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MACH TOOL BOX / Re: Multi pass facing program

« on: November 13, 2018, 01:22:44 PM »

Thanks! that explains it.

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MACH TOOL BOX / Re: Multi pass facing program

« on: November 11, 2018, 10:30:53 AM »

I loaded the code into Mach3 but it appears my Mach3 does not understand M99 and/or L instructions.
 It runs all steps once and stops. I will look through the forum, there is probably something I am missing.

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Forum suggestions and report forum problems. / Search function not working?

« on: November 11, 2018, 10:25:15 AM »

No matter what I enter in the search I get a response like this:
"2: pspell_new(): PSPELL couldn't open the dictionary. reason: No word lists can be found for the language "en".
File: /var/www/vhosts/machsupport.com/forum.machsupport.com/forum/Sources/Search.php
Line: 700"

Is that just me?

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MACH TOOL BOX / Re: Multi pass facing program

« on: November 05, 2018, 11:38:49 AM »

It would take me several hours to get the same (hopefully) result. Thank you very much.

"If I have seen further it is by standing on ye sholders of Giants."
Isaac Newton
 

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MACH TOOL BOX / Re: Multi pass facing program

« on: November 02, 2018, 02:01:10 PM »

Hello,
I am trying to modify your program for the machine to always cut in one direction. I removed the line that advances the cutter "on the other side" but I would like the Z to move up slightly before coming back and then drop back to previous level. I would appreciate some help.
Thanks
Robert

 O30
    (THIS IS THE SUB TO CUT FACE)
    G1 G91Y[#1005] (Increment over in Y)
    G90X[#1000]F80. (Cut across part)
    G90X0 (Go back across part)
    M99

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

« on: November 02, 2018, 01:55:32 PM »

Hello, I am Robert, live in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
My son is starting in woodworking business and about a year ago he mentioned that large-size thickness planers are becoming a thing of a past and are being replaced by CNC routers for flattening large live edge table slabs.
I looked into it and thought I can build one much cheaper than buying a commercial unit. I had no prior experience in machining and mechanical design so there was (and still is) a lot for me to learn. But working on weekends I did it in about 8 months.  A few days ago we leveled the first table :-D
There are a few little things still "under construction" but the machine is functional.  I borrowed the rail design from Joe's CNC blueprint to keep the cost down but used commercial linear bearings for the Z axis. The gantry rails are 144" long (the longest 80/20 profiles local supplier could deliver), the gantry is 80" wide, Z axis travel is about 5".
I started with an idea of using Arduino+GRBL controller but quickly abandoned it in favour of Mach3+parallel port break out board. I am very grateful to NFS/Artsoft for making it possible and so affordable.
Using Mach3 instead of open-source significantly accelerated my build. As I learn more about Mach software appreciate more and more what it can do.