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General Mach Discussion / Re: No Mach3 Found Running

« on: September 28, 2012, 05:42:57 PM »

See the LazyCam Manual, Section 6.0 which has info on how to change the origin.
RICH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: How to make z tool cut deeper on the fly.....

« on: September 28, 2012, 05:21:48 PM »

All gcode relates to a NON changing surface. There is no easy way that i am aware of to address a changing surface.

RICH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: trying to get started... usual newbie problems to sort out.

« on: September 28, 2012, 05:12:45 PM »

mdonovan,
Not sure if you are just wanting to try Mach or plan on actualy using it. If the latter you should not be using a computer with Anti virus software installed on it when running a machine . The computer should be dedicated to CNC.

The software may be confused or misinformed about Mach, but then, the user can always overide the software.
Why is it saying not to download the software? 

RICH

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: How to use my CNC mill as a vertical lathe

« on: September 28, 2012, 06:29:38 AM »

Can't be of much  help on MSM other than noting to have a look at the  videos and manuals. You may want to join  the sites forum and
post basic questions to get you going with it's use.
RICH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: using M30 to go to home position

« on: September 27, 2012, 05:53:24 PM »

I am with TP and would just do a number of combinations same as was done with the G28 lathe moves moves mentioned
in the attached summary of that thread.

RICH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: trying to get started... usual newbie problems to sort out.

« on: September 27, 2012, 05:16:18 PM »

Not familar with your anti-virus software but usualy it can be altered by the user to define sites that should be trusted and downloading permitted.

RICH

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: How to use my CNC mill as a vertical lathe

« on: September 27, 2012, 05:09:09 PM »

Have you looked into using MachStdMill by Calypso Ventures. The recent release provides for using the mill to do lathe work.

RICH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: formula for slotted disc

« on: September 27, 2012, 06:44:35 AM »

It's been a long time since using a slotted disc and remember having similar problems and think i just increased the diameter of the disc and also made the slot wider (may be double the calculated ) as the calculated value was too slim. You can make the slot quite wide, so use the calculated as a quide to start with. When fooling around, I used disc's made from a CD which was painted black and just widened the slot until it would read 3450. You can also cut numerous slots and see the affect just by putting black tape over the slots not being used. The above is easy and cheap to do. Sorry I can't be more definitive.

Good point on the response time Hood. Before using the Halls sensor i used a read switch and after reading up on that switch  found that is would not be fast enough. 

RICH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: formula for slotted disc

« on: September 26, 2012, 07:43:38 PM »

Multi-slotted  discs ( timing) are no longer supported for the lathe. Single slot was found to be just as accurate, in fact it is very accurate and more so than one can measure with common devices. Just a comment I  felt worth mentioning.

RICH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: losing steps on z-axis (help)

« on: September 26, 2012, 05:20:52 PM »

What kind of work are you doing?
Post your xml file.

What is "a bit higher"?
Do you have the steps per unit set accurately for the Z?

RICH