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Mach Screens / Haas Screen

« on: July 03, 2014, 12:00:39 AM »

I know Pappabear and couple of other started on Haas screen sets, did anyone ever go anywhere with it.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Safe Z Odd move.

« on: January 29, 2014, 09:51:10 PM »

Thanks Hood, I tried the tool change off and it skipped through with out any odd z moves. I then checked the M6 macro and compared to a past version. I found that in the current version the M6 end now has code and the older version did not. This explans the new odd behavior. Thanks for the help.
Brg,
  Richard

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Safe Z Odd move.

« on: January 29, 2014, 05:13:19 PM »

Here is the start of my G-code:
%
O0000 (ROUND22C)
(MASTERCAM - V9.)
(MC9 FILE  - D:\MCAM9\MILL\MC9\DENTAL\SPIT TUBE\ROUND22C.MC9)
(POST      - D:\MCAM9\MILL\POSTS\_MACH3B.PST)
(MATERIAL  - ALUMINUM INCH - 2024)
(PROGRAM   - ROUND22C.NC)
(DATE      - JAN-29-14)
(TIME      - 13:49)
(POST DEV  - NovaLab)
(NWDTOOL N" 1/2 FLAT ENDMILL" T2 D.5 F2. L3. CD2. CL1. SD2. C0)
(NWDTOOL N" 1/4 FLAT ENDMILL" T3 D.25 F2. L3. CD2. CL1. SD2. C0)
(NWDTOOL N" 1/4 CENTERDRILL" T4 D.25 F2. L3. A90. CD2. CL1. SD2. C0)
(NWDTOOL N" 3/16 DRILL" T5 D.1875 F2. L3. A118. CD2. CL1. SD2. C0)
(NWDSTOCK X6. Y5. Z2. OTC OX0. OY0. OZ0.)
(OVERALL MAX - Z.25)
(OVERALL MIN - Z-1.5)
N100 G00 G17 G20 G40 G49 G80 G90
N102 T2 M06 ( 1/2 FLAT ENDMILL)
N104 (MAX - Z.25)
N106 (MIN - Z-.98)
N108 G00 Z.25
N110 G00 X1.5 Y.9129 S2000 M03
N112 Z.1
N114 G01 Z-.196 F6.42
N116 X-1.5 F24.45
N118 X-1.8785
N120 Y.8579

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Safe Z Odd move.

« on: January 29, 2014, 04:59:10 PM »

NO, I don't have G28 or G53 in my code or in the Init of the config.

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General Mach Discussion / Safe Z Odd move.

« on: January 29, 2014, 04:33:57 PM »

I upgraded my system and had to add a Smoothstepper. The odd issue I have encountered is the safe Z. When you start the G-code or even when the code stops for a tool change, and you hit start, the Z rapids to the safe Z height, then it travels down at a feed rate to Z-zero, then rapids to the Z height set in the 1st line of code . I have tried all different settings and can not get it to not do that initial move before the G-code.. I know it should go to safe Z then down to the clearance height set in the G-code, mine is usually .25, but it shouldn't go to z-zero.Am I missing something.

Thanks,
  Richard

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Modbus / Re: Arduino, Homann, Cubloc,etc.. Comparison

« on: November 13, 2013, 09:06:47 AM »

So what, nobody wants to give their opinions on the different hardware?

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Modbus / Re: Wiki information relating to ModIO

« on: November 11, 2013, 11:29:49 AM »

This link ERRORS out.

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Modbus / Arduino, Homann, Cubloc,etc.. Comparison

« on: November 11, 2013, 09:22:07 AM »

I was wondering if those that have experience with  Modbus devices, would like to give their 2 cents on the difference, advantage, disadvantage of the different modbus devices. Why would someone choose one over another, price , easier for setup, etc...
I think it would be quite helpful to the newbees to modbus hardware.

Brg,
  Richard Konnen

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General Mach Discussion / Re: G-Code skips

« on: October 19, 2013, 05:51:56 PM »

Thanks guys. Something must of corrupted in the code. My machine computer stays on and we had a power blip recently.

Since I was still using version R2.42, installed the latest version, problem fixed.

Brg,
  Richard

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General Mach Discussion / Re: G-Code skips

« on: October 19, 2013, 04:52:20 PM »

I went ahead and tried different cut methods. Same thing at line 208, code jumps to the end of code on that tool, then on next tool, after same number of lines executed it jumps to the end of the code for that tool.