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General Mach Discussion / Re: Configuring Z access

« on: February 09, 2016, 01:29:30 PM »

 OK that's good to know. Now let's get back to the road runner. When I cycle start the Road Runner it appears not to be  cutting properly. When completed there is a small indent about size of a dime.  The display table looks fine and shows it cutting appropriately but my X and Y axis are not moving appropetly  to the Road Runner picture being carved. Thanks appreciate the help John is

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Configuring Z access

« on: February 09, 2016, 09:49:37 AM »

I tried running the rest of the samples that where provided. The following are the results.

Ball.tap
Status: Radius to end of arc differs from radius of start on line number 284

Nested Circle tap
At Line 2  X-axis is moved +5 cm to the right then moves and z-axis moves +1 cm forward then Z-axis drills way down. X and Y axis continue to increase DRO shows z-axis at +2.803.
Status: Return call with no sub in effect.

Shapes.tap
Goes to line 25 then returns to line zero.
Status: DB9 PIn

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General Mach Discussion / Configuring Z access

« on: February 08, 2016, 12:40:20 PM »

 I'm in the process of setting up my machine for the first time and decided to start with Road Runner example  that came with Mach3.  I  positioned the X and Y axis for home in the lower left-hand portion of my wood. Raised  my z-axis just above my wood.   When I press the go to Z button it  reposition itself to the home position. I load the G code for the Road Runner and press the cycle start. The Z-axis raises itself up begins moving never touches the wood. Not really sure why the z-axis is raised

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

« on: February 07, 2016, 05:53:01 PM »

Hi,
My name is John. New to CNC. I'm a hobbyist primary interested in using it for wood. I got one of those units from China, couldn't beat the price. To my surprise it connected relatively easy and is talking to mach3 software. It's been going slow since. I'm running the sample road runner. Setup x y as home which is in the lower left hand corner of my board.  Z is just touching the top of my board. When I press go to Z it returns to the home position just above the board. When I press cycle start, it raises the bit and runs above the board. Not really sure why. Any help could be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Jon