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General Mach Discussion / Re: Steps per inch

« on: December 27, 2006, 10:35:00 PM »

Hey,
    Checking your backlash should be no problem if you have an indicator. Put the indicator on something solid. Jog your axis until you move the indicator to a reading of about half of its travel. Write down the reading on the indicator. Jog the axis in the other direction by a set amount, say .010" and see how much difference the indicator shows. If the indicator says you moved .005 and Mach says it has moved .010 then you have .005" backlash. With that being said, you really need to know the pitch of your ballscrew first. I would say your steps per will be 10,000. You can check this with your indicator also. Set up as before., only this time run the axis in until it just starts to move the needle on the indicator. Write down your reading. Going in the same direction give the axis a move with Mach. If Mach thinks it moved it .010" and your indicator says it moved .010", your steps per are right.

Brett

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: New Multiple and Complex thread Turning Wizard!!!

« on: December 27, 2006, 10:19:17 PM »

Thanks,
     That did it for me also.
Scott, it looks even nicer with the bitmaps. You did real good! Now I gotta get a lathe. When I'm talking to the wife about it I'm going to blame it all on you.

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: New Multiple and Complex thread Turning Wizard!!!

« on: December 27, 2006, 06:53:52 PM »

Scott,
    Can you give us a screen shoot of yours? I don't know what is missing. Mine looks like Johns.

Brett

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Custom Icons, How?

« on: December 27, 2006, 06:13:43 PM »

Thanks,
     I would think it would have to be changed every time you update. I will probably never use these on the machine, I just play with these on the office PC. I wonder if it would cause any problems to place a folder in Mach "Mach Personal" to put things like the icons in? It would make it easier for me to remember to back it up.

Brett

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Supermax VCM-16VS retrofit

« on: December 27, 2006, 03:05:49 PM »

Very nice. We like the sexy pics.

Brett

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Custom Icons, How?

« on: December 27, 2006, 01:17:27 PM »

Thanks Men,
    Armed with this info. I have made a little progress. I will let you know how it works out. For now, I'm using Scott's icon.   Seems like you can change a bitmap extension to the ico. and use them. The one I tried did work, just not very clear.

Thanks for the help,
Brett

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Checking for movement

« on: December 27, 2006, 01:10:35 PM »

Hi Max,
    I know nothing of code, but thought this may intrest you. You could wire your switch to input one and check this box in general config. See pic.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Custom Icons, How?

« on: December 27, 2006, 10:09:46 AM »

Thanks Fellows,
      I had a look at one of the links. I guess what I need to know is what format do you save your Icon in and where do you save it to so that you can use it with a Mach shortcut? When I go to a desktop Icon for Mach, right click, properties, change icon, it gives a few choices. I go to Mach3.exe but I can't get to those Icons to see where they are saved or what format they are in.

Brett

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: New Multiple and Complex thread Turning Wizard!!!

« on: December 27, 2006, 09:42:47 AM »

Scott,
    Good job. I downloaded a few minutes ago and seems to be fine. I wonder if I could use this wizard as an excuse to buy a lathe?

Brett

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General Mach Discussion / Re: parts?

« on: December 27, 2006, 09:32:34 AM »

Check out these folks. Stock Drive. They even have a design wizard. They are also listed in the links under machine parts.
http://www.sdp-si.com/

Brett