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General Mach Discussion / I'd like the router to shut down after tool-paths are cut

« on: January 05, 2016, 06:37:22 AM »

I am learning every day, Mach 3 is a fool proof program with more features than I will ever use.  Question, I run Vectric Aspire, send to mach, I manually turn the router on, run the tool-path, then have to manually turn the router off.  How can I set the router to turn off after the tool paths have been run?  Im sure its fairly simple, just haven't  been able to find it.

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General Mach Discussion / 3040Z issues again.....

« on: April 25, 2013, 07:44:02 AM »

Well I thought I was really getting the hang of things, thanks to chaoticone, solved my problems at the time.  Loaded the code file and the saw dust was flying.....I walk away, come back and I see that the Z axis was not responding and was dragging through the wood making a mess.  Hit the stop, manually tried to raise the Z and it chugged and there was almost no response.  Erratic movement.  X and Y jogged fine but Z is out of control. 

I started another file and the same results.  Z is not responding properly.  I then started the mach3 loader file and loaded mill versus router.  the z works sporadically but at least responded to commands in the proper direction. 

Having read about the lousy controller that these Chinese machines come with.....think it could be the controller?

I'm just glad there wasn't an open window in the shop.....

Any ideas?

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General Mach Discussion / Running mach3 on a chinese 3040z...or should i say not

« on: April 08, 2013, 02:40:36 PM »

I watched the previous owner run the machine flawlessly....I get it home, get it set up, do some air cutting with simple text. All worked fine. Next day I try to run the same simple text test and the cuts are all concentrated to a 1/2" area. I've loaded other codes into it, like a simple square. Same results, all of the results in a small area. The axis all jog fine with the keyboard.  I have no idea what is causing this, but I have a hunch its me....HELP!