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General Mach Discussion / Tool Path Display too small

« on: December 02, 2014, 09:59:22 PM »

Hi

I haven't been on the forum for some time because the program has been working wonderfully. Normally when I load a code, a preview of the tool path for the cut object will appear in the top right corner, allowing me to check orientation of the wood and to do a perimeter check with the router to make sure I don't bump into anything (hold downs etc). A few days ago, when I loaded the code, the image preview was just a tiny dot on the screen and the work envelope appeared to be massive. It was a small piece so I wasn't worried, the cut ran as i programmed it and I was able to make due. Now I have a larger cut to do and I need  the larger preview back on the display. Does anyone know how to do that or what I may have done to make that happen? I use vectric vcarve 5.5 on a machine that operates XP as an OS. An suggestions on what to try or where I should look would be most appreciated.

thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Project Orientation at 90 degrees in Mach 3

« on: October 26, 2013, 10:23:38 AM »

Hi I have a tale top CNC that I have been using for a couple of years with no problem. I design in V carve Pro 5.5 then import the txt files into Mach 3 and haven't really had any problems. I haven't used my machine for a couple of months and when I turned everything back on the other day things were odd. Initially the display screen was only about 1/4 of the screen size. I closed it and opened it again and the normal display filled up the whole screen. When I loaded my first txt file, it was at 90 degrees to how I had designed it. (like the x and y were switched somehow) I went back to Vcarve and recalculated the carving making sure that I had the dimensions length and width correct, resaved it and loaded it into Mach 3 again and this time the display box on the right had side that usually shows the movements showed a piece so large that the carve i had loaded (11x12 inches) appeared as a tiny dot. Does anyone know what might be going on?  PS when you close Mach 3, should I click yes or no to the settings box?  Any help would be so greatly appreciated.  If there is anyone out there who lives near London Ontario Canada, I would be glad to reimburse you for your time in helping me properly take care of this problem and setting the machine properly. I can be reached at rneves at sympatico dot ca if you would prefer not to use the forum.

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General Mach Discussion / different screens at start up

« on: June 08, 2010, 08:27:32 PM »

I am fairly new, so I hope this isn't a dumb question. When I start my computer, and I click on the Mach 3 shortcut and when it opens up it seems to randomly open up two different versions. I have attached  the different screen shots  below. Any thoughts on how I got two different versions loaded on the computer, which one I should use, and what, if anything I should do with the other one.

Any Help would be great
rob

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General Mach Discussion / Router driving into wood and bed

« on: May 06, 2010, 02:05:30 PM »

Everyone in a while, when i start a code the router drives the bit all the way through the piece and into the bed of the machine to the lowest limits of the gantry. It does this in less than a second and I don't often have time to hit the e-stop before it bottoms out. When I look at the screen It then shows that the Z is WAAAAAAY off. I have had this problem a few times and i have no idea why it happens sometimes and not others. I am wondering if I am doing something wrong. I have been recording my actions with the hopes that someone might be able to spot my problem. Here is what I did today

I started Mach 3
I tried to move the gantry with the key board so I could fasten a board, but the estop was pressed in
I pulled it out,
I fastened the board
I hit return to zero it did not move
i manually moved it to a central location
I set new zero locations and zeroed out the screens
I loaded the g code
I started the run
It ruined the board
Any ideas?

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