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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Parallel Port Legacy Plugin

« on: March 27, 2019, 05:22:22 AM »

Why on earth would you want to run Mach4 off a parallel port? You could use that $25 toward a purchase of a Warp9 or other modern controller?

In my case I have a system that runs perfectly on the parallel port. I would like to upgrade to Mach4 but I am not going to spend hundreds of dollars to rebuild my control panel for a software upgrade. The lack of parallel port support is the only reason i'm not running Mach4 right now.

Well said Steve - I totally agree.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: trouble getting torch to fire

« on: March 26, 2019, 02:23:13 AM »

There are a number of problems associated with using Mach3 and a Laptop / Parallel Port combination. This is the reason that NFS make the following recommendations for Mach3 use;

Requirements if using the parallel port for machine control:
Desktop PC with at least one parallel port
(Laptops are not supported)
32-bit version of Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7
(64-bit versions will not work)
1Ghz CPU
512MB RAM
Non-integrated Video Card with 32MB RAM
(Large G-code files, especially 3D files will require a video card with 512MB RAM or higher)

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

« on: March 24, 2019, 12:57:53 PM »

Benvenuto Kristi.

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General Mach Discussion / MOVED: le frecce direzionali non funzionano

« on: March 24, 2019, 12:37:03 PM »

This topic has been moved to Italian.

https://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=39741.0

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 Pause is violent

« on: March 23, 2019, 11:22:55 AM »

You should use Feed Hold (OEM1001) then Stop (OEM1003) - it will take a little longer to stop but you will not loose steps.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Dragon Project

« on: March 23, 2019, 08:21:44 AM »

Excellent.

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Tangent Corner / Re: Hmmmm .... let me explain.

« on: March 23, 2019, 02:16:03 AM »

 

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Video P*r*o*b*i*n*g / Re: 3d Probing on Granite slabs

« on: March 22, 2019, 09:11:14 AM »

 

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Video P*r*o*b*i*n*g / Re: 3d Probing on Granite slabs

« on: March 22, 2019, 08:51:18 AM »

That's it, just the thing 

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Video P*r*o*b*i*n*g / Re: 3d Probing on Granite slabs

« on: March 22, 2019, 08:32:23 AM »

Cutting granite makes stone dust. Will sliding a ring across the dirty surface make scratches in the polished surface?

I think that is a very good point.

An air jet or vacuum to clear the stone debris (before it reaches the ball bearings set in the ring) may be good.