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*****VIDEOS***** / Re: Z-axis problem on our drill

« on: September 05, 2012, 09:59:58 PM »

problem fixed.  turns out it was a bad controller board in our system.  put in a new one and the problem went away.  thanks for the help.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: MPG Mode and jog buttons problem

« on: August 14, 2012, 05:38:55 PM »

Where can I get some new screen layouts rather than the default one?

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General Mach Discussion / MPG Mode and jog buttons problem

« on: August 14, 2012, 03:13:46 PM »

Is there anyway to move the MPG Mode and job buttonsfrom the right side of the screen to the left or even in a seperate window?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/84951050@N05/7783148838/

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*****VIDEOS***** / Re: Z-axis problem on our drill

« on: August 10, 2012, 05:26:07 PM »

Rich,
       We reloaded the software onto a new PC and the problem with skipping steps has been eliminated.  The g-code is now cutting the parts on the x and y axis's, and the z is mostly working except, on each pass the z raises slightly so by the end of the cut, the cutting tip is way up in the air.  It's as if the x axis on the mill is at about a 30% angle.  Is there a setting where I can tell mach 3 where '0' on the z axis is at more than one point of the cutting table?

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*****VIDEOS***** / Re: Z-axis problem on our drill

« on: August 09, 2012, 03:08:29 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQaTqW1Ki_I&feature=g-upl

Do you think it might have something to do with our DeepGroove control box?

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*****VIDEOS***** / Re: Z-axis problem on our drill

« on: August 08, 2012, 09:06:49 PM »

I lowered them in the config.  How do I do it in the program?

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*****VIDEOS***** / Re: Z-axis problem on our drill

« on: August 08, 2012, 06:19:17 PM »

No.  The other mill is not a duplicate.  I lowered the velocity and acceleration to around 50% and still had the same problem.  This mill is brand new and my other one is 10 years old.  My other mill is a Model master and the g-code is a .mmg file.  I've tried about a dozen different g-code formats on this new machine and still get the same problem.

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*****VIDEOS***** / Re: Z-axis problem on our drill

« on: August 08, 2012, 05:39:38 PM »

This code runs fine on my other mill.  I'll make those adjustments now and see if that helps.  Thanks.

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*****VIDEOS***** / Re: Z-axis problem on our drill

« on: August 08, 2012, 05:20:01 PM »

This is coming back to the drill at the end of the program it was running:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMUbNbGIb5s&feature=g-upl

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*****VIDEOS***** / Z-axis problem on our drill

« on: August 08, 2012, 04:58:09 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk47iDD1g3E&feature=g-upl

We are having an issue with our drill.  It will run the .mmg file just fine, but over time the Z-axis on the drill starts to go higher and higher which causes the drill-bit to eventually not even touch the slab of wax in which we are trying to drill into.  Any ideas on how to fix it?