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General Mach Discussion / Setting work space / table size on MaxNC OL with Mach 3
« on: September 24, 2011, 08:57:03 PM »
Hello,
I've just blown the dust off an old MaxNC OL, I've installed Mach 3 and tuned the motors to have full functionality on the x, y, and z axis. I can load a sample program and it seems to run fine, however, I stop it before the machine crashes.
My question is how do I setup my workspace / table size / and set a home (to center the table) in mach 3? This machine doesn't have limit switches and I can't have it crashing.
It appears that the machines extents are as follows:
12" in the X
7" in the Y
9" in the Z
I was thinking that my soft max X would be 12", my soft max Y would be 7", and my soft max Z would be 0 with a soft min of -9"
Can anyone let me know if I'm going in the right direction or reading into this completely wrong. Thanks
I've just blown the dust off an old MaxNC OL, I've installed Mach 3 and tuned the motors to have full functionality on the x, y, and z axis. I can load a sample program and it seems to run fine, however, I stop it before the machine crashes.
My question is how do I setup my workspace / table size / and set a home (to center the table) in mach 3? This machine doesn't have limit switches and I can't have it crashing.
It appears that the machines extents are as follows:
12" in the X
7" in the Y
9" in the Z
I was thinking that my soft max X would be 12", my soft max Y would be 7", and my soft max Z would be 0 with a soft min of -9"
Can anyone let me know if I'm going in the right direction or reading into this completely wrong. Thanks