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General Mach Discussion / Mach3 R3.043.022 to R3.043.066 license stopped working.

« on: October 08, 2012, 05:20:27 PM »

After installing Mach3 R3.043.066 my license stopped working. It is listed at the top as registered but will not run after line 500.
I copied my license file and XML file to the new install. Previous version was Mach3 R3.043.022 and it ran fine.
Am I missing something?

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General Mach Discussion / Spindle Motor is the cause of all my problems

« on: July 27, 2012, 06:13:22 PM »

After hours of sitting and watching my cnc mill go back and fourth and up and down twenty times, measuring at three different points I have found that with the spindle motor turned off the machine is accurate and precise. With the spindle motor on the x,y and z axis will move a lot, the longer it runs the more it moves. So now that I know what the problem is I do not know how to fix it. The spindle motor is a 24V brushless motor. I have removed the speed controller and placed it out side the control box and it did nothing other than waste my time. I’m thinking of putting the machine into the truck and driving to the middle of a filed somewhere, has anyone seen “Office Space”? then you know what’s next. 
Any suggestions?

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General Mach Discussion / Shift in my X Y and Z axis

« on: June 28, 2012, 04:43:47 PM »

Shift in my X Y and Z axis

I am running an ACT desktop milling machine / mach 3 processor with Mach 3 CNC v 3.042.040 on a 2.83 GHz quad core processor and windows XP with a lot of services disabled as suggested by ArtSoft. The problem is the axis will shift during a machining operation. I will set the machine up to run a ¼ inch end mill at 5 in/min cutting wax, run it and measure, no problems. Set the machine up with a 1/8 end mill at 5 in/min for detail cuts, run it and measure, stars out accurate but ends up off in the x by .053in, y by .042in and z by .027in at the end. The results are never the same and is not repeatable. I have slowed my feed rate, ran a ground wire from the cnc to the computer frame and even reinstalled XP and Mach3 CNC with no luck. I have had the x axis jump during a jog. If anybody has any ideas I am desperate, so tired of cutting the same thing over and over.

Thanks
Jon