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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach Z Axis dangerous behavior

« on: September 10, 2018, 10:34:14 AM »

Hi, ZASto,
I use mostly Protel 2.8 for pcb design.  But, because sometimes it makes mistakes when generating drill file, I use Altium Designer for generating drill file.
After this, I have my son's program, written in Python, to generate G-code for each drill diameter (Tool). Format is 2:3 absolute inch, none zero suppressed.
Also, I do preparation for my friend who has pcb production business and I have many different pcb design programs installed on my computer. Because, every client send pcb design in different program, and I need to accept and process it. But always mostly it ends with Protel (Simple and enough efficient).
Please, send me more info on your conversion software.

BTW, your nick name is familiar to me, don't knew where from. Which country are you living?
mrpeja

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach Z Axis dangerous behavior

« on: September 09, 2018, 04:44:22 PM »

I posted all about problem just before this post.
I don knew if it is proceeded to forum.
Here is a copy:

Hi, I need emergency help.
Until now, for long time, my Mach1 on PCB drill machine worked correctly but short time ago I have serious problems with Z axis.
After random number of correctly drilled hole, X an Y axes start moving BEFORE Z axis is out of hole and break my drill bit or scratch the surface. Recently, this happens
mostly after 67th or 68th hole (does i matter?).
After this, at every next hole this bad behavior continues  and I must stop the machine.
I have freshly installed Win XP at Asus P5KPL-AM SE motherboard, 4 Gb RAM, 1 Tb Sata disk, Parallel port card in PCI slot. Mach1 is Ver. 1.996 licensed.
I attached file I drill with.
I tried to insert G98 after G81 but all was the same. Once was worse, Z axis continues to go UP behind zero point !
So, I'm stuck, can't work.
Appreciate any idea.

mrpeja

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General Mach Discussion / Mach Z Axis dangerous behavior

« on: September 09, 2018, 11:34:50 AM »

Hi,
Forget to say, Windows XP is installed in ACPI mode
mrpeja

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Old version Mach1

« on: September 09, 2018, 10:38:28 AM »

Here is Mach1 tutorial in attachment

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General Mach Discussion / WIN XP Optimisation

« on: September 04, 2018, 03:39:50 PM »

Hi,
I tried to optimize XP on Asus P5KPL-AM SE Mainboard and have plenty problems.
Question: Is it necessary to do this on newest mainboards?
What really we get?
mrpeja

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Mach1 mill misses to drill holes

« on: March 22, 2015, 04:41:51 AM »

Hi,
I have iregulary issue with my mill under Mach1. Sometimes it skips to drill some holes in the file and continues  to drill the others. When I check the drill file (looking at the listing) or with CNC viewer, all is ok.
So, I cant find where is the problem.
Any help will be appreciated.
Mrpeja
There is a segment of drill file:

(Created 21-03-2015 15:10)
(ISO G-Code - Non Modal)
(Drill diameter 1.09 mm/0.043")
M3
G90
N0001 T06 M06 S15000
N0003 G81 X1.981 Y4.1 Z-0.2800 R0.0500 F12.00
N0005 X2.121 Y4.1
N0007 X1.971 Y4.575
N0009 X1.971 Y4.666
N0011 X1.971 Y4.757
N0013 X0.946 Y4.8
N0015 X0.946 Y4.9
N0017 X0.747 Y5.475
N0019 X0.747 Y5.675
N0021 X1.32 Y6.05
N0023 X1.32 Y6.25
N0025 X1.23 Y7.28
.
.
.
N0569 X10.971 Y11.6
N0571 X14.421 Y11.6
N0573 X14.721 Y11.6
G00 X0 Y0
M05
M02
M30

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General Mach Discussion / Stand alone THC

« on: June 24, 2013, 04:59:44 AM »

Hi all,
I'm planning to build plasma table for thin steel sheet (2 mm max) and I need recommendation for stand alone thc.
Any advice will be appreciated, possibly cheap.
Mrpeja

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General Mach Discussion / Re: SmoothStepper and THC

« on: December 25, 2010, 05:05:20 AM »

Hi BR,
I'd like to use old THC300. Maybe I can use SS for steppers and other things, and have another Parallel port for THC function as usual?
Mrpeja

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General Mach Discussion / SmoothStepper and THC

« on: December 24, 2010, 09:48:48 AM »

Hi,
As I can see on forums, SmoothStepper doesn't support THC function on Parallel port 2.
Is there any solution if someone want smooth stepping without parallel ports?
Many new mainboards haven't good results on Drivertest.exe, I think because of the SMI function.
Regards,
Mrpeja

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General Mach Discussion / Mach Working hours

« on: November 16, 2010, 01:49:31 AM »

Hi guys,
I want to calculate how much my plasma table was used per month. Maybe some one has a solution?
I'll be gratefull
Regards,
Mrpeja