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General Mach Discussion / Re: How to see DRO A-axis on mach screen ?

« on: March 10, 2011, 03:24:58 AM »

There is a 6 axis screen .set  which may be suitable for your needs under the downloads section http://www.machsupport.com/screens.php

Failing that, you could design / build your own screen .set - the tools are available here, it is not too difficult. 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: How to see DRO A-axis on mach screen ?

« on: March 10, 2011, 03:09:20 AM »

Don't know if this helps but the A Axis DRO is shown as Axis 4 on my screen.

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: G02 and G03 problems building handwheel-First post

« on: March 10, 2011, 02:44:51 AM »

Hi and welcome to the forum.

Sounds like the 'crop circles' problem again and yes you are right it is the 'I','J'.

Under 'config' - 'general logic config' change the IJ Mode setting.
It also pays to insert a G91.1 at the beginning of your GCode.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problem Upgrading

« on: March 10, 2011, 01:52:08 AM »

The only other thing I can think of is that by installing on a different drive (unless you are using a dual OS) part of the necessary registry data (created by the install) has been filed under the wrong drive letter (E or C).
Perhaps the best solution is back up your config (.xml) and screen (.set) plus anything else that is important, just in case, then install the latest version over the top of your existing version. This way Mach and the OS will place all the data under the one drive letter and the registry will then be correct.

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Keyboard Emulator

« on: March 09, 2011, 01:29:13 PM »

Nice job Sandcrab, really neat.

Jeff - Video's and info are on the TexasMicro site http://www.texasmicrocircuits.com/

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problem Upgrading

« on: March 09, 2011, 01:11:29 PM »

Perhaps check in Device Manager the properties of your printer port and that the address matches what you have set in Mach ports and pins.

Tweakie.

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Video P*r*o*b*i*n*g / Re: What do i need to video probe and is it comparable to using a probe?

« on: March 09, 2011, 11:21:59 AM »

You may find this thread of interest http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,15330.msg102762.html#msg102762

Tweakie.

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

« on: March 09, 2011, 09:13:45 AM »

Hi Jen,

Thanks for the offer to generate the VCP files – I may just take you up on that one.

Most of the things I do, in a way, demonstrate that CNC can and in fact is replacing skill in the workplace. I doubt I have the ability to manually do inlay work, to make even a reasonable job would require many skills that I really just don’t have, artistic ability being one of them. This is where CNC comes into its own and the Turners Cube http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,9755.msg59684.html#msg59684 is a good example of something I can easily make with CNC but not with a lathe as it was originally intended.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Hello all .dxf files and GCode

« on: March 09, 2011, 01:59:01 AM »

Thanks Guys, that is something else I have learnt.

But I think I will just stick to using .dxf for 2D and .stl for 3D. 

Tweakie.

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

« on: March 08, 2011, 08:21:50 AM »

This inlay work has turned out to be incredibly easy to do but so so difficult to do well (perhaps that applies to everything) but I am now just starting to learn the key point like matching the aspect ratio of the whole image not just matching the height and width.

Thanks, once again, to Switcher for the DXF of the Rocking Horse.

Tweakie.