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General Mach Discussion / Problem relating program coordinates to machine coordinates

« on: September 30, 2012, 09:43:56 PM »

Hello

Hope someone can help me.

I've followed the Mach3Turn manual step by step through sections 7.3 (Referencing the machine) and 7.4 (Chucking stock and setting Z program coordinates) five times.
When I click cycle start, the X axis goes all the way to the opposite end of its travel before trying to form the profile I've programed.

Please offer any suggestions of what I may be doing wrong.

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General Mach Discussion / Using offsets for a lathe

« on: December 05, 2010, 04:18:07 PM »

Hello

I am using Mach3Turn for a lathe attachment that I built.

I would like to know if Mach3 can do this:

Call a tool with T command
Move the tool to a start position that I set with the tool offsets
Start machining from that point
Return to machine home position or go to another tool

Thanks for any help