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General Mach Discussion / Re: Switches for Home position

« on: January 18, 2018, 04:08:11 PM »

Craig,

What speed do you home at to get your switch to have that accuracy.  I just ordered one so any info would be helpful.

RT

352

Mach4 Videos / Lathe Canned Cycles

« on: January 18, 2018, 03:36:19 PM »

Here is a video made by MachMotion that explain the lathe canned cycles usage.  From there you can go to other videos of specific canned cycles

https://youtu.be/mIPQJgzdX_I

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach Motion Lathe Wizards Bug? Help.

« on: January 18, 2018, 03:33:36 PM »

Thanks Bryanna!  I will post the link in the videos section of Mach4.

354

Mach4 General Discussion / Re: crash on starting edit mode

« on: January 18, 2018, 03:29:59 PM »

Reinhard,  please let us know what the people at NFS come back with after you send them your package.

355

Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Feature Request

« on: January 18, 2018, 02:42:10 PM »

Fix the canned cycle custom G code so that when you save and reload or quit Mach4 and restart any empty/blank lines don't get read back in with this result:

...
g0 x1
g0 z1

m3

g0x5
m5

....

comes back as

g0 x1
g0 z1
(------------------------------------)
((((((((((ERROR READING LINE))))))))))
(------------------------------------)
m3
(------------------------------------)
((((((((((ERROR READING LINE))))))))))
(------------------------------------)
g0x5
m5
(------------------------------------)
((((((((((ERROR READING LINE))))))))))
(------------------------------------)
(------------------------------------)
((((((((((ERROR READING LINE))))))))))
(------------------------------------)

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach Motion Lathe Wizards Bug? Help.

« on: January 18, 2018, 12:30:58 PM »

unfortunately I am not aware of any manual, papers or other write-ups for the turn wizards.  Would be nice wouldn't it?

here is a link that I found useful in interpreting the output from the wizard: http://www.helmancnc.com/cnc-fanuc-g76-threading-cycle/

I have only used the threading wizard a couple of times so I am unsure of all of the possibilities.  I believe the clearance values are the retract distance from the start values. 

regarding the retract value: http://www.cnc1.com/newsItem/fanuc-tool-retract-recover-retrace

HTH

RT

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Feature Request

« on: January 18, 2018, 11:01:36 AM »

Add checkbox control to screen editor.

MTCW

RT

358

Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Feature Request

« on: January 18, 2018, 10:59:19 AM »

Default screen set for lathe should include the diagnostics page.

MTCW

RT

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Feature Request

« on: January 18, 2018, 10:57:47 AM »

Fix the screen editor so if you go into the screen editor in something other than a maximized window all of the controls shift right and save that way.

MTCW

RT

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Feature Request

« on: January 18, 2018, 10:56:03 AM »

Fix the lathe threading wizard infeed selection so that either it starts with a 'select in option' or if defaulted like it is now set the value to the defaulted selection.

MTCW

RT