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General Mach Discussion / Re: touch probe design idea

« on: July 22, 2011, 04:02:09 AM »

Very good suggestion and really great for X and Y probing moves but it may be a different story for a -Z overtravel. 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: How to wire proximity switches

« on: July 22, 2011, 01:37:42 AM »

The info presented in this document may be of interest to you.  http://cnc4pc.com/Tech_Docs/C10R10_USER_MANUAL_V2.pdf

You need to establish the voltage and if they are NPN or PNP. If this information can't be determined then it may be wise to replace then with new parts of known specification.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Unprogrammed Z axis down feed

« on: July 22, 2011, 01:22:33 AM »

 

Pleased that you found the problem.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Blank screen

« on: July 21, 2011, 12:20:25 PM »

I thought that Ian but didn't like to say 

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: G Code

« on: July 21, 2011, 12:17:37 PM »

Hi Alex,

Welcome to the forum.

If you click menu  Config / General Config then set the "IJ Mode" to the opposite of what it is currently set to - that should cure it.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Code will not run

« on: July 21, 2011, 12:11:27 PM »

Ernie,

Just tried it again and it is OK.
Perhaps reloading Mach may cure the problem you have with your spindle speed DRO.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Blank screen

« on: July 21, 2011, 11:40:26 AM »

Sounds like a handy forum Ernie. 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Code will not run

« on: July 21, 2011, 11:32:34 AM »

Seems to run OK here Ernie.

What doesn't happen with your setup.

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: gcode for hood emblems

« on: July 21, 2011, 04:37:13 AM »

Vectric Cut2D and Vectric Cut3D are both good programs. I purchased VCarvePro earlier this year and that is just brilliant but it all depends on how much cash you want to spend on your software. There are trial versions of all these programs which you can download together with examples of things to make for testing your machine 

There are also lots of free or trial programs which perform this function quite well BMP2CNC is not bad - do a Google search and see what you can find.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Lost Steps

« on: July 21, 2011, 04:21:12 AM »

Hi Stefan,

A wild guess - your little Z Axis gearbox is jumping a tooth.

Tweakie.