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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Is Mach4 really Hobby Material?

« on: January 22, 2018, 07:38:01 AM »

Newbie question save me some time.

Is Mach4 lathe threading currently 100% functional as described in the manual for the hobby version?

and

What external controllers currently provide 100% functionality for lathe threading at this time?

Thanks,
RICH

Warp9 is expecting Mach4 threading with the ESS to be available soon.

Tweakie.

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Building or Buying a Wood routing table.. Beginnners guide.. / Re: Loosing my settings when I close Mach3

« on: January 22, 2018, 01:39:42 AM »

Mach3 will save your settings (demo or not) when shut-down but Mach3 must be closed and shut-down properly.

Tweakie.

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Share Your GCode / Re: Free DXF and Gcode files.

« on: January 20, 2018, 07:17:59 AM »

3Axis.co are now including .CDR files (a product of CorelDraw) and these can be easily converted to .DXF with one of the online converters - just Google CDR to DXF converter. The free software InkScape is another alternative. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkscape

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: No X/Y Movement except Return To Zero. No Z except Return To Zero & Auto Tool?

« on: January 19, 2018, 01:54:25 AM »

Check that the Jog ON/OFF button (bottom centre of main screen) is turned ON (green surround).

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: The Laser Project.

« on: January 18, 2018, 08:22:59 AM »

Hi Dan,

Hopefully third time lucky trying to attach everything to this post.

The .zip file has my .aug and .tap files for this image that I have engraved onto Birch ply. Please try it and see if you can get similar results.

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Is Mach4 really Hobby Material?

« on: January 18, 2018, 07:31:58 AM »

when Version 3 comes out will "almost everything" I've done be rendered useless

I don't think so but if I knew the answer to that I would be buying a lottery ticket.

Tweakie

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Is Mach4 really Hobby Material?

« on: January 18, 2018, 06:28:32 AM »

When Mach4 version 2 was introduced it made almost everything users developed under the original version useless. Is this what is being described here ?

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Stepper will not move

« on: January 18, 2018, 06:22:41 AM »

Can you provide more details on this board - Mach3 Interface Board CNC 5 axis with Optocoupler Adapter Stepper Motor.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 4th A axis irradical behaviour

« on: January 17, 2018, 10:32:26 AM »

That MaoA˜A  ¯Ðtonar certainly seems to be selling a lot of licenses on ebay these days.

A genuine Mach3 license can be purchased from here; http://www.machsupport.com/shop/mach3/

I have sent you a PM.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 4th A axis irradical behaviour

« on: January 17, 2018, 08:26:24 AM »

Hi Aliasant,

Your .xml file is in your Mach3 folder. Bottom right of the main Mach3 screen is your Profile. Your .xml file is entitled <your Profile> .xml

Use the Reply button the Additional Options to attach your .xml file.

Tweakie.