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General Mach Discussion / Z axis problems.

« on: September 28, 2019, 06:06:11 PM »

what would cause the z axis to not respond properly. sometimes it stays up and other times it goes down. thinking it is not getting the steps correct.

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FAQs / not sure what happened

« on: June 12, 2012, 12:49:52 PM »

havent ran the mill for awhile so i needed to do a simple job and the machine moves half of what the dro says it moves. plus and error came up with safe Z turned off, ignoring safe z moves. not sure what changed. maybe one of you guys can point me in the right direction. thanks  tom

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / first project on new router

« on: June 09, 2012, 07:32:45 AM »

thought i'd post my first job on this new router i got. its 32 in. long and 7.5 in. tall oak. 1/4 in ball for the rough cut and 1/8 in. ball for the finish cut.

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General Mach Discussion / mach not excepting an extention

« on: June 02, 2012, 06:13:53 PM »

i have had mach in my computer for a taig mill for two years and it accepts fanuc language and the v3m from vector art. this new mach i just got with a router system doesn't like fanuc or the oter. my question is is how to get the two pc's on the same page?

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General Mach Discussion / x,y question

« on: May 24, 2012, 11:24:05 AM »

this might be a crazy ? but im am getting a cnc router but i do have cncmill, manual mill ect. and it is the x movement that is the longest of travel for the mills but the y is the longest for the router. can this be switch as to when you draw on cad you dont get confused or am i missing something.

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Tangent Corner / screen setting

« on: January 31, 2012, 01:24:50 PM »

i hope someone can help. just got a new 20 in. flat screen for my pc. its a hp windows xp. now when i open up my bobcad and just put a circle in the drawing frame it looks like an egg. how can i fix this? thanks

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General Mach Discussion / start-up

« on: March 15, 2011, 07:44:09 AM »

i know i saw this question in here but cant find it. i zero x,y,z ,turn off the computer for the nite and when i turn it back on the next day the z is 0 but the x and y are are not. is there a fix for this to make the x,y,z all 0 again on start-up. thanks

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General Mach Discussion / version upgrade

« on: January 27, 2011, 01:52:39 PM »

when i purchased my mill it had a liciensed older version on it. everything is working good on it and if i upgrade the version am i opening up a can of worms? just dont want to loose anything.

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General Mach Discussion / cant get dxf files to open

« on: January 21, 2011, 08:53:20 PM »

please excuse my stupidity but when i try to view a dxf file it tells me windows photo viewer does not support this ext. bla bla bla. looked in my programs and i dont even have it. duh. what is a good avenue to take to be able to get this done. thanks

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General Mach Discussion / g-code

« on: January 19, 2011, 07:43:31 AM »

when i load a g-code to mach i get plain box in window and no code. hit the edit and it comes up all garbled.. when i just open the file i see the code.im missing something simple. just cant put my finger on it.