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General Mach Discussion / Re: FeatureCam

« on: December 27, 2013, 10:00:55 AM »

 Thanks for the feedback.  I think I have found my problem.  After studying the Mach3 list of G-codes, I found G90.1 for Turning on i and j incremental moves.  PostedG90.1 at the beginning of my Gcode.  My programs seem to be running fine.   Thanks again for your input.
Rog

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General Mach Discussion / Re: FeatureCam

« on: December 26, 2013, 11:57:48 AM »

 :)Russ
Here is a portion of my G code...
Mach3 stops at the first G2..... NOTE works if I remove the i & j and change G2 to G1

(FM2)
N15 G90
N20 G00 X0 Y0 Z0.25 F15.0
N25 M06 T1
N30 G43 H1
N35 S2482 M03
N40 M08
N45 G00 X4.4668 Y6.0029 Z1.0
N50 G00 Z0.1
N55 G01 X4.4668 Y6.0029 Z-0.25
N60 G01 X4.6895 Y5.5 Z-0.25
N65 G02 X5.5 Y4.6895 I-2.1895 J-3.0
N70 G01 X6.0029 Y4.4668 Z-0.25
N75 G01 X5.9637 Y3.7634 Z-0.25
N80 G01 X5.5 Y4.0592 Z-0.25
N85 G03 X4.0592 Y5.5 I-3.0 J-1.5592

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General Mach Discussion / FeatureCam

« on: December 26, 2013, 11:33:00 AM »

Need some coaching....
Trying to run current trial version of Mach3
Using Featurecam 2014
seems to have trouble processing/executing G2 and G3 codes
Have i & j codes set to incremental

Mach3 just stops when it hits a G2 or G3 code

Roger Olson 423-742-4583

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Missing pages from User Manual for Mach3 Mill

« on: June 19, 2013, 11:22:04 AM »

 
Thanks all.
you are a great help.
rog

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Manual movement of Stepper motors w/o power

« on: June 18, 2013, 01:59:04 PM »

  Bad News again...
Accidentally moved my y axis into its limit switch.  This has killed all movement of the machine.  Have checked the auto-Override on the setting page with no results.  Just dead in the water.  I was actually able to run a couple of programs yesterday(just cutting air).
Think I'll go take a nap.
rog

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General Mach Discussion / Machine zero

« on: June 18, 2013, 10:44:07 AM »

 ???I am totally stumped.  How does one set Machine Zero.  I want to set it to the lower corner of my work table.  I have read the manual and watched the videos.  I am just missing something.
I am having no trouble setting work coordinated to zero and running programs.  I just want to understand how to get machine coordinates to a fixed table location.
Thanks
rog

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Manual movement of Stepper motors w/o power

« on: June 16, 2013, 06:43:05 AM »

  Good news on this end.  With help from Brett, I got movement from my stepper motors from the first time.  I needed to enable some additional software setting.
This is a major break through.  I think I'm on the road to using Mach3.  Thanks to those who have offered suggestions.
rog

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Manual movement of Stepper motors w/o power

« on: June 15, 2013, 10:42:45 AM »

Brett... I have tried have tried the "Auto Limit Override" no success.
My current thinking is to remove the stepper motors to see if I can manually move the axis off the limit switch.
rog
 

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General Mach Discussion / Manual movement of Stepper motors w/o power

« on: June 15, 2013, 08:10:19 AM »

 ???Short of disassembling my ProMax 42 router, is there any way to mannually move my steppers off of the limit switches.
All of my attempts to override and jog have not worked.  Thanks for any input.
rog

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General Mach Discussion / Missing pages from User Manual for Mach3 Mill

« on: June 14, 2013, 02:29:26 PM »

   Having a problem with limit switches.  The manual index points me to section 6-11.  There is no section 6-11 in manual I down loaded yesterday.  Also looking for section 10-23.  Can anyone point to resources for manually overriding all of my limit switches.  All of my axis x,y, &z are sitting on their limit switch.  Can not move any axis... very frustrating.
rog