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General Mach Discussion / android app for cnc programming

« on: November 18, 2015, 05:44:57 PM »

Hello

As anyone found a android that can help program a part using mach 3

Thank you for your time

Marcel Beaudry

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General Mach Discussion / abnormal condition exact stop vs cu mode

« on: May 28, 2014, 08:03:57 PM »

Hello
Can some one tell me what ( exact stop vs cu mode ) means .And why is it stopping my milling with an estop


Thank you for your time

Marcel Beaudry

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General Mach Discussion / shapes wizzard

« on: April 19, 2011, 03:55:38 PM »

Hello

In the shapes wizzard when i try to input a cutter diameter of .125 it only rounds it up to .13 is there a way to change it so it accept a 3 digit number

thank you for your time

Marcel Beaudry

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General Mach Discussion / spindle rotation are reversed

« on: September 29, 2009, 11:46:46 AM »

Hello to all

My spindle is reversed when i input m03 it goes anticlockwise and m04 it turns clockwise.

How do i resolve this problem

Thank you for your time

Marcel

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General Mach Discussion / 4 axis

« on: July 20, 2009, 03:25:35 PM »

Hello

I understand that when i want to make one rotation of the fourth axis the g code will be g1 A360 f.002 .But what if i want to make more than one rotation of the A axis.

Thank you for your time

Marcel Beaudry

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General Mach Discussion / units per min vs units per rev

« on: March 20, 2009, 09:41:04 PM »

Iis there a way for the wizzards to be changed from units per min to units per rev

I work with very small carbide end mills and even with a feed of .01 unit per min the end breaks i need to cut at 6000 revolutions .0002 per tooth.

Thank you for your time

Marcel Beaudry

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / novakon milling

« on: March 16, 2009, 03:04:05 PM »

Just installed my new milling

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / complex turnings

« on: January 04, 2007, 03:50:46 PM »

there are only two of them on photo they are hard to photograph the one shown is .625 on the side

Marcel

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General Mach Discussion / radius

« on: January 03, 2007, 12:17:52 PM »

Hello i am having problem with my lathe and the radius function it was working fine until yesterday ,the g2 and g3 are now reversed ,the radius are now barrel shaped ,when i put an indicator on my axes they move as they should  .100 on z axis and .050 on x axis .in the motor tuning the x and z have the same step per and the same velocity. when i write the following code g0 xo zo then g2 x.250 z-.875 r.437 the tool when it reaches the halfway point the x axis goes to 1.008 inch and the z axis goes .437 hence my problem any reply would be helpful thank you Marcel

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General Mach Discussion / shift key

« on: June 03, 2006, 02:06:03 PM »

is it possible to lose the use of the shift key in mach3  when i use the arrows keys it feeds ok when i try to use shift + the arrows the lathe does not move any faster thank you in advance

marcel