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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Surface map Wizard not working

« on: October 14, 2020, 06:44:11 PM »

The file format is this.

The first 6 entries in the CSV file is:

min x
max x
number of x points
min y
max y
number of y points

Those fields are followed by the point data that fills the 2D matrix of points given by (number of x points) * (number of y points)

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General Mach Discussion / Re: where can I purchase the hardware

« on: October 14, 2020, 10:10:47 AM »

A laser has no cutting force so the power requirements are very low and so these little boards can have the drivers built on to the board, your machine will have many amps of power per axis so it needs lots of cooling.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: where can I purchase the hardware

« on: October 13, 2020, 06:28:00 PM »

You could try this company here in the UK.

https://www.routoutcnc.com/builtcontrollers.html

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Ouput not working in tool change when output also in macropump

« on: October 12, 2020, 01:43:22 PM »

It might be better to set your button up as an OEMTrigger, see Mach3Mill_Install_Config.PDF section 4.13 for details.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: X-Z cutting clips top of material

« on: October 12, 2020, 01:25:57 PM »

Sorry we can not help you any further, its a user issue not a Mach3/4 issue.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Connecting a servo driver

« on: October 10, 2020, 06:13:25 PM »

A lot of servo drives are +-10V analogue so mach3/4 can not drive them without a motion controller that can do this.

You need to look up the board you have to see if it is analogue.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: stepper only moves in one direction

« on: October 10, 2020, 06:08:37 PM »

You have no direction signal.  See if you get a voltage change on the pin when you press the jog keys back and forth.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: X-Z cutting clips top of material

« on: October 09, 2020, 07:38:34 PM »

We have been through this before, what CAM system are you using, 3D clearance routines can use flat 1/4" cutters, finishing profiles in most cases use ball or bull end cutters.  If you use flat cutters the lead and trailing edges of the tool dig into the work surface.

If the tool is digging into the surface then the CAM is allowing for the radius of the tool to put the contact point in the correct place.

Mach has no setting that can alter this.

A straight line in X & Z will be working from the centre line of the cutter so will overlap the edge of the cut path by the radius.

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Help needed with Mach3/Win7

« on: October 07, 2020, 07:23:18 PM »

Do you have the enable on the C10 connected to 5V and the jumper set to outputs for pins 2 to 9.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: G76 Lathe Threading?

« on: October 06, 2020, 05:13:20 PM »

You could try G32 or G92