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Mach Screens / Re: Looking for a screen seen before...

« on: January 06, 2013, 07:03:33 PM »

Have you tried clicking the Diagnostics Tab ?
RICH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: z axis moves a lot when i just touch the jog

« on: January 06, 2013, 06:59:26 PM »

There are additional settings associated with jogging in the flyout. Have you tried them? ie; Continous , step, setting a different jog step are just a few.....

Attach your xml file.

RICH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: How much stepper power do a 1-1/2 HP Bridgeport need to do a good job ?

« on: January 06, 2013, 06:48:13 AM »

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now off to research the myth? that a mach3 driven single pulse per spindle rev threading system may have its limitations and what they may be.

Ken,
It was found that multiple pulses provided no advantage over the single pulse. RPM measured and used for threading is
to three decimal places and and thus better than you can measure. I would worry more that the lathe system has required accuracy.
RICH

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Tangent Corner / Re: Wireless USB Modem

« on: January 06, 2013, 06:03:11 AM »

Wish you luck........
RICH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Rotary axis position issue

« on: January 05, 2013, 08:48:38 AM »

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Do you know why there is a need to count more than 360 degrees?

Don't have a specific answer for you but i have used it on the lathe to cut a continous line around a cylinder such that
the A rotates 2 revolutions at some z distance and thus you have a barber pole effect.
Sort of like slaving a rotary to an axis. Haven't fooled with that in a long time.

RICH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New years resolution

« on: January 03, 2013, 09:11:18 PM »

BTW,
My New Years resolution is that wealth, happiness, good health, and good pillowing is wished on everyone and not necessarily in that order. All things will only be expressed in terms of good and positive thoughts.

Folks at work keep telling me to go get a check-up!

Told an rather large gal she looked nice....she cursed me!
Gave the bum on the corner a quarter....gave me back a buck and said i needed it more than he!
Gave a freindly smile to the dog on the street and he bit me!
Wished my boss happiness and was told not to be a smart ask!
Wished my neighbor good health and was he told me he was dying and that my time would come also!
Wished my meighbor good pillowing and she said it will cost more than the 20 spot i have in my wallet!

It's been a rough few days of the new year.............

RICH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New years resolution

« on: January 03, 2013, 08:49:37 PM »

There is only one thread that i am aware of for the lathe that users posted what is wrong or should be fixed.
When I worte the LC manual i deliberatly put a page of bugs or known problems list in it so that the user would be aware of them and for that matter i wouldn't forget what they were. Frankly i see nothing wrong with something like that.

Terry "hits the nail on the head", Mach is very configurable. The more complex the system or what a user wants to do the more likely they will run into problems and the problem can be PC, electrical, programming, configuration, a bug .....how do you address it all.....

As far as rights to whatever was written, here is my approx. responses to those that wanted my originals for there owne use and rewrite. "You can have the originals but you they must be used strictly for your owne use and never published. Anything you change or enhance must be shared with me and the community of users here since that is why it was written in the first place. The only recognized manual will be what is posted here and you must share whatever you have written so the original can be enhanced. If you can't agree to that then you don't get the originals." For the approx 10 times that they have been asked for not one has said yes.

RICH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New years resolution

« on: January 03, 2013, 04:47:52 PM »

So the question one may ask...
Just what is incorrect or not current and have that summary posted along with the manual.
Also a link addressing the issue would be helpfull.

Is the above worth the effort?
RICH

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