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Finished Screens / Re: Mach3 2010 Screenset - Now available

« on: October 24, 2017, 08:02:42 AM »

The issue is most likely with your XHC motion card. I have another user with the same card that was not able to get probing to work either.
As I said, send me an email, and I'll send you some alternate macros to try that may work.

One thing that I would recommend, is if the probing does not work correctly, then close and restart Mach3 before trying again. Once a macro fails to run properly in Mach3, future attempts will often not work until Mach3 is restarted.

I sent you a PM with my email address.

Regards
Darren

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Finished Screens / Re: Mach3 2010 Screenset - Now available

« on: October 23, 2017, 12:51:51 AM »

Mach3 is the software, but it's most likely sending commands to a motion controller like this:
https://goo.gl/o31Jj2

These motion controllers actually handle the probing operations, and most of the chinese ones do not support probing properly.

I have added a new image to the previous ones showing the controller I have in the machine.

I changed the safe - z coordinates to machine based and have even more problems.
When I use the edge finger it work fine for a little while using the simple or tool change auto zero but then starts to go crazy. I successfully got it to work about 4 times in a row. Then after that it would stay down on the probing, touch once more up along way and then crash into the edge finder. After that this is all it would do. Then turned machine off and on, close machn 3, re zeroed the machine. Nothing would stop it crashing.

At no point when I use used the go to zero toolbar button would the z go anywhere near the work surface..

I tried just using a simple piece of aluminium onto of my work piece with the probe wire attached and never had the crash problem. However when telling Mach 3 to go home, it almost went to where is should have on the x-axis but s always about 1mm too high.

None of this makes sense to me at all.

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Finished Screens / Re: Mach3 2010 Screenset - Now available

« on: October 22, 2017, 12:23:51 PM »

Thanks for the reply.
The machine is a Chinese JCut 6090a but it is using a Mach3 controller.

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Finished Screens / Re: Mach3 2010 Screenset - Now available

« on: October 22, 2017, 04:45:46 AM »

I need help with the setup of my MakersGuide Triple edge finder and Mac3 using the Mac3 2010 screen set.
Problems:
I can get it to do the Simple Auto Zero macro. But when I get it to go to zero, instead of going to the top of the material, it says about a millimetre above the work material. I have used a micrometre to measure the edge finder (15.31 mm)
Big problems when I try the Initial Auto Zero for Tool Changes. It will zero down on the edge finder and then go to the fixed plate, touch down and then come back. However, this is only occasionally. Sometimes, it sill go down for the first stage on the movable plate and touch. Then it will go really high and start the slow find. However, because it has moved so far up it stops and then just heads over to the fixed plate and does it auto touch.
The worst problem is that sometimes it thinks that my z-axis is at a positive number (say 50 instead of -50) and just buries itself into the edge finder or the work material depending on what I ask it to do. Goto zero will bury itself into the material, running a simple or tool change auto zero will crash into the edge finder.

Then there is the probing screen that seems to have a mind of its' own. I use the find centre of  circle function and have had the following problems.
It moves y-axis +, then y-axis - and finds the edge. After that, it just fast jogs the y-axis + and snaps the bit.
I have never been able to get it to go y+, y-, x+ so it is just not working at all.

I have tested the grounding wire at it is working fine.


I have links to images for my configuration tabs ...
https://1drv.ms/f/s!Alsz5DwlJzrKgZ5cf_hlTaBWqxBMbw

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

« on: October 02, 2017, 09:20:52 AM »

Hi,

My name is Darren (Yonka is a Star Wars reference) and live in Queensland Australia. Our Men's Shed (a non-profit organisation set up in Australia to help men connect with each other) recently had a JCut 6090A delivered and I have taken it upon myself to learn how to use it. I have a background as a software engineer and very little in actually making things. I am here to find out all the great tips that people have to make my use of the machine an enjoyable one. At the moment, I have a handle on the design side but the whole Mach 3, Makers Guide Triple Edge Finder and setting up clamping systems to be a major frustration.

I am sure the problems I am having will be found by reading the posts here.

Looking forward to becoming proficient and making lots of things for the Men's Shed.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Big Tex screen set

« on: October 02, 2017, 09:12:14 AM »

I have a problem with Mach 3, Big Tex screen and The Maker Guide Triple Edge Finder. I can replace the existing code for the Z-axis probe and it touches fine.
However, when I try to get it to find the center of the circle for finding the edge of the material, it scans left finds the edge. Scans right and finds the edge but it returns after finding the right edge way over to left and moves the finder off the edge.
My Mach3Mill.xml is from the manufacturer of the CNC and replaces the default one.
I have created a new profile (6090a) and overwritten its' xml file with the contents of the Mach3Mill.xml so I get all the settings....

Is there some setup I am missing. I am using mm as my units and a JCut 6090A CNC Router.