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General Mach Discussion / Re: dispensing liquid with Mach 3

« on: July 15, 2015, 04:32:17 PM »

Hi Juergen,

My thoughts would be (as I have already mentioned in an earlier post)  to define the A axis as linear,  move it the required amount to dispense the liquid (glue) then reverse its direction for a few steps to prevent the drips when the X and Y axis move the head to the next location. This can, in my opinion, be easily controlled from a macro function.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Future of Mach3 ??

« on: July 13, 2015, 12:30:24 PM »

Mach 4 pp (Darwin) can do that to

Maybe ??

Although laser engraving is handled well in Mach3 unfortunately Mach4 / Darwin still has some way to go.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: X axis reversed

« on: July 12, 2015, 08:13:56 AM »

Great stuff Bill, I am pleased you have got it sorted.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Gecko G540 Setup Help

« on: July 12, 2015, 07:26:37 AM »

Hi Sprocketeer,

I am pleased you have found the fault and a resolution to the problem.

I think this just goes to show that we can all make very basic mistakes but, as a commercial enterprise, I would have expected AT to have checked and double checked their work before sending it out.
Still, it's water under the bridge and you can now move onto completing your machine construction and making stuff. 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: X axis reversed

« on: July 12, 2015, 07:13:12 AM »

Hi Bill,

I am not sure you are getting this right because...
Direction relates to how the cutter moves with regard to the work rather than the travel of the machine parts (if I could explain this better then I would).

However, to overcome the particular problem that you mention then you could try reversing the keyboard assignments for the X axis in Config / System Hotkeys.

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Axis Calibration solution

« on: July 10, 2015, 04:18:11 AM »

Excellent work Chris.

Well done guys for the active teamwork - I look forward to seeing the outcome.

Tweakie.

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Forum suggestions and report forum problems. / Re: Forum for sale ad.

« on: July 10, 2015, 01:51:10 AM »

Does anyone know how  I mark my ad as sold?

It has been done. 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / MOVED: For Sale CNC 3020 and everything needed, practically brand new!

« on: July 10, 2015, 01:42:52 AM »

This topic has been moved to Bargain Basement.

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=30466.0

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

« on: July 02, 2015, 12:10:33 PM »

By the way how beneficial is a mist coolant system if you are milling mostly aluminum,bronze and brass?

Everybody to their own but I find the most important thing when machining any metals is to keep the work clear of the swarf during the machining operation so with machines that cannot handle flood coolant then air, with a small amount of cutting fluid (as a mist spray) is the next best thing.

Tweakie.

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

« on: July 02, 2015, 01:35:28 AM »

Hi kj7u,

Welcome to the forum.

It is best if you post questions as a new topic, however...

To reverse the operation of the X axis you could change the active state of the X axis 'Dir Low Active' in Config / Ports & Pins / Motor Outputs.

There are many to choose from but a very basic, free and easy to use CAD/CAM software is G-Simple http://www.gsimple.eu/

Tweakie.