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Mach4 General Discussion / Mach 4 on Homag Retrofit

« on: December 19, 2022, 04:19:41 PM »

Obtained a Homag P110 CNC Router. It was salvaged and I have refurbished.

It is running well on Homag's controller...but I HATE IT! Does not use standard G-code and because it was salvaged Homag service will not support it. How much support does Mach4 have for EtherCAT devices?

At a high level, it has:

Windows PC operating over EtherCAT
PLC - Beckhoff EK1100
Servos - Rexroth / Bosch (Ethercat)
Spindle - Forgot to look...but operating on EtherCAT

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Screen designer tips and tutorials / Re: Mach3 Screen need for 3axis Lathe

« on: April 05, 2017, 01:17:31 PM »

Hey again, I was successful in adding y-axis controls to a custom set of screens for Mach3 Turn. Check my previous link and you can download and try. They work in demo mode in Mach3, but haven't tested on my machine. Your mileage may vary, but seems to do what I needed it to so that I could set the tool height with the y-axis.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 Turn - Use Y-axis to set tool height (turning on a 3 axis mill)

« on: April 05, 2017, 12:18:38 PM »

So I've figured out 'MachScreen' editor and have modified the .lset to show the Y-axis. The files are attached.

Here's the basic setup...
Extract the py.bmp into the C:\Mach3\Bitmaps\TurnBitmaps
Extract the .lset into the C:\Mach3
Map the Yaxis jog buttons to your desired key. I use PageUp and PageDown. Select Config-->System Hotkeys

Once you get in Mach3 Turn, open the screenset by selecting View-->Load Screens and select the new .lset file

Enjoy and feel free to provide feedback.

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Screen designer tips and tutorials / Re: Mach3 Screen need for 3axis Lathe

« on: April 05, 2017, 10:55:21 AM »

Hey BGelektronika. Have you made any progress? I'm looking for the same thing except I'm using a 3axis mill and I want to be able to move the y-axis to set the tool height. I started this thread here which has had a response. You might want to watch it too.

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,34609.msg238776.html#msg238776

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 Turn - Use Y-axis to set tool height (turning on a 3 axis mill)

« on: April 05, 2017, 10:53:28 AM »

Rich, thank you for the reply. Any chance you or someone can give me a push in the right direction on how to modify the screen?

I started using the mill screen for turning and that works well, but it does not support CSS. Utilizing 'Turn' allows me to use CSS which I really like.

Yes a mill is not a lathe....unless you don't have a lathe!  :-)

I am having good success in posting turning code from Fusion360 and running great. My only gripe is tool changes and if I can get the Y axis figured out, I will be a happy camper.

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General Mach Discussion / Mach3 Turn - Use Y-axis to set tool height (turning on a 3 axis mill)

« on: April 03, 2017, 05:19:37 PM »

Hi All!  Long time user of Mach3 on my 3-axis mill. Have recently had success setting the mill up on a separate profile to do turning projects. I do not have a tool post, so I set the tools in the vice. My problem is that I must set the tool height with the Y-axis and Mach3 turn doesn't give access to move the Y-axis anywhere that I can find! I have to jump out to Mach3 Mill, set the Y, and then back into Mach3 Turn for every tool change. Have I missed it in the interface? Might there be an addon or wizard that could help? Bonus points if I could set up gang tooling for multiple tools and treat it like a tool changer!