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General Mach Discussion / Re: New to Mach 3

« on: February 13, 2014, 10:48:36 AM »

Ron the owner of Velox CNC is meeting with me on Saturday to give me the run down and show me how to use Mach3. Great guy for helping me out. Gonna make my first cut on Saturday

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New to Mach 3

« on: February 12, 2014, 10:52:52 AM »

I watched tutorial 3 last night a few times and did a 'dry' run with no router. Couple of things happened,. first time the gantry got bound up for some reason,. like the left and right side were out of sync,. it was weird,. but got past that with a restart,. then the second time there was a soft limit warning and then it stopped on a second pass,. Pretty sure I still have lots of configuring to do to get up and running,. but I think dry runs are going to be good to get the practice I need.

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General Mach Discussion / New to Mach 3

« on: February 11, 2014, 01:42:56 PM »

Ok so I have downloaded the manual,. all 106 pages of it,. I received a computer with my CNC machine with Mach 3 already on it. I think everything should be set up for me. I seriously dont even know where to start though! Did everyone learn from the manuals? I tried watching one of the vids and I got really confused. I just want to learn how to set up zeroing and make my first cut. Any help would be more than appreciated.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!

« on: February 11, 2014, 11:42:39 AM »

Thanks Tweakie!,. yeah I am super pumped to make my first cut,. Mach3 at first look seems like a foreign language to me. I am good at CAD design but need to get going on Mach3,. problem is I have a license for Mach3 but it didnt come with any manuals. Where would be a good place to start?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!

« on: February 11, 2014, 11:32:25 AM »

My name is Tom. I recently bought a Velox CNC machine. I have it all set up but have no idea what I am doing when it comes to Mach3. I am sure it will take some time to learn it,. but I don't even know where to start.