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General Mach Discussion / Re: Carbide Create with Mach 3

« on: December 10, 2019, 01:33:46 AM »

Sounds like you either have Mach3 set-up in Millimetre units and your generated Gcode is in Inch units or that your Steps Per Units are set incorrectly in Motor Tuning.

Try running the 'Set Steps per Unit' calibration feature (Mach3 Settings page) Is it producing correct distances ?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Carbide Create with Mach 3

« on: December 09, 2019, 02:03:57 AM »

Hi Jeff,

Check out F-Engrave - it is Free, easy to use and can produce brilliant results.

(I have used it to V-Carve 1.5 Mtr. signs in Teak and at the other end of the scale to rotary engrave 0.5mm high text).

https://www.scorchworks.com/Fengrave/fengrave.html

Tweakie.

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Mach 3 cuts all my DXF drawings 4 times

« on: December 07, 2019, 04:59:18 AM »

$99 

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Mach 3 cuts all my DXF drawings 4 times

« on: December 07, 2019, 04:27:34 AM »

Ideally your .dxf should have been created with just one line (in the centre of the bitmap lines that were traced) but you have traced either side of the original lines.

The only solution with your existing .dxf is to delete the lines you do not want before creating the Gcode with LazyCam.

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Mach 3 cuts all my DXF drawings 4 times

« on: December 07, 2019, 01:55:51 AM »

Check your .dxf - chances are that you have double lines for each contour and LazyCam is just following the lines it has been given.

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Fusion 360 gcode has wrong Z axis height

« on: December 07, 2019, 01:47:49 AM »

Hi Bill,

That error message refers to the IJ Mode being incorrect for the arc that is being produced - try changing the IJ Mode or better still add the G90.1 / G91.1 (as appropriate) to your Gcode file.

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Fusion 360 gcode has wrong Z axis height

« on: December 06, 2019, 10:03:41 AM »

It's common practice to have Z zero as the top surface of the workpiece - at least that's what I do but somehow your Gcode file has been compiled differently.

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Mach3 under Vista / MOVED: CNC router spindle and z axis problem

« on: December 06, 2019, 07:12:54 AM »

This topic has been moved to General Mach Discussion.

https://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=42053.0

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 working with Punching Machine.

« on: December 06, 2019, 02:12:58 AM »

If you are starting out from scratch with this machine conversion then you should be looking at Mach4.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Fusion 360 gcode has wrong Z axis height

« on: December 06, 2019, 02:01:07 AM »

Hi Bill,

Nothing really wrong with your Gcode except that Z zero is the top surface of your spoil board rather than the top surface of the workpiece.

Tweakie.