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General Mach Discussion / Re: Questions about "Soft Max", "Soft Min", "Slow Zone" and "Home Off"..

« on: October 24, 2018, 12:43:00 PM »

Could be, thx :-)

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Questions about "Soft Max", "Soft Min", "Slow Zone" and "Home Off"..

« on: October 24, 2018, 06:02:19 AM »

Have a follow up ?

I use SoftLimets, work nicely(No switch), probs is that then i am near the end, it dont slow down to ie 5% , it just run at same speed and stop at Softlimets settings.. How or why will it not slow down?
Using RnrMotion card via USB.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 , jogging with limits switch on makes the axis move very slow one way

« on: October 11, 2018, 07:21:30 AM »

I use Soft limits to, have no switch on my 3040... it works very good, only probs is,, i set slowdown zone to 10mm, but it keep on at chosen speed to the softlimits stops it, it do not speed down...

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: real meaning of G28 ?

« on: October 11, 2018, 06:03:25 AM »

What specifically does the G28  Z input in SoftLimits setup menu?   

If i use G28 in mach3 POST, my 3040 that i ZERO over the origin on my workpiece,,,, at start Z goes up to zero and then to XY to carve position, all good to avoid clamps,,, if i know i have clearance at want Z to stop at ie 20mm over the stock to save time, where should i write it, in Fusion360 POST or uve Mach3?
My Z is 0 at top and -60 at bottom..

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Noob here

« on: August 30, 2018, 12:10:03 PM »

Remember i am new in this, what other option is there to March that a newbee can deal whit.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Noob here

« on: August 30, 2018, 10:21:20 AM »

I will look at it, it seams to be the way to go, if so i buy it and the CNC... Many thx..

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Noob here

« on: August 30, 2018, 10:07:10 AM »

Looking into to that to, but they state Windows XP only..

1.) Product manual

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2.) UCx00 automatic installer application for Mach3 and Mach4

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3.) Plugin for Mach3 manual installation




 

4.) Plugin for Mach4 manual installation

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5.) USB drivers for manual installation

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6.) Software prerequirements (install on Win XP only!)





BUT in the online manual, it states all windows ?,,, thx i might buy that :-)

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Noob here

« on: August 30, 2018, 09:57:38 AM »

Still thinking,, just getting a labtop with parallel port and old windows isen't easy :-)

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Noob here

« on: August 29, 2018, 07:58:19 AM »

I cant speak about that have no education in that area, but it is pretty good, yes.

Here is a little ting i saw on Youtube and think i must do that to, and it did it very fine, but not perfect since the gcode generate isent made for Snapmaker.
So hold tool change, pause aso do not work..

Rough cut only, since i gonna figure out to do path in 2 rounds or change gcode manually :-)

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Noob here

« on: August 29, 2018, 04:46:05 AM »

Well, in defense of 'some' of them i must say that the Snapmaker(China machine) is one of the best i seen yet, i can carve/mill, change to laser cut or carve in 2 min, form there to 3D print, 1-2 calibration and it just run nice prints off the table.
So if they make a bigger CNC type ill go for it...