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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 configuration--NEWBIE question

« on: April 13, 2011, 11:37:57 AM »

Hi Gerald,

Hood beat me to it. 

I think you need to look at the program you used to create the GCode as the work area is approx 4"x4" the drawing is of a much smaller rectangle within that work area also I don't see the reason for the increasing Z depth. Bit confusing really but if the code is wrong, the work will be wrong.

The quadrant thing relates to the way your machine has been setup. You should have X,0 and Y,0 as the bottom left of your work table with +X moving the cutting tool to the right of the work and +Y moving the cutting tool to the back of the work. Do you jog keys move the cutter in the correct directions ?

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 configuration--NEWBIE question

« on: April 13, 2011, 11:13:50 AM »

Sorry Gerald, I have a convolute sense of humour - 1st of month would have been April Fool.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 configuration--NEWBIE question

« on: April 13, 2011, 10:43:31 AM »

Gerald,

Should have posted this on the first of the month 

Wrong GCode file perhaps ?

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Shopbot with Mach3 Proxmity switch hookup

« on: April 13, 2011, 08:23:16 AM »

You are quite right Hood, it doesn't necessarily have to be a NOR though as any inverting logic gate would do. In effect it would turn the logic of a normally closed contact into a normally open contact. (quicker to snip off the pull up resistor but it depends on personal courage  )

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Diy Laser cutter MK1

« on: April 13, 2011, 07:08:06 AM »

I think I will wait for you to kit it.

The Replikit laser cut kit for the Snipe sells for £39.95 plus p&p.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: System grounding questions

« on: April 13, 2011, 05:16:51 AM »

Jeff,

In Canada, is your neutral (white) at the same voltage potential as the earth wire  ?

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Diy Laser cutter MK1

« on: April 13, 2011, 04:59:30 AM »

Get it all bolted down then lets see some pics of the stuff you make, please.

How do ya fancy building one of these ? I have dug out some rough dxfs for it.

One of what ?  (no picture file attached)

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Parallel Port woes - need advice

« on: April 13, 2011, 03:47:20 AM »

The only suggestion I can make is that you check your port address in device manager and that it is correctly entered in Mach. (in my case the address is 0378)

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Enroute 4.2 to Mach 3

« on: April 13, 2011, 03:34:27 AM »

Hi Rob,

I have no experience of Enroute but in the past, when trying different software, I have always found the Fanuc post processor to work OK with Mach.

Hope this helps.

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: One handed wireless Mach3 Controller

« on: April 13, 2011, 02:38:14 AM »

Thank you for posting the information.

Tweakie.