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General Mach Discussion / Re: Do you use a Charge Pump?

« on: May 18, 2019, 10:45:08 AM »

A related question is whether people have an E-Stop circuit that breaks power to motors and lasers rather than just the control wiring?

I have both.
The software polled EStop and a contactor controlled AllStop which disconnects power to everything except the PC, associated motion controller and screen. Although it is there and always available for an emergency AllStop has not been used in years.

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Forum suggestions and report forum problems. / Re: Registering to forum Captcha sucks

« on: May 15, 2019, 03:39:15 AM »

 

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Fusion 360 for plasma cutting

« on: May 15, 2019, 01:41:11 AM »

Try using the later Post Processor which you can download from here;  https://cam.autodesk.com/hsmposts

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Losing Config's After Computer Re-Starts

« on: May 15, 2019, 01:27:21 AM »

Just throwing in ideas...

The on-screen shortcut to Mach3 may be calling a different profile to the one you were last using.
Go into the Mach3 folder and double click the Mach3 application – this should bring up a list of current profiles – if there is more than one then try each until you find the correct one – note the profile name that works and change your desktop shortcut properties to the new profile name (note there is a space between the /p and the name).

Tweakie.

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Tangent Corner / Re: It's a Dog thing.

« on: May 14, 2019, 07:38:10 AM »

 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: HELP g-code command lines and coordinates not synchronized

« on: May 14, 2019, 04:38:22 AM »

If it’ any help…

This video https://youtu.be/8fUg6ebWut0  is Mach4 but it demonstrates just how an unused Axis Direction Pin can be used to switch the laser ON/OFF and a PWM signal to control laser power for a combined engraving and cutting toolpath.

The attached pic was laser produced on some scrap plywood using the Pokeys 57CNC controller.

The Mach3 motion controller I use on a daily basis is the Warp9 ESS.

Tweakie.

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Tangent Corner / It's a Dog thing.

« on: May 14, 2019, 02:27:55 AM »

I think it's a trait pretty unique to dogs ?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: HELP g-code command lines and coordinates not synchronized

« on: May 14, 2019, 02:01:16 AM »

Hi Axia,

As I mentioned earlier the M11/M10 command set stops issues, such as the Dot Burn at the start of your laser line (as shown in your pic.) and without using a motion controller that supports those commands you are severely limited in what you can achieve with your laser.
As Reuelt suggests a micro switch may be a work-around but if you want to produce quality work then junk the cheap Chinese controller and invest in a controller that properly supports all the Mach3 commands.

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: The Evolution of my Machine

« on: May 14, 2019, 01:49:30 AM »

Excellent work, thanks for posting the video link.

Tweakie.

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Post Processors / Re: Fusion 360 / Autodesk Post Processors.

« on: May 14, 2019, 01:22:02 AM »

Thanks for the info Chuck.

Tweakie.