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General Mach Discussion / steppers just quit moving mid motion but mach still running

« on: November 03, 2014, 10:42:04 PM »

havent changed any settings on this machine.  has ran relaiblly for a long time.  Today was running a job and all 3 axis just quit, and stopped where they were in the program.  In the mach screeen the program was still running.  Restarted everything and it ran fine for a little bit.  Did it again awhile later.  What would be the cause of this?  Any help would be appreciated.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: another newbie with a 4th axis

« on: June 24, 2014, 09:56:13 PM »

Got it working.  Thanks.  I did end up finding a thread that made sense.  Using stepper motor with a gecko g540.   

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General Mach Discussion / another newbie with a 4th axis

« on: June 23, 2014, 09:27:39 PM »

trying to get my deepgroove1 5C 4th axis set up correctly.

It has a 6:1 rotation.  

How do I set up this up in motor tuning?  What is the math?  Done a search but end up more confused.

I can get it to rotate just not correctly.  If i type in G0 A360 it keeps going round.  LOL

Any help would be appreciated.

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: Write Wizard- any way of keepingit open

« on: September 26, 2013, 10:51:04 PM »

Ron and Ger,

Thanks for the info.  I do have the mill addons for Mach 3 from newfangled.  Guess I need to look into Mach4 aswell.

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Write Wizard- any way of keepingit open

« on: September 23, 2013, 12:31:43 AM »

Have been using the write wizard.  I like it for its ease of use. 

1. - Is there a way to keep it open and run,instead of having to choose it everytime when I want to do a new serial engraving?

2.- after I use it, it loses x0. as my start to point.  Even though I have saved the settings, my X always changes to the last position it stops at.  I have to keep telling it to start at X0.

Thanks

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: new project light machines cnc router

« on: September 09, 2013, 01:05:31 AM »

a few more pictures

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / new project light machines cnc router

« on: September 09, 2013, 12:58:54 AM »

picked this nice little unit up over the weekend.  couldn't beat the price one bit.  It is actually quite sturdy.  Was told that is what set up for Mach, but the reseller was just going off what was on the back of the machine.  Need to figure out the ballscrews and run a few tests in Mach to see what settings need to be at.  If anybody has any info on this machine it would be greatly appreciated.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: G-code not compatable with Mach3-problems

« on: January 02, 2011, 06:51:17 PM »

Thanks just did that, as I also found it looking in the posts forum.  That helped out, now in the first program it runs but am getting a random complete circle in one spot.  So its better.  Will keep concentrating on the post processor I believe.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / G-code not compatable with Mach3-problems

« on: January 02, 2011, 05:58:53 PM »

Hello,

I am still learning to work with MACH3.  Have done a couple of searches but havent been able to find the answers I am looking for.

Basically the g-code my CAD/CAM is putting out is giving me errors in MACH.  I am using a generic fanuc post and have ran these programs successfully on a HAAS mini-mill with no problems.  When I go to run them on my little homemade router I get different errors.

In this code( which I didnt post all of it) I get radius differs from start point

%
O8021( DC SOUNDLAB.NCF )
( FORMAT: FANUC 0M KITAMURA [BSF] C4592.16.PST )
( 5/31/10 AT  9:05 PM )
( OUTPUT IN ABSOLUTE INCHES )
( PARTS PROGRAMMED: 1 )
( FIRST TOOL NOT IN SPINDLE )
N1G91G28Z0.T1
M6
( OPERATION 1: ROUGHING )
( WORKGROUP )
( TOOL 1: .188 FINISH ENDMILL )
( CS#1 - XY PLANE )
G54
G90G17G0X3.9974Y-.1233S3000M3
G43Z0.H1M8
Z.1T3
G1Z-.06F5.
X3.9303Y-.1904
X4.0645F30.
Y-.0443
X3.9303
Y-.1904
Y-.2844
X4.1585
Y.0497
X3.8363
Y-.2844
X3.9303
Y-.3784
X4.2525
Y.1437
X3.7423
Y-.2577
X1.0757
G2X.2045Y.4419J.8922  starting here
G1X.1127Y.4217
G2Y.8474I.963J.2128
X-.0367I-.0747J.1725
Y.4217I-.963J-.2129
X.1127I.0747J-.1725
G1X.2045Y.4419
G2X1.0757Y1.5267I.8712J.1926
G1X3.7423
X3.8363Y1.5535
Y1.4595
X3.9303
Y1.3137
X4.0645
Y1.4595
X3.9303
X3.8363
Y1.2197
X4.1585
Y1.5535
X3.8363
X3.7423Y1.5267
Y1.1257
X4.2525
Y1.6475
X1.0757
G3X.1261Y.9872J-1.013
G2X-.0501I-.0881J.0327
G3X-.9997Y1.6475I-.9496J-.3527
G1X-4.2518
Y1.5267
X-.9997
G2Y-.2577J-.8922
G1X-3.8998
X-3.9938Y-.2844
Y.8985
X-4.1578
Y-.2844



