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General Mach Discussion / Re: g28 coordinates?

« on: May 17, 2015, 03:09:30 PM »

N100 G20
N102 G0 G17 G40 G49 G80 G90
( SHEET #1 - RESULT 1 )
( DRILL )
( SHEET #1 - RESULT 1 )
N104 T1 M6
N106 G0 G90 G54 X2.0073 Y.2905 A0. S2139 M3
N108 G43 H1 Z.1
N110 G99 G83 Z-.765 R.1 Q.06 F26.11
N112 X1.3935 Y2.6975
N114 X4.0015
N116 G80
( DRILL )
N118 X2.0073 Y6.1905
N120 G99 G83 Z-.765 R.1 Q.06 F26.11
N122 X1.3935 Y8.5975
N124 X4.0015
N126 G80
( DRILL )
N128 X2.0073 Y12.0905
N130 G99 G83 Z-.765 R.1 Q.06 F26.11
N132 X1.3935 Y14.4975
N134 X4.0015
N136 G80
N138 M5
N140 G91 G28 Z0.
N142 A0.
N144 M01
( CUT CENTER HOLE )
N146 T2 M6
N148 G0 G90 G54 X2.6975 Y2.7208 A0. S4278 M3
N150 G43 H2 Z.25
N152 Z.2
N154 G1 Z-.0588 F16.16

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General Mach Discussion / g28 coordinates?

« on: May 17, 2015, 08:09:04 AM »

When the program code hits g28 the tool stops above the work piece that I am cutting. I have not been able to figure out how to make the tool go to another spot on the table. I've played with the settings, yet nothing happens. How do I do it? thanks in advance.
tony

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Why should persistent jogging be so mysterious?

« on: May 15, 2015, 09:04:54 AM »

bad link.tony

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Why should persistent jogging be so mysterious?

« on: May 15, 2015, 08:36:26 AM »

I thought that 66 rather than 68 was the better version. Can you please advise on the "best" for a mill. And where's the archive for other versions? thanks
tony

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Why should persistent jogging be so mysterious?

« on: May 15, 2015, 05:17:05 AM »

I am afraid that this is not the case.  When Mach 3 stops at a M1 coomand, the keyboard is dead. I cannot move the gantry out of the way to flip the material. 
I was always able to move the gantry no matter where I stopped Mach 3. Then with a "run from here" , I would continue to run a program.
I am no longer being able to do this, so I am stuck.

Perhaps if someonce could provide me some instructions on how to get the "tool change" position option to make the gantry move out of the way, this might be a work around for now.
tony

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Why should persistent jogging be so mysterious?

« on: May 14, 2015, 07:43:01 PM »

I am using a slightly modified screen. Can this be the cause? See attached screen file.
tony

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General Mach Discussion / Why should persistent jogging be so mysterious?

« on: May 14, 2015, 04:33:29 PM »

I can't jog the machine after stopping it in the middle of a run. I was able to do it; now I can't anymore.
The code has not changed, but the config has. I went from v68 to v66 because it was suggested that the 66 is a better version.
I had this issue before I changed versions of Mach 3. The keyboard does not do it, nor does the virtual pendant. I am stuck.

Does anyone have a clue?
tony

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z Axis not moving afer loading GCode

« on: May 06, 2015, 05:28:15 AM »

I've attached a snipped of my code.  Again, there must be something I failed to check in the config file.  The code has not changed and the program runs fine. It's only when , in the middle of the program, I stop the machine and need to jog an axis that I am not able to jog it.
tony
( T1 |  1/8 FLAT ENDMILL | H1 )
( T2 |  3/16 FLAT ENDMILL | H2 )
N100 G20
N102 G0 G17 G40 G49 G80 G90
( DRILL )
N104 T1 M6
N106 G0 G90 G54 X-2.407 Y.6902 A0. S2139 M3
N108 G43 H1 Z.1
N110 G99 G83 Z-.765 R.1 Q.06 F26.11
N112 X0. Y1.304
N114 Y-1.304
N116 G80
N118 M5
N120 G91 G28 Z0.
N122 A0.
N124 M01
( SPIRAL )
N126 T2 M6
N128 G0 G90 G54 X.1907 Y.5248 A0. S4278 M3
N130 G43 H2 Z.25
N132 Z.2
N134 G1 Z-.05 F16.16
N136 X.1456 Y.5433 F26.16
N138 X.0984 Y.5581
N140 X.0498 Y.5687
N142 X0. Y.575
N144 X-.0505 Y.577
N146 X-.1013 Y.5745

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General Mach Discussion / how to make Z key command operative during operation

« on: May 03, 2015, 03:25:53 PM »

This is the result of upgrading Mach3 to a different version and losing some of my old functionalities. Specifically, the Z command is not responsive once I am in the middle of a program that has been executed. Sometimes, I need to make small tool depth offset changes and need to bring up the tool. Mach 3 now does not let me do it.  I know there's a way to do it, because I had been doing it for a long time.  Now I am stuck in the middle of a program, with the tool touching the stock.
I need to bring it up and need to know what, in Mach 3 config file, I need to check.

thanks
tony

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General Mach Discussion / Re: two issues....

« on: April 26, 2015, 04:13:55 PM »

This is funny. I had v062 but could not get the M6start to work without a crash. l was told to go to the later version, and now I am having different issues.
I added some code to the M6Start, but the Z axis always wants to move up, past its safe limits and crashes.
I am simply stumped.
tony