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General Mach Discussion / Machine stopped responding after mach3 calibration?

« on: May 07, 2015, 12:36:26 PM »

I noticed my index holes were getting too tight so I calibrated the x and y. for some reason now my steppers don't move on those two axis. my Z still moves as I didn't calibrate it. any help I would be happy to hear from you guys, thanks!

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General Mach Discussion / Need some help understanding ZERO!

« on: April 06, 2015, 12:36:01 PM »

I'm really new to me Mach3 and CNC machine and have a question. The way I've been doing things so far is making random things and my Zero position on my table has never been in the same place. What happen is I made a project near the center of my table that involved me making 2 index holes so I could flip my project over an do the other side. well, like a dummy I moved zero and saved the table............ Is there any way to find this spot again?

I'm guessing not , so how does one keep moving his zero all around and not lose the settings? I know this sounds dumb to you pro's in here, but I can't figure it out and was looking for some help....thanks for viewing!

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General Mach Discussion / Z axis problem, lifts too high.

« on: August 13, 2013, 02:52:38 PM »

I can't seem to figure out what has happened to my Z axis. My X and Y are fine, but for some reason my Z lifts off the table way too high over the material. I reinstalled Mach3 thinkiking something was not right, butit still has the issue. Anyone ever have this before? .......thank you

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General Mach Discussion / Why do my inside cuts look this way?

« on: July 02, 2012, 08:51:13 PM »

Anytime I cut a square inside profile, two of the inside corners have a long radius......anyone know what could be causing this?

I looks right in Aspire, but cuts out like this.......see picture below.

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General Mach Discussion / I realy hate making another thread about this But?

« on: September 15, 2011, 02:35:25 PM »

I'm new to this cnc world and don't really understand the wiring in the 0 touch plate. I've read tons of threads here and youtube also. my table and electronics are up and running and i have marked the x and y out with a pencil for now. i did a couple test cuts of just a letter cutout. then as i was going to load a g-code of a carving i realized hey, how will my finishing toolpath bit know where the Z-0 is. so i found the treads about the z touch plate and that's how i got here.

my question is, if you hook up a wire to a pin on the lpt1 port, how do you do it if i use that port to connect to the controller? do any of you know if there's a picture of one around here or how it's done?

do i need another port omn my pc or just not understanding what people are talking about? again, thanks fo putting up with my lame thread.