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General Mach Discussion / Re: TLO lengths and Z axis readout

« on: September 15, 2015, 07:43:30 AM »

Steve said the Galil plugin was a user thing and not written by artsoft.    Somewhere in the docs for the plugin I'm told is the authors email address.  I'll have to try and find that and possibly get the source code so Jim can make changes to the plugin.

Check out the credits at the end of the Galil document http://www.machsupport.com/software/plugins/

Tweakie.

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

« on: September 15, 2015, 02:03:19 AM »

Welcome to the forum Bob.
We are pleased to have you here and no doubt we will be calling on your vast experience and knowledge.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Stepper motor problems

« on: September 14, 2015, 12:09:12 PM »

 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Stepper motor problems

« on: September 14, 2015, 11:49:43 AM »

Hi Malcolm,

There are a couple of different ways but if you go into    Config. / Ports & Pins / Motor Outputs   then change the Dir Low Active state (tick/cross) for your Z axis then click Apply that should do the trick.

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: mach3 3D printer

« on: September 12, 2015, 02:07:28 AM »

I think 2.3m may well be the record but as long as you remain below 10m the official line is that it will be OK.

How long do you estimate that job run to take ??

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: mach3 3D printer

« on: September 12, 2015, 01:52:25 AM »

Looking good.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problem with z axis cut

« on: September 11, 2015, 02:18:14 AM »

the original one was 3.043.056, do you think I should revert to that?  or leave it as is because it appears to be working OK now?

Leave it as it is (If it ain't broke don't fix it) 

Tweakie.

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Another Newbie needing help

« on: September 10, 2015, 10:36:59 AM »

Your Mach3 downloaded license file is called    Mach1Lic.dat   copy this file into your Mach3 folder then restart Mach3.

Tweakie.   

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

« on: September 10, 2015, 08:31:18 AM »

Hi Tim,

Welcome to the forum.

Using Mach3 is, I think, the easy part of the CNC process. Initially, you need to decide on the CAD/CAM software you are going to use to design your parts and then create the necessary Gcode for Mach3 to use. There is a lot of free software available (I started out using G-Simple http://www.gsimple.eu/ ) but probably the best (reasonably priced) and easiest to use, paid for, software is the Vectric range http://www.vectric.com/. I currently use Aspire but it took a while to get together the necessary funds to upgrade form V-Carve Pro.
Once your CAD/CAM is sorted then loading the Gcode into Mach3 and setting the start datum point etc. is relatively simple (the Mach manual, I think, explains all http://www.machsupport.com/help-learning/product-manuals/ ).

That’s about it really.

If you have any specific questions then please post them as a New Topic in the General section where they will receive the maximum coverage and hopefully a speedy reply.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problem with z axis cut

« on: September 08, 2015, 11:53:32 AM »

We all seem to have our own personal choice but I use R3.043.056 if that's any help.

Tweakie.