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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Axis setup

« on: September 10, 2016, 02:58:54 PM »

It's the shorthand used in morse code for best wishes =73 and if you were talking to a YL ( young lady ) love and kisses = 88

But by ek you have made me feel very old try 1947 and 49 years married with a daughter at 47 plus grand kids

As I was into ham radio you pick up on the numbers


Sorry for the OT

Hope you get it all sorted soon and part made

Stuart

Oh I get it now.  Thank you for the kind words.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Axis setup

« on: September 10, 2016, 11:34:29 AM »

Wellllllll your guess is as good as mine

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Axis setup

« on: September 10, 2016, 08:58:08 AM »

Review DTG vidieos he explains it it one of his ox builds

No ball screws then AFAIK mach4 is not to good yet on backlash

But use a jo block and a dti to measure your movement.

There is a good right up in the Mach 3 manual , m4 does not have the auto tune though

It is explained in the m4 manual as well it's just a simple maths problem

Will they be updating Mach4? 

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Axis setup

« on: September 10, 2016, 08:54:56 AM »

Take a look at the formula i use in the video for fine tuning my x axis, you will need to be at about 10 min mark.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIE0k6mu2yc&list=PL7IitnI6IOQB0Ws59EFXhBtYsWOgPCKT9&index=1

DazTheGas

Oh thank you I'll have a look.   You make great videos BTW.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Axis setup

« on: September 09, 2016, 06:27:31 PM »

My A and B axis is off by 1 degree and my XYZ is probably off too though I haven't checked yet.  How do I tune in my axis in mach4?  My XYZ axis uses lead screws that are M8 x 1.25 just in case someone is wondering.  A and B are geared at a 8:1 reduction. 

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Need a simple 5 axis NC file for testing

« on: September 06, 2016, 06:57:47 PM »

Just to let you know you may have to use G93 Inverse Time for the feed rate to come out right with angular movements we have to use it on our 5 axis water jet we are still on Mach3 but I would think its the same with m4

I'll keep that in mind.  Thank you.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Need a simple 5 axis NC file for testing

« on: September 06, 2016, 06:58:14 AM »

That's perfect thank you so much.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Need a simple 5 axis NC file for testing

« on: September 05, 2016, 06:03:28 PM »

Does anyone have a simple 5 axis NC file that will run under Mach4 just for testing?

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Mach4 General Discussion / It's alive

« on: September 01, 2016, 08:58:27 PM »

Ok I think I FINALLY I got my little five axis CNC mill working thanks to Daz but I still have a lot of work to do on it.  I can jog all five axis in Mach4 but I had to use a different BOB with the smoothstepper.  The C25S wouldn't work for what ever reason.  Does this forum allow photos?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Need setup help for smoothstepper and C25S BOB

« on: September 01, 2016, 03:41:03 PM »

That sounds like the X Step connection is working but the X Direction connection is not.

That has happened to me before.

What was your fix?