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General Mach Discussion / Re: threading success with mach turn today.

« on: March 05, 2013, 09:53:59 PM »

Tripleback,
What wizard are you using to get the G32 code. I also am getting poor results when threading. Do you have a link to the papabear wizard?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Lathe Arc Question

« on: February 15, 2013, 11:02:15 PM »

Hood,
You were right I removed the tick out of Reversed Arcs in front post and my arcs came out good.
And Thanks to Rich also.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Having trouble posting attachments

« on: February 09, 2013, 01:14:20 PM »

Thanks Bud Man,

This seamed to work. I renamed and it posted. I would think with the technology of these times you could name the file anything you wanted to. Never  had this to happen on other forums. Does this mean I can never use this name on a file again when posting? Don't understand the purpose of it. But anyway. This Bud's for you, Bud Man.

Coolant Slinger

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Lathe Arc Question

« on: February 09, 2013, 07:38:54 AM »

Here are the files

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General Mach Discussion / Having trouble posting attachments

« on: February 08, 2013, 12:33:36 PM »

Hi,
I am trying to post attachment files. An .(xml) &(.nc) file in another topic here on the forum. I am getting error "you already sbmitted this post, you may have double clicked of tried to refresh.
I can't get past this error. Any sugestions?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Lathe Arc Question

« on: February 07, 2013, 04:30:00 PM »

I have tried both G2 and G3 with the "R" value and gotten bad arcs. I don't perfer to use I&K. What settings in Mach do I need to change to use the R value for radius?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Lathe Arc Question

« on: February 07, 2013, 06:39:26 AM »

Hi,

What settings do I need to use the "R" value for radius's in Mach 3 lathe?
I noticed you guys were using "R" value. I've tried G2 & G3 with R and I am still getting funky arcs.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Gcode Viewer

« on: June 12, 2012, 01:15:04 PM »

"Cutviewer Mill"  simulator is what I bougt. Does great on 2.5D or 3D milling EIA code (g-code). Even simulates macro programming (custom macro B). great grafics and cheap. See links below. Had to acctually puchase from their diistributer CamBam which bundles it with their Cam software. $145.00 USD

http://sites.fastspring.com/hexray/product/all
http://www.cutviewer.com/

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General Mach Discussion / Re: #variable use in Mach3

« on: June 03, 2012, 09:05:10 AM »

Thanks guys I'll give it a try. I was used to fanuc style programming. But that tip shed some light on the subject.

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General Mach Discussion / #variable use in Mach3

« on: June 02, 2012, 08:26:53 PM »

Does Mach 3 support #variable use in programming. The simulation toolpath in Mach doesn't seem to like it.
Here is an example below.

Thanks

%
O0001(MACRO PROGRAM TEST)
G20
G00 G17 G40 G49 G80 G90
M998
(1/4 4fl. endmill)
T2 M06 G43 H2
S1000 M03
G54 X2.0Y2.0
Z.1
(INTERPOLATE 2.0 DIA. HOLES)
#100 = 2.0(CIRCLE DIA.)
#101 = 10.0(LEADIN FEED)
#102 = 20.0(FULL CIRCLE FEED)
#103 = 40.0(LEADOUT FEED)
#104 = -.25(ABSOLUTE Z DEPTH)
#105 = 10.0(Z PLUNGE FEED)
M98 P0002
X-2.0Y-2.0
M98 P0002
M5
M998
M30

O0002(SUB INTERPOLATE CIRCLE)
(STARTS AT CENTER)
G1Z-[#104]F[#105]
G91
G3X0Y[#100/2]R[#100/4]F[#101]
X0Y-[#100]R[#100/2]F[#102]
X0Y[#100]R[#100/2]
X0Y-[#100/2][#100/4]F[#103]
G90
G0Z.1
M99
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