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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: The Laser Project.

« on: March 28, 2011, 09:47:36 AM »

Thanks Jeff 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Offsets and saving.

« on: March 28, 2011, 09:46:25 AM »

I think Hood is right and I am on the wrong track here but one thing I forgot to mention in my earlier post is that after zeroing the offsets (on the offsets page) you have to save them.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Newbie

« on: March 28, 2011, 09:39:23 AM »

Same page John. 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: testing mach3, cannot run two axis at the same time

« on: March 28, 2011, 08:21:16 AM »

Then I think it as Hood said you need to lower your velocity settings for each axis in the motor tuning section (don't forget to save axis settings after each axis alteration).

tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z limit Switch with a touch pad

« on: March 28, 2011, 08:16:20 AM »

Some Macro's do a second touch, at a much lower speed to correct for the motor overrun of the first touch - perhaps this is what you are observing.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Newbie

« on: March 28, 2011, 08:12:37 AM »

Hi John,

In the Mach3 folder is a file Mach3Mill.xml which contains all the settings for that profile. If your new machine software runs a different profile (name shown bottom right of Mach screen) then you need to save that .xml file somewhere as a backup for all your settings (I perhaps doesn't hurt to print them out as well, just in case).

Despite it's initial daunting appearance Mach is not hard to learn to use and I have always advocated only learning what you need to know (I have been using Mach for a couple of years now, I only know the half of it, if that, but I get by). Get plenty of hands on experience and look up stuff only when you need to know it is my approach.

I think that once you get hands on it will soon all fall into place and there will be loads more products on your website. 

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: The Laser Project.

« on: March 28, 2011, 07:55:21 AM »

This is the laser cut 'proof of concept' face for my Aztec Clock.

It will have a quartz movement, keep perfect time and is guaranteed to run right up to Midday on the 21st December 2012. 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: testing mach3, cannot run two axis at the same time

« on: March 28, 2011, 04:17:27 AM »

Are the steppers just stopping quietly or are they stalling and making a squealing sound ?

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Coil Winding 101

« on: March 28, 2011, 04:12:40 AM »

Hi Jeff,

Welcome to the forum.

Hood is the man when it comes to coil winders he will know 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Y-Axis Sticking

« on: March 28, 2011, 04:09:37 AM »

I would be inclined to remove the stepper from its mountings and see if this problem persists under 'no load' conditions.

Tweakie.