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VB and the development of wizards / Re: toolchanger lathe sauter buruffaldi

« on: September 16, 2009, 02:55:50 PM »

Have a look at this thread.

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,5864.msg39011.html#msg39011

Graham

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Rotating work offsets around Y

« on: September 13, 2009, 12:11:54 PM »

Wrong again, I will keep my mouth shut from now on.

Everybody wants a quick fix, the skills have gone and nobody wants to set up a machine properly, sad times we live in.

Graham

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Having some trouble with programming, please help

« on: September 13, 2009, 04:50:38 AM »

HI,

G70/71 are not supported in Mach3, if you search the forum you will find some 3rd party code that will emulate the functions, Mach3 has no real memory limit like a Fanuc control so using LazyCAM or any other Cam system to produce huge g-code files is not a problem.

Follow this link for the files :- http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,9529.msg67485.html#msg67485

Graham
 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Rotating work offsets around Y

« on: September 13, 2009, 04:25:04 AM »

It would be a much better solution to square up the rotary table, even if you could use G68 to correct the error you can not compensate for drilling and reaming through the work piece.

Graham
 

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Resin dispensing machine

« on: September 07, 2009, 03:14:37 PM »

If you have a second drive on the Z axis (slave motor) you can make the slave adjust the flow rate of the resin. if you calculate the rate and drive it proportionally then you may be able to use an engraving routine from vcarve or the like.

Graham
 

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Tangent Corner / Re: Anyone near USshoptools? Anaheim, CA or Warren, MI

« on: September 05, 2009, 05:35:13 AM »

http://www.chronos.ltd.uk/cgi-local/sh000001.pl?REFPAGE=http%3a%2f%2fwww.chronos.ltd.uk%2f&WD=er11&PN=Chronos_Catalogue_Loose_ER_Collets_130.html%23aV11_2e_2e#aV11_2e_2e

Have a look here, ER collets are universal.

Graham

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General Mach Discussion / Re: USING DIFFERENT STEPS PER UNIT

« on: August 31, 2009, 09:06:37 AM »

You can have anything you want on any axis, think about a 4th axis its not the same as X,Y or Z

Graham

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: My fireball v90 setup

« on: August 31, 2009, 07:25:50 AM »

I would blow it into the lounge, within no time you will have all the space you need 

Graham

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Share Your GCode / Re: Soft Start for Spindle Motor G Code Routine

« on: August 31, 2009, 06:58:02 AM »

Your other option is to write it into your M3.m1s macro, then its done with the M3 call every time with no extra code in your program.

Graham

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Is there a way a macro can tell if the Jog Flyout is displayed?

« on: August 28, 2009, 06:51:21 AM »

there is a p=GetPage() command that returns the current page on display, from memory the fly out is page 50 not sure it will work though. Give it a try and see.

Graham