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

« on: October 11, 2013, 02:13:46 AM »

Hi Bretswoodworks,

Welcome to the forum.

If you send two plane tickets and I will come along with Exhausted. 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: License file not updating

« on: October 10, 2013, 11:36:33 AM »

Hi Marc,

That sounds like you have the license file for the Wizards Set which is not the same thing as the Mach3 license. If you contact CNC4PC directly they will be able to sort it out.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: License file not updating

« on: October 10, 2013, 11:15:22 AM »

Hi Marc,

Welcome to the forum.

Perhaps check that you have only one Mach3 folder and that the license file you copied to it is called   Mach1Lic.dat

Tweakie.

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

« on: October 10, 2013, 06:41:23 AM »

Hi Tipsydog,

Welcome to the forum.

If you post you question, as a new topic, in the General section then that would be the best place.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: H-Bot + Mach3, is it possible?

« on: October 09, 2013, 02:30:54 AM »

It is certainly possible but most existing CAD/CAM software (which produces the necessary GCode) would program separate X and Y movements so you would probably have to write your own CAD/CAM software to take advantage of the 'same direction' / 'opposite direction', combined X-Y stepper rotations.

I don't really see any advantage to using the H-Bot configuration as opposed to conventional X - Y movement but perhaps there is one.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Glitch when moving the tool path screen.

« on: October 08, 2013, 02:00:01 AM »

Mach4 wont have that issue but just hoping I live long enough to see it released

Tweakie.

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

« on: October 08, 2013, 01:49:25 AM »

Hi everyone. I have just purchased a used Shopmaster Bridgemill. It is fully CNC (4 axis) and is set up with Mach3. I will use a different computer than the previous owner and wonder if I should use Windows 7 or XP professional? There is an existing license. Can I get it up and running on the existing license or do I need to buy a new one right away? I am new to CNC and just want to get it set up initially. It is just for hobby use and to learn. As I get going I have no issue getting a new license, but I first need to get the unit up and running. Any direction would be appreciated. Like many newbies to CNC I have a lot to learn. Mach3 seems to be the best choice seeing that the the machine and the control box was operational with Mach3. It would seem logical to stay with it.

In my opinion it is probably best to use the same Windows operating system as was originally used with the machine.

Regarding the licence - according to the terms and conditions a licence is not transferable but you should check with licensing http://www.machsupport.com/contact-us/ as there may be exceptions under certain circumstances.

Tweakie.

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FAQs / Re: help cnc 3020, executing the engraving from a mach 3 GCode help

« on: October 06, 2013, 08:22:19 AM »

Just a guess but perhaps you have changed the units from imperial to metric ? (Config / Select Native Units)

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 Visual Studio 2008-2013

« on: October 06, 2013, 06:54:11 AM »

As always, excellent work Jason. 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Laser Crosshair

« on: October 06, 2013, 06:48:04 AM »

This is the button script that I use to turn the cross-hair on / off from the same screen button (I am using Output #5 to switch the device)

If IsOutputActive(OUTPUT5) Then ‘Check to see if its on
DeActivateSignal(OUTPUT5) ‘Its on so turn it off
Else
ActivateSignal(OUTPUT5) ‘Its off so turn it on
End If

(If it's any help, further detals are here http://www.cooperman.talktalk.net/files/17.htm)

Tweakie.