And on this program I get alot of of random circles being cut along with the rest of the program

%
O1000( NEWDC.NCF )

( FORMAT: FANUC 0M KITAMURA [BSF] C4592.16.PST )

( 12/19/10 AT  3:53 PM )

( OUTPUT IN ABSOLUTE INCHES )

( PARTS PROGRAMMED: 1 )

( FIRST TOOL NOT IN SPINDLE )

N1G91G28Z0.T1
M6
( OPERATION 1: ROUGHING )

( WORKGROUP )
( TOOL 1: .125 FINISH ENDMILL )

( CS#1 - XY PLANE )

G54

G90G17G0X-2.2417Y-.0396S5000M3

G43Z0.H1
Z.1

G1Z-.0125F1.

X-2.2109Y-.0256

X-2.3707Y.3249F40.

X-2.4773

X-2.785Y-.3243

X-2.7157

X-2.6623Y-.1985

G2X-2.6048Y-.1605I.0575J-.0245

G1X-2.4359

Y-.129

X-2.5383

G2X-2.5959Y-.0422J.0625
G1X-2.4954Y.197

G2X-2.3805Y.1977I.0576J-.0242

G1X-2.2763Y-.0415
G2X-2.3336Y-.129I-.0573J-.025

G1X-2.4359

Y-.1605

X-2.264

G2X-2.2066Y-.1982J-.0625
G1X-2.1522Y-.3243

X-2.0748

X-2.2109Y-.0256

G0Z.1

X-2.2417Y-.0396

Z.0875

G1Z-.025F1.

X-2.2109Y-.0256

X-2.3707Y.3249F40.

X-2.4773

X-2.785Y-.3243

X-2.7157

X-2.6623Y-.1985

G2X-2.6048Y-.1605I.0575J-.0245

G1X-2.4359

Y-.129

X-2.5383

G2X-2.5959Y-.0422J.0625

G1X-2.4954Y.197

G2X-2.3805Y.1977I.0576J-.0242

G1X-2.2763Y-.0415
G2X-2.3336Y-.129I-.0573J-.025

G1X-2.4359

Y-.1605

X-2.264
G2X-2.2066Y-.1982J-.0625

G1X-2.1522Y-.3243

X-2.0748

X-2.2109Y-.0256

G0Z.1

X-2.2417Y-.0396

Z.075

G1Z-.0375F1.

X-2.2109Y-.0256

X-2.3707Y.3249F40.

X-2.4773

X-2.785Y-.3243

X-2.7157

X-2.6623Y-.1985

G2X-2.6048Y-.1605I.0575J-.0245

G1X-2.4359

Y-.129

X-2.5383

G2X-2.5959Y-.0422J.0625

G1X-2.4954Y.197

G2X-2.3805Y.1977I.0576J-.0242

G1X-2.2763Y-.0415
G2X-2.3336Y-.129I-.0573J-.025

G1X-2.4359

Y-.1605

X-2.264

G2X-2.2066Y-.1982J-.0625

G1X-2.1522Y-.3243
X-2.0748

X-2.2109Y-.0256

G0Z.1

X-2.2417Y-.0396

Z.0625

G1Z-.05F1.

X-2.2109Y-.0256

X-2.3707Y.3249F40.

X-2.4773

X-2.785Y-.3243

X-2.7157

X-2.6623Y-.1985

G2X-2.6048Y-.1605I.0575J-.0245

G1X-2.4359

Y-.129

X-2.5383

G2X-2.5959Y-.0422J.0625
G1X-2.4954Y.197

G2X-2.3805Y.1977I.0576J-.0242

G1X-2.2763Y-.0415

G2X-2.3336Y-.129I-.0573J-.025

G1X-2.4359

Y-.1605

X-2.264

G2X-2.2066Y-.1982J-.0625

G1X-2.1522Y-.3243

X-2.0748

X-2.2109Y-.0256

G0Z.1

And this is not all of the codes on this one.  IS there something I am missing about MAch3 that has to do with G2 and G# and the I and J.  Is it a setting that I am aoverlooking.  Like metnioned I am still learning with MAch.

Thanks for any advice