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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: total newbie - sorry

« on: June 08, 2015, 12:56:20 PM »

Hi Paul,

You may find this link points you in the right direction http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,24580.0.html

Tweakie.

(basically all the information you need to know is right here on the forum and in the Mach documentation but searching can be difficult if you are not quite sure what you are looking for).

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: total newbie - sorry

« on: June 07, 2015, 09:00:27 AM »

Hi Paul,

There are a few here http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,18345.0.html

(the Roadrunner sample was intended for a machine set-up in Inch units so will turn out small if your set-up is in mm - try putting a G20 into the beginning of the Gcode - that should do the trick).

Tweakie.

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Tangent Corner / Re: Arnold's pet

« on: June 06, 2015, 12:58:16 AM »

 

Tweakie.

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Tangent Corner / Re: Arnold's pet

« on: June 05, 2015, 01:02:45 PM »

Nice find Russ.

It's obvious when you think about it that step adjustment is necessary to have the hind legs in the correct position for the jump but what I find most interesting is that the adjustment is all done within such a relatively short distance. There are definitely some clever people out there.

I don't suppose we will be around to see it but one day everything will be autonomously controlled.

Concerning drones...
Interesting that new legislation was quickly introduced regarding the operation of drones which effectively stopped the experimental Amazon development of the GPS controlled drone parcel delivery service.


Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Hello, can I have suggestions for implemantation ..

« on: June 02, 2015, 12:30:01 PM »

Why you ask this in the video sub forum?

Better chance in another section of this forum.

Jeff

Hi Jeff,

At your suggestion, I have moved the topic here to the General section.

Tweakie.

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FAQs / Re: Mach 3 only loads half of the gcode

« on: June 01, 2015, 12:42:49 PM »

Hi, Another new guy,
I am having problems loading demo files on mach3. it only loads half the code. Initially I thought it is the demo thing, so I bought a licence, My name shows up when I check in mach help menu. So it is licensed. Still the problem is there. So I uninstalled and re installed, no joy, still only loads half a file. What can the problem be. One of the files in question is the collet spanner file that comes with mach.

Did you purchase your license direct from Artsoft /NFS or from somewhere else ??

Tweakie.

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: axis rhythmic noise (like a knocking)

« on: May 31, 2015, 08:08:53 AM »

I am pleased that you got it sorted. 

(I think it is not the monitor, just the resolution you have selected within the graphics card.  )

Tweakie.

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: axis rhythmic noise (like a knocking)

« on: May 26, 2015, 10:34:54 AM »

Hi Andrea,

If switching off the toolpath display resolves the problem then I would suggest upgrading your graphics card. Those with 512 MB or 1GB memory have now become cheap enough to obtain without breaking the bank and it should then let you switch on the toolpath display without causing problems.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: WHAT IF ?

« on: May 17, 2015, 08:36:52 AM »

A very interesting thought indeed Terry.

My opinion is that because all our machines and potential applications are different we all use Mach3 in a different way – for my part I only ever use a fraction of the available resources provided by Mach3 yet it does all (mostly all) that I want it to do.

I certainly like Rich’s idea of a super-duper screen set where we could just dump all the screens that were not of interest or use in a particular profile.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: CNC will not jog

« on: May 06, 2015, 01:41:42 AM »

Tweakie,

Any chance that because i am trying to run this on Windows 7 64-bit it will not work?

Indeed, there is every chance. Mach3 does not support 64-bit operation via the parallel port.

Tweakie.