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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z home goes past 0.0 to +1.0

« on: January 29, 2012, 05:36:07 AM »

Most just don't bother to read and study them.

Terry,
Maybe we should  start a thread on the subject to explore it some. We live in a world of plug and play, but one must admit that it can be frustrating
when trying to grasp just one subject from what is documented.
An example relating to limit and home switches on documentation:
MANUAL                                                                      PAGE

USING MACH3 MILL                                                       4-8 to 4-11, 5.3,5-17,6-2, 12-1, 1-17
MACH3 CNC CONTROLLER SOFTWARE & INSTALLATION    4-9 to 4-15, 5-5, 5-6
MACH3 TUTORIAL (setting up a 3axis machine)                 11,12,13,14
CALYPSO MANUAL                                                         61
Lets not forget about getting off the limit switches  ( USING MACH3 MILL page 4-10)

ttm,
Above is worth reading and studying to understand. What makes this more difficult is the use of  a different screen set than normaly used  
and requires additional attention and information to get to the problem. You can thank the folks in here for going the extra mile spending
their time to find what they need to address the problem.

Remember that all this is supposed to be fun,

RICH

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LazyTurn / Re: LazyTurn

« on: January 29, 2012, 04:26:10 AM »

Open to any suggestions since here is what is listed under Documentation.

RICH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z home goes past 0.0 to +1.0

« on: January 27, 2012, 06:59:37 PM »

ttm,
Can you post a screen shot of the screen your using as requested?
RICH

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: 1/3 scale Chevy

« on: January 27, 2012, 04:58:57 PM »

Keep up the good work and keep posting pic's.
RICH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: accel and velocity

« on: January 27, 2012, 06:50:42 AM »

is there a formula to know what the accelleration and velocity need to be set at?

Yes and no, by that I am meaning that it is not straight forward calculation since acceleration, velocity, steps per, and other parameters need to be considered and they all
are relative to a specific machine and what you are going to do with it. For the typical user it is just easier to do some testing and use the values found. But in my opinion that
is not giving the user an understanding of what it all means, how it relates to Mach configuration, and thus the same questions will continue to be posted.

In light of the above, I started a writeup that eventualy will be put in Members Docs providing a discusion of the big picture.

RICH

 
 

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LazyTurn / Re: LazyTurn

« on: January 26, 2012, 04:39:40 PM »

Chris,
There is a manual for LazyCam and Lazyturn in Members Docs .

Kerry,
You never know what Art may decide to do. Don't want to build up your hopes though.
If there were more folks using it he would probably do something with it but unfortunately that dosen't seem to be the case.

RICH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: conversational cnc programming software

« on: January 26, 2012, 05:47:57 AM »

I never used Pro E my self but know that it's a great design tool. The mechanical guys use it at work.You'll be able to do 2D and 3D design and engineering analysis with it and like manny high end software it has numerous packages for it. I doubt very much that you have a legal seat for that software .....I know how much it costs per seat at work and also have a flavor for the learning curve
associated with it. What is important for use along with Mach is that you need to generate the proper Gcode so it will need a post processor tailored for Mach. Pro E can export a DXF and if the export is set up properly that output should be usable by other programs and the same for the 3D file export.  Since your DAD uses it I would suggest you ask him  to create some CNC files for you to try out.

High end stuff is great but manny times it's overkill for what you will use it for as a hobby. ie; if you don't use the software much you willl spend more time re-learning it to do the simple stuff.
As far as being proficient on the high end stuff.........we bring in folks for work that claim they have 10 to 15 years experience and most of them will fail our test to be hired!
Your learing curve will be great at this point in time and it never stops.

I mentioned Cam Bam becuse it has a basic CAD package, can generate good code for 2d and 3D machining for Mach and some nice features you would not find in a package for the money.
There is a free version which you can try and if it's not your "cup of tea" then look into something else. At one time there were some 100 or so CAD packages out there so don't think you want to spend your life trying them all out.  

Nothing wrong with trying out the wizards that come with Mach as that will give you experience and insight to find what you would like from a CAD / CAM program.
Enjoy the learning curve as the walking path around the park is a long one,
RICH  

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General Mach Discussion / Re: conversational cnc programming software

« on: January 25, 2012, 04:44:44 PM »

You can do a lot with the wizards and there is also a wizard for text, but as posted, DeskEngrave is easy to use. As soon as you get into requiring code for profiles then you need to use
some kind of CAD / CAM which should have a some kind of CAD as part of it. May want to have a look at CamBam.

RICH

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FAQs / Re: New configuration now homing issues.

« on: January 25, 2012, 06:12:03 AM »

Your attitude reflects your true nature and is no wonder that you can't get anybody to help resolve an issue.
We don't tolerate threats to the site or to any user on this site.

RICH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: conversational cnc programming software

« on: January 24, 2012, 06:28:58 PM »

Will you be using Mach3 as the controller?
RICH