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General Mach Discussion / Re: HELP!! mach 3 for dummies???

« on: November 29, 2011, 08:05:33 PM »

thank you all, we are muddling thru it, and all your suggestions have helped. it is a s.o.b to get started, feel like a cave man chipping out the first wheel....
regards,
gary

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General Mach Discussion / HELP!! mach 3 for dummies???

« on: November 23, 2011, 06:11:01 PM »

hi all,
we are cabinetmakers by trade, and purchased a cnc lathe to produce a few shapes in wood. so far we have gotten it to move back and forth lengthwise on the bed, and in and out towards the center.
i am struggling with it, and have searched for something basic to help me get started, but everything seems overcomplicated at my beginning level. is there a "mach3 for dummies", a starting place for someone who has never used cnc or mach 3 before?  or, how did YOU learn to use it from scratch, so i can at least have a place to start.
basically i want to "draw" out a profile, and have the lathe reproduce it.
alternately, is there someone in the conn. area who is familiar with mach3turn, and who would be paid for their time to set us up?
thank you all very much
gary

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!

« on: November 23, 2011, 06:04:41 PM »

hi all,
we are cabinetmakers by trade, and purchased a cnc lathe to produce a few shapes in wood.
i am struggling with it, and have searched for something basic to help me get started, but everything seems overcomplicated at my beginning level. is there a "mach3 for dummies", a starting place for someone who has never used cnc or mach 3 before?  or, how did YOU learn to use it from scratch, so i can at least have a place to start.
thank you all very much
gary