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General Mach Discussion / Re: newbie needing advice

« on: May 04, 2018, 02:19:07 PM »

Ok, i will try that this evening Dave. And let you know what happens. Thanks again

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General Mach Discussion / Re: newbie needing advice

« on: May 04, 2018, 11:29:26 AM »

Yes I can, however it would be later this evening. I am currently away from the shop for today and taking a break from trying to figure this out so I don’t take a torch to this whole setup. LOL

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General Mach Discussion / Re: newbie needing advice

« on: May 04, 2018, 10:58:09 AM »

Yes sir that is correct

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General Mach Discussion / Re: newbie needing advice

« on: May 04, 2018, 10:02:02 AM »

Thank you for all the responses and the help of wveryone

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General Mach Discussion / Re: newbie needing advice

« on: May 04, 2018, 10:01:40 AM »

TPS;  yes that is correct, however mine does not do that. When moving to the right it shows a negative progression when moving back away from you it also shows a negative progression

Dave, yes sir I did try your suggestions and it continued to do the same thing as it has been

Dave; yes you have it 100% correct that is exactly what is happening

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General Mach Discussion / Re: newbie needing advice

« on: May 03, 2018, 08:49:21 PM »

some how something is backwards (Y axis), when I move the machine toward the back shouldn't my numbers be going in the +/positive direction?
when I move the machine to the right (X axis)shouldn't my numbers be going in the +/positive direction?
the up and down (Z axis) when I go up the numbers are in the +/ positive direction and when I go down the numbers are in the -/negative direction
I think the Z axis is correct but I think the X and Y are backwards?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: newbie needing advice

« on: May 03, 2018, 06:31:09 PM »

Dave I am going to try this now and let you know in a little bit what is does.
BryannaB, So I went and watched the video and now it makes more sense,LOL  I guess I must be a more visual person because it made way more sense after watching it. so in using this rule and the hand example, my machine is not correct according to the numbers and thus I think is causing my problems below is a brief description of what I do




I open Mach3 go to file and load G-code I find the file from Vcarve Pro and it loads into Mach3

I hit ref all home and it does this in the lower left corner of the machine which is fine and machine coordinates is all zeros

I then move/jog with the keyboard of my computer to the left corner of my work piece that I want to start cutting,     (The numbers in the dro is going in a negative direction)

I then hit zero for X, Y, and Z

Then I hit cycle start, at this point the Z raises a little, the Y moves toward the front of the machine, and the X moves toward the left side of the machine, which is totally opposite of the direction it should be moving, it is moving away from my zero point that has been set for the work piece coordinates. At this point I have to stop the job because it would be cutting air and not my work piece,

Another issue that I think is part of the problem, if my machine coordinates is in the lower left corner of the table and I decide to move/jog to the back right corner, I thought my dro numbers should be going in a positive number and mine do not do that, they move in the negative direction according to the numbers

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General Mach Discussion / Re: newbie needing advice

« on: May 02, 2018, 07:28:24 PM »

Dave, so I checked the reverse option on the them and then it changes the way they move when controlled by the keyboard, left goes right and right goes left, after reading this and looking at it I thought this would fix my problems but it started another one so I checked it back.

BryannaB, Thank you for your responding,  went to the link and that is WAY WAY over my head so I will have to continue to review and study it before I can understand what all that means, which may be part of my problem

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General Mach Discussion / Re: newbie needing advice

« on: May 02, 2018, 03:36:04 PM »

When I load G-code and hit cycle start it moves away from my material and wants to start cutting off the material. I was thinking that the reason for this is because my machine is moving in a negative coordinate in both the X and Y axis. This is my first time trying to cut anything with it I have tried numerous times and have to stop it because it is moving to a different location that has no material. if this answers the question you are asking me

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General Mach Discussion / Re: newbie needing advice

« on: May 02, 2018, 03:02:06 PM »

while moving the Z up is is showing positive numbers but the X and Y are showing negative numbers when moving to the left and back