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General Mach Discussion / Re: Slaving Y axis with B Axis

« on: October 16, 2020, 08:25:51 AM »

Quote from: Boer007 on October 16, 2020, 07:49:21 AM

what would you say is the difference between Mach3 and Mach4? Worth it to move to mach4?

Mach3 has been around for a long time now and it became difficult for the software engineers to incorporate improvements so Mach4 was born. Mach4 is new from the ground up and can offer so many more refinements of screen design and customization of use.
Having said that I have both Mach3 and Mach4 - I only occasionally use Mach4 as Mach3 is still used for all production work (at least until covid created a lock-down and closed my workshop facility). I think I am now looking towards retirement so perhaps I will never use Mach4 for anything except testing & experimentation. If, on the other hand, you have great CNC plans for the future then forget Mach3 and look towards Mach4 which is the future.

Tweakie.

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Tangent Corner / Re: It's a Dog thing.

« on: October 16, 2020, 05:16:13 AM »

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Slaving Y axis with B Axis

« on: October 16, 2020, 05:12:12 AM »

I think you should ignore the cheap Chinese controllers (which have no customer support) and choose one of the EU or USA manufactured products such as the Warp9 ESS or the CNC Drive UC300E or the Pokeys 57CNC, etc.

Please bear in mind that Mach3 in now obsolescent and no longer supported having been superceeded by Mach4.
The motion controllers I have mentioned will operate with Mach3 also operate with Mach4 if you ever need to change at some time in the future.

I use (on different machines) the ESS, 57CNC and UC400ETH controllers, each have their own merrits but they all support slave axis operation with Mach3 (and Mach4).

Perhaps check out the websites of the controllers I have mentioned and also browse the forum a little before making any decision.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Slaving Y axis with B Axis

« on: October 16, 2020, 04:39:05 AM »

Sorry but I cant be of much help as I have never used the Mach3 plugin for that particular motion controller. If the plugin does not support Mach3 slaved axis operation then the best way forward would be a better quality motion controller (Warp9 ESS, CNC Drive UC300E, etc.).
There are many reasons why it is not a good idea to join the wires to slave two axes but I am sure that many have tried it.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Slaving Y axis with B Axis

« on: October 16, 2020, 03:10:50 AM »

Hi Boer007,

Welcome to the forum.

Which motion controller board are you using ?

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / MOVED: MACH4 with ESS G73 not working correctly

« on: October 16, 2020, 12:59:35 AM »

This topic has been moved to Mach4 General Discussion.

https://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=43794.0

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General Mach Discussion / Re: "Motor Tuning" not opening in Mach3

« on: October 15, 2020, 02:03:32 AM »

Can you run DriverTest.exe (Mach3 folder) ?

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: AXBB-E vs UC300ETH +UCBB

« on: October 15, 2020, 02:00:29 AM »

I would choose the AXBB-E (I already have a couple of these but they are not used with Mach3).

You should bear in mind that Mach3 is now obsolescent and no longer supported so if there are any minor issues with the CNC Drive Mach3 plugin it is unlikely to ever be fixed.
I have another UC400ETH which is a 2 Port device and this is occasionally used with Mach4.
Overall I am very impressed by the performance of the CNC Drive controllers and their back-up support.

Tweakie.

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