion / NEED HELP IN CNC MILLING AND SOFTWARE

« on: February 14, 2010, 07:35:39 PM »

DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO IF POSSIBLE TO INCORPORATE MACH 3 SOFTWARE INTO A CNC MASTERS SUPRA MILL THAT IS CURRENTLY RUNNING ON ITS OWN PROGRAMING AND CONNECTS TO THE COMPUTER ONLY THROUGH USB.  IT HAS ITS OWN CONTROL BOX WITH AXIS DRIVER CARDS AND A USB INTERFACE CONNECTED BY RIBBON CABLES..  ANY HELP ON THIS SUBJECT WILL BE GREATLY BE APPRECIATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!

« on: February 14, 2010, 07:30:03 PM »

HELLO TO ALL!!

MY NAME IS KEVIN AND I JUST JOINED UP HERE.  A LITTLE ABOUT ME HMMMMM  WELL AT WORK I HAVE CNC MASTERS SUPRA MILLING MACHINE AND A JET 13X40" LATHE NON CNC.
I AM NOT BY FAR A MACHINIST BUT I AM TRYING TO LEARN EVERY DAY THE TIPS AND TRICKS TO MACHINE WORK.  I JOINED THIS FORUM BECAUSE I AM INTERESTED IN LEARNING FROM PEOPLE AND IF I HAVE ANYTHING OF WORTH OF MY OWN SHARING IT TO YOU ALL.

BUT I LOVE TO MAKE CHIPS AND PARTS BUT I DONT HAVE VERY MUCH LUCK!!! LOL  I TEND TO MAKE MORE SCRAP THAN PARTS !!! LOL  ANY HELP WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED AND I WILL RETURN THE FAVOR IF AT ALL POSSIBLE WHEN I CAN.

I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH ::: DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THE MACH 3 SOFTWARE WILL RUN ON A SUPRA MACHINE WHICH IS USB CONTROLLED NOW IS THERE A WAY TO CONNECT THE 2 TOGETHER??

THANKS

KEVIN