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General Mach Discussion / purchasing mach3 licence

« on: February 15, 2010, 08:25:44 AM »

Hi guys, i'm just about to get my mach3 licence for my machines. I have 2 lathes and one mill and a seperate computer for internet and gcode writing, do i need to buy 4 licences or can i use the one licence to run the 3 machines and seperate computer.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: What is a "MODERATOR"?

« on: January 15, 2010, 07:01:48 PM »

Hello Brett and Graham.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: What is a "MODERATOR"?

« on: January 15, 2010, 06:09:35 PM »

Moderators are a breed apart.

They are usually the most respected members on the site, and have a vast level of knowledge.
They are level headed and overall helpful.
You'll find they answer most problems because they know the answers.
It never hurts to have a lot of Mods, as at times the combined knowledge of a few can sort a problem instantly.
They have their perks within the forum, and use these perks to maintain the forum to its usual high standards.
Behind the scenes they work hard to keep the forum as you like it.

Admins on the other hand are a pain in the ****

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Peck Drilling....

« on: December 25, 2009, 07:39:53 AM »

you could always mod the program yourself, adding G0 and G1 commands to suit your requirements.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: spindle speed, strange fault

« on: December 08, 2009, 10:43:50 AM »

i have the schematic for the analogue board if that helps, but i'm not sure how to load it here.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: spindle speed, strange fault

« on: December 06, 2009, 05:44:34 PM »

the voltage is correct to the actual spindle speed, it's the command that seems to be backward (2v is low speed and to get this, the command is m3 s4000). I've used a 10k pot to vary the speed which works fine.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: spindle speed, strange fault

« on: December 06, 2009, 05:16:38 PM »

to give you an idea of the speeds related to the analogue output.

1000 rpm 9v
2000 rpm 6v
3000 rpm 4v
4000 rpm 2v

voltages are approximate.

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General Mach Discussion / spindle speed, strange fault

« on: December 06, 2009, 08:02:30 AM »

hi guys, got a wierd one here but it may be so simple it'll be embarrasing, lol.

I've just setup the analogue board in my novamill to run from mach3, and the speeds are in reverse. It's at slow revs when i input high speeds and high when i input slow speeds. I've checked and changed everything i can think of, but knowing my luck it's a combination of two or more functions to reverse this.

Any ideas guys.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: strange results with laptops.

« on: December 02, 2009, 07:12:07 PM »

desktops on all my machines now, zero problems.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: entering info in gcode

« on: November 09, 2009, 09:04:20 PM »

as easy as that, thanks