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General Mach Discussion / machine coordinates

« on: January 06, 2020, 09:54:38 PM »

Since I made my first post I have managed to correct the slow jog of my machine I've spent hours trying to understand what went wrong when I installed an x box controller on my machine in doing so I seem to have made the drops go to extreme numbers. I have tried getting everything back to zero but haven't been very successful in doing so. I have taken a couple pics of my screens and would appreciate any help, I'm not a machinist just got involved because of my art.

thanks
Lavalais

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General Mach Discussion / machine speed

« on: January 04, 2020, 10:56:28 PM »

I brought my computer into my house to attach a xbox controller I had problems getting on the internet from my shop with xp so I set it up next to my router and finally got the right files to download I set up the controller but when I brought my computer back into my work space and reconnected it is where my problem begins it jogs to the work piece, and then everything slows down the z barley moves the x and y axis also move very slowly.  Ive tried everything with re running the motors they seem to run fine with no g code but as soon as I load something and press start it does the same thing.  Ive tried all youtube help but can't seem to figure it out or correct what's happening is it possible that the pin in the parrell ports broken should I replace the cable. or is there something I have overlooked

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Mach4 General Discussion / machine accuracy

« on: July 24, 2019, 04:20:07 PM »

I would like to know how to post a small square in mdi or from my keyboard to pocket or profile to check the accuracy of my machine. Im making a small bone piano keyboard when posting the black key part the cuts are not square instead this is what i get the g code was checked by bob cad my software  but couldn't solve the problem
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lavalais

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Mach3 and G-Rex / Keyboard keys

« on: January 13, 2018, 01:16:38 AM »

I have been using my inc machine for several years now shut it down yesterday, started it up today loaded my program  turned on the controller didn't turn on so i opened it up changed the fuse, put everything back together, started the controller tried using the keyboard keys
for the x,y,and z axis nothing happened so i spent may hold day trying to figure out how or what happened I can move the machine with the jog control and everything works fine but the keyboard controls are of no use. What am I missing .
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