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General Mach Discussion / setting up 3 axis probe for chinese 6040 cnc

« on: August 31, 2019, 01:32:06 AM »

Want to set up 3 axis probe for chinese 6040 cncest
Want some info re  interior of my control box and where to connect the probe inputs
If anyone has a similar box any info would be highly appreciated

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General Mach Discussion / 6040 cnc depth of cut and z zero

« on: July 22, 2019, 10:05:11 PM »

my 6040 cnc runs mach 3    Design is done in fusion 360  G code exported with Mach3 mill plug in  Everything  seems fine except depth of cut especially with deep pockets(not deep enough cut, sometimes off by as much as 5mm!!)   It may have nothing to do with anything I mentioned   I may be setting z zero incorrectly   at the moment I jog down to get the tip of the tool to touch the top of the stock and then zero the z axis  what is a good and reliable way to get z zero? any other reasons or suggestions re the depth of cut problem?

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General Mach Discussion / Mach 3 configuration soft limits

« on: July 19, 2019, 07:09:24 PM »

When you configure Mach 3 do the soft limits  indicate the actual work area of your table?

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General Mach Discussion / mach 3 and surface pro 4 running windows 10

« on: July 14, 2019, 06:10:52 PM »

I have a CNCEST 6040 machine and am trying to control it with my surface pro 4 through usb
Mach 3 loaded easily and I got some configuration settings off one You tube video from the Chinese CNC channel
When I try to jog Mach 3 shows the numbers changing but nothing happens on the machine
The jog setting on the MPG screen showed 100% jog speed
The default port setting of 378 may be the problem since the surface pro has only one USB port and I am unable to get its port number from Device Manager
Has any one else tried to use a surface pro running windows 10 to control a chinese CNC via Mach 3?