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General Mach Discussion / Re: Issue with X & Y

« on: December 23, 2015, 02:56:29 AM »

Config. / System Hotkeys    The settings made here will allow you to allocate keyboard keys of you choice to the various directions of jog.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Strange Pin Response

« on: December 22, 2015, 02:48:32 AM »

My initial thoughts are that pin2 is the Y axis direction pin rather than the enable.

By 'expansion card' I am assuming you mean 'parallel port card' ?

Can you attach your .xml file (rename it something unique to be able to attach - brian.xml should be good).

Tweakie.

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: NFS Turn Wizard

« on: December 21, 2015, 05:35:59 AM »

Anyone, please?

The Mach3 Addons license enables several different components: CopyCat, Multi Pass, PowerFeed XY, the Mach3 Addons for Mill, and the NFSTurn wizards, which are a solution for using Mach3’s wizard capability to simplify the creation of G-Code files.   http://www.machsupport.com/software/mach3-addons-for-mill/

You can use the contact form to confirm that you will be purchasing the correct license for the product you require.   http://www.machsupport.com/contact-us/

Tweakie.

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Building or Buying a Wood routing table.. Beginnners guide.. / Re: 6040z water cooled spindle motor rust inhibitor

« on: December 21, 2015, 02:14:23 AM »

If it’s any help…

I Have been using closed loop water cooling systems for some years now and can confirm that a 30% concentration of (vehicle) antifreeze and distilled water works well for cooling, preventing corrosion (radiator, pump & fittings), sub-zero freezing and preventing organic growth within the tubing. (Take care with the antifreeze though, many types are toxic – especially to animals).

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 vs Mach 4

« on: December 20, 2015, 07:00:35 AM »

Hi Rob,

I am following along behind you on the Warp9 forum and awaiting the updated driver also. "Easter" made me smile but thinking about it you may be right.  

Tweakie.


My apologies for going a bit off topic Dirk.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 vs Mach 4

« on: December 20, 2015, 06:16:21 AM »

(yup I'm aware of the PP plugin for M4, although this does not do some of the internal stuff that the M3 PP did [thc + m10/m11, etc])

Hi Rob,

Just a heads-up...
The Darwin plugin for Mach4 handles the M62/M63 commands (replacement for the M11/M10) just fine, last time I looked.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 vs Mach 4

« on: December 20, 2015, 04:33:48 AM »

Hi Dirk,

Taking the decision between Mach3 and Mach4 (at this moment in time) would, I think, be tough.

(If it's any help, I have licensed versions of both - I use Mach3 for the actual work and Mach4 for playtime. For me, the day will come when Mach4 will be ready to fully take over from Mach3 but it could be a while).

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: parallel port timeout

« on: December 20, 2015, 02:59:22 AM »

Sounds like that is just Mach4 (Darwin ?) timing out because it is not a licensed version - nothing to do with parallel port settings or the number of lines of code.

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Add a laser to my CNC

« on: December 19, 2015, 11:02:26 AM »

Your laser would be switched on/off using a TTL signal (5volts or 3.3volts) not sure why you would want to use a relay.
Modifying your Vectric post-processor to replace any Z axis movements with a small A axis movement would seem the easiest way to use the A axis direction signal as the laser trigger.

Tweakie.

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Forum suggestions and report forum problems. / Re: Mach4 Release Dates and content

« on: December 19, 2015, 02:45:10 AM »

I don't know why this has not been done - it was sort-of implemented some while ago in the Newfangled ftp downloads section but that seems to have just dwindled.

Perhaps the most complete release schedule is maintained by Steve (PMDX) which is here; http://www.PMDX.com/Downloads_Mach4/Mach4_Hobby_Releases/

Tweakie.