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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 on a laser cutter...

« on: September 09, 2018, 01:39:03 AM »

Looking good 

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: 5Ax Diy-Homemade

« on: September 08, 2018, 10:52:59 AM »

Absolutely brilliant.

Excellent work.

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: FTP site access

« on: September 08, 2018, 05:58:03 AM »

Hi Mauri,

I am pleased that you now have the FTP working as it should.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Changing Spindle Speed

« on: September 08, 2018, 04:47:48 AM »

I used one of Mach's 6 axis which I previously didn't use to sent pulses to an Arduino board.
The Arduino board then counts the pulses and outputs the right pwm signal which in turn goes to the inputs of my motor's inverter.

An excellent solution. Thank you for sharing the information.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 Windows 10 update -- don't do it

« on: September 08, 2018, 01:40:26 AM »

Hi Chuck,

Sounds like you are on your way now.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Help with jerky motion - again!

« on: September 07, 2018, 10:43:16 AM »

Hi Craig,

While you are checking the sleep thing it may be worth checking your USB hubs to make sure the power management does not allow sleep.

Do you have a USB memory stick connected when you are running Mach3 ?
Are you running your Gcode file direct from the C drive ?

Tweakie.

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HiCON Motion Controller / Re: Rigid Tapping

« on: September 06, 2018, 04:25:47 AM »

HARSH.MPF
N10   G90 G71 G94 F200 ;
N20   T03 D01 M06 ;
N30   S1000  M03 ;
N40   M08 ;
N50   G00 X25 Y10 Z10 ;
N60   CYCLE84 ( 10 ,  0 , 2 , -25 , _ ,_ , 3 , 5 , _ , 90 , 200 , 500 , 3 , _ ,_ ,_ ,_ ,_ )
N70   G00 X25 Y35 ;
N80   CYCLE84 ( 10 ,  0 , 2 , -25 , _ ,_ , 3 , 5 , _ , 90 , 200 , 500 , 3 , _ ,_ ,_ ,_ ,_ )
N90   M05 M09 M30 ;
 
more info - http://www.hdknowledge.com/2018/09/how-i-learn-program-with-sinumerik-cycle-84-rigid-tapping-cycle.html

I don't think the command CYCLE84... would be recognized by Mach3 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / MOVED: Mach4 and Constant velocity...

« on: September 06, 2018, 02:26:51 AM »

This topic has been moved to Mach4 General Discussion.

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=38272.0

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 Windows 10 update -- don't do it

« on: September 06, 2018, 02:09:22 AM »

Hi Chuck,

Don't forget that the M10Px/M11Px commands only take effect at the instant of axis (any axis) movement so you would need a two line MDI to test it that way and I don't think that can be done in Mach3.
It may be better to just create a simple Gcode program for the testing.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 on a laser cutter...

« on: September 06, 2018, 01:59:47 AM »

Hi Marting,

130 Watt sounds good, excellent in fact.

15mm wood would cut OK but bear in mind the effective focal distance of the beam and associated kerf width. You would also need a lot of air assist.
As for polycarbonate, well you would just have to try it and see – it is terrible stuff and can often end up as a sticky lump. Acrylic would be best.
I doubt you would have enough power to cut into aluminium at the CO2 wavelength but you can certainly ablate the anodizing dye layer.

Sound like you are in for a lot of fun. Please keep us informed and post some pictures of your progress.

Tweakie.