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General Mach Discussion / Re: For Wizard Loving Lathe Users

« on: August 14, 2010, 09:18:12 AM »

I am just going to try and learn to work with the standard lathe screen.  If I end up hating it, I will ask Rich if he can forward to me the .lset modified screen to me.  Thanks to everyone, Mike.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: For Wizard Loving Lathe Users

« on: August 13, 2010, 05:45:13 PM »

You got it!!  I am not crazy about the screen that is coming up at all for the lathe.  I will work with it and see if I can get use to it.  If not, I will probably be trying to make my own screen set up too.  Thanks for all your help.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: For Wizard Loving Lathe Users

« on: August 13, 2010, 03:44:34 PM »

Yes, I do get this screen BUT I AM TRYING TO GET THE 1024.LSET SCREEN, NOT THIS SCREEN.  When I try to load the 1024.lset screen, it turns back to mill wizards.  I hope you understand now what I am talking about.  I do not want to use this screen but rather the 1024 screen.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: For Wizard Loving Lathe Users

« on: August 13, 2010, 01:47:57 PM »

Here it is. 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: For Wizard Loving Lathe Users

« on: August 13, 2010, 10:02:15 AM »

Hood,  As I suspected, when I tried this morning to AGAIN follow your instructions, it just won't allow me to default to the 1024.lset file.  I believe you are correct when you say Mach3 believes that I installed this software as a Mill application.  I am ready to forward my XML file but don't know how to do that within this application.  Will I need your email address? 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: For Wizard Loving Lathe Users

« on: August 12, 2010, 05:41:40 PM »

I will give this a try the first thing in the morning.  I think I have already done this but I will go over it step by step again to see if I missed something.  Mike

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General Mach Discussion / Re: For Wizard Loving Lathe Users

« on: August 12, 2010, 02:23:52 PM »

Yes, I could but it won't mean anything.  I make sure that in notepad that it reads .lset but when the first screen comes up in Mach3, I selledt "AUTO", and then go to view and try to select .lset, all that is there is .set.  I have done this now at least 20 times and it does that every time. 

I can make sure that the XML calls out .lset but after I go thru the above process it is .set.  When the first basic startup screen comes up when you start Mach3, if you go to loas wizards, the lathe wizards are there but when you try to get the 1024.set the .lset is gone.

I hope I explained this well enough for you to understand what is happening.

Mike

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General Mach Discussion / Re: For Wizard Loving Lathe Users

« on: August 12, 2010, 10:10:25 AM »

Hood,
Sorry I haven't gotten back before now.  Thanks again for all your help and patience.  I have tried everything but Mach3 still keeps reverting back to the 1024.set screen.  I have tried to change the setting in my XML file to .lset but that doesn't work, I have physically went into the run screen of Mach3 and used the drop down screen and went to the lathe directory and then checked .lset but the end result is that it keeps going back to 1024.set.  If you have any more ideas before I try to reinstall Mach3 for the 100th time, let me know.  This has been very frustrating.  I can not for the life of me understand why changing the XML file to default to .lset doesn't fix it.  Thanks again for all your help.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: For Wizard Loving Lathe Users

« on: August 11, 2010, 09:48:46 AM »

Hood, 

Well, I got up this morning and started my Mach3 Lathe and the wizard screen was back to being the mill wizards again.  I went back into the xml file I am using and changed the screen set back to .lset and started it up again.  It was the lathe wizards until I tried to go to the 1024 screen and it went back to the mill wizards again.  Frustrating.  What am I doing wrong?

The Line 8 G Code that keeps coming up with errors from a test program written by the lathe wizard reads as follows:  G76 X0.4 Z1 Q1 P0.05 J0.006 L45 H0.022 I29 C0.025 B0.0001 T0

Keep in mind, this was just some numbers plugged into the wizard to see how it wrote the G Code.

Mike

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General Mach Discussion / Re: For Wizard Loving Lathe Users

« on: August 10, 2010, 05:29:17 PM »

I AM HEADED HOME FOR DINNER BUT WILL CHECK IT OUT TOMORROW AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT LINE 8 IS SAYING.  THANKS AGAIN.