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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New Forum!

« on: January 09, 2019, 06:02:01 AM »

Steve, you have a typo: forums.machsupport.com/forum
Extra letter

Error corrected for the benefit of those that follow.

(Just a note; the forum has now been updated and changing 'forum/www' is no longer necessary).

Tweakie.

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Forum suggestions and report forum problems. / Re: *** FORUM SEARCH FACILITY BROKEN ***

« on: January 09, 2019, 05:57:16 AM »

It took a while (and some) to complete but I think the new-look forum is just great.
My congrats to all those involved in resolving the Search function and other issues.

Tweakie.

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Mach3 and G-Rex / Re: Set z axis to zero with pen or pencil inserted in mill

« on: January 09, 2019, 02:44:45 AM »

Hi Dragon_sa,

Now the forum search function is back here is a link to probably the simplest spring loaded pen;  https://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=16012.msg108100#msg108100

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New Forum!

« on: January 07, 2019, 08:01:12 AM »

Hello all,

Thanks for your feedback. This is the first time I have been able to access the forum at all in a few weeks. Our team is aware of the issues and they will be addressed whenever possible.

-Bryanna

Hi Bryanna,

I have a real  sneaky feeling that if your Team have been aware of the Search issue since 28th.November then, by now, I would be ever so slightly doubtful of their competence.
Perhaps you could inform the Team that the Search facility has been broken and ask them if they could possibly spare some time to fix it, assuming that they are not too busy.
Many thanks from and on behalf of so many of the Forum Members.

Tweakie.

1645

Machscreen Screen Designer / Re: MachScreen releases

« on: January 06, 2019, 05:38:44 AM »

Hi Klaus,

Wishing you and yours a Happy New Year also and thank you for all the work you do with MachScreen and other Mach related software products.

Tweakie.

1646

General Mach Discussion / Re: New Mach 3 Won't load G code

« on: January 06, 2019, 05:33:48 AM »

When you open the File / Load G-Code box select the All Files (*.*) option in the Files of type: box.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / MOVED: Internal Search & External Links (such as Google) don't work?

« on: January 06, 2019, 03:00:17 AM »

This topic has been moved to Mach4 General Discussion.

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=39073.0

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General Mach Discussion / MOVED: Help moving Mach 4 / CNC control to a new PC

« on: January 06, 2019, 01:59:35 AM »

This topic has been moved to Mach4 General Discussion.

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=39203.0

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Mach3 and G-Rex / Re: Set z axis to zero with pen or pencil inserted in mill

« on: January 05, 2019, 07:55:38 AM »

I use the jog keys to lower the Z axis  then Zero the axis DRO when the cutter is touching the surface of the work.

Tweakie.

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Mach3 and G-Rex / Re: Set z axis to zero with pen or pencil inserted in mill

« on: January 05, 2019, 07:32:49 AM »

Probably the easiest way of resolving this is to use a spring loaded pen / pencil which can be manually lowered to the work surface, zero set, then raised to a clearance height before starting the Gcode.

You may need to use a bit of imagination to construct the spring loaded pen / pencil but (if only the forum Search facility was working) there are many examples here on the forum. I use a spring loaded knife for vinyl cutting and the height for this is usually set the way I have just described.

Hope this helps.

Tweakie.