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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: M3 Sxx not working on Lathe

« on: July 30, 2020, 08:29:18 AM »

The PRM is not updating with the new S.

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Mach4 General Discussion / M3 Sxx not working on Lathe

« on: July 30, 2020, 07:50:42 AM »

Hi :-)

We have a lathe where we are using Mach4 lathe and when we use MDI to run m3 s800 the lathe starts but not at s800 it runs at the minium speed the the screen is at.

The MDI overlooks the S command why?

We have a mill with Mach4 and the same controlbord and here the is no problem running a m3 s800 in MDI...:-(

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 lathe x zeroing on a part?

« on: November 30, 2019, 01:02:32 PM »

Hi thank :-) we will look into that - thanks for your time :-)

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 lathe x zeroing on a part?

« on: November 30, 2019, 09:40:48 AM »

In lathe usage it is more typical to take a skim cut of the stock and then measure the diameter and set the current X position to reflect the actual cut. The eliminates the difficult process of finding the centerline and also takes into account tool deflection while cutting.

Hi thats the problem - where in mach4 lathe do we set the current X position or "zero" x after the skim cut?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Mach4 lathe x zeroing on a part?

« on: November 30, 2019, 05:24:33 AM »

Hi

We just build a lathe and are using mach4 for the control software.
 but we cant find a way to zero X on the part after homing x and z.

Is there a guide for this in mach4 lathe. or can somebody explain the procedure for mach4 lathe?


Thanks :-)