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General Mach Discussion / Re: cutting out of line with the toolpath

« on: July 13, 2010, 01:56:02 PM »

thanks a lot...I will take a look at the terminals....so far the machine has settled down (since removing the anti virus..maybe it was just luck!)

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General Mach Discussion / Re: cutting out of line with the toolpath

« on: July 09, 2010, 03:45:41 PM »

I disabled the anti virus and the machine settled down...could that be it?  One of the other symptoms was that when I move the machine manually, if I hit the -x button it would go in the positive direction.  When it would finally go in the negative x direction it would start trebling and go 6 inches in one direction and 6 inches in the other

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General Mach Discussion / Re: cutting out of line with the toolpath

« on: July 09, 2010, 12:34:00 PM »

now the machine has gone totally haywire....there is no relationship between what it is cutting and what it is suppossed to be cutting.  The toolpath display on the screen Mach screen shows the toolpaths correctly and the progress of the machine along the toolpath...but the machine is utting something totally different.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: cutting out of line with the toolpath

« on: July 09, 2010, 11:36:28 AM »

how do I check my steps per unit and code?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: cutting out of line with the toolpath

« on: July 09, 2010, 11:35:22 AM »

the part moving was my first theory also...but I was cutting the piece out of a square measuring 9"by 9"and it was screwed down on all 4 corners. Looking at the piece carefully it seems the first half of the cuts are off by about 1/32" per pass (I have the machine doing three passes per line so between each pass it drifts a slight amount to one side...then about half way through the piece all the cuts get offset about 1/4" to the right...

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General Mach Discussion / cutting out of line with the toolpath

« on: July 09, 2010, 08:50:09 AM »

  I am cutting a design out of 3/16 aluminum in 3 passes.  It is a rather intricate design with lots of negative spaces within a circular format about 8 inches in diameter. The first test went beautifully...looking at the piece sideways you could not even tell where the first pass ended and the second started.  Now There is a slight step effect caused by the second and third passes not being exactly in line with the first pass.  The final outer circular path is way off..(about a quarter inch)...somebody please help! I have 80 to go and have only been able to do one!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Move relative to machine coordinates rather than project coordinates?

« on: July 06, 2010, 02:50:11 PM »

Hello:
  I am having a problem with my machine during the start up routine when I hit the "reference all home" button.  The first few times the x axis wanted to go away from the machine 0,  (the  x machine coordinates read -60 when it is really about at 10) ...after restarting the machine it seemed to work fine, then the x axis started shaking and going about a foot in one direction then a foot in the other. When it is off it travels smoothly through the area that seems to be a problem. 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Move relative to machine coordinates rather than project coordinates?

« on: March 29, 2010, 03:56:49 PM »

HeLp!! when in the MDI screen and I try to manyally input a coordinate it says jog mode disabled in MDI mode..where do I enable the jog mode?

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

« on: March 29, 2010, 03:32:32 PM »

Hi,
  My name is Luis Torruella and I have been a full time sculptor for more than 20 years .  I have had a plasma CNC for the last seven years (shopbott) and I recently purchased a CNC from Precision Automated Equipment..(, I just got an email from them that their business is closing!!...ouch) ... but the machine looks good so far.  I work mainly in aluminum and recently have started incorporating wood in my work. Check out my website at www.luistorruella.com
 I live in Puerto Rico so most of my free time is spent playing beach volleyball with my daughters or doing something water related...
luis