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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Return to current fixture after running gcode run

« on: April 16, 2020, 05:50:16 PM »

#4014 holds the current fixture offset

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Serious problems with G76 cycle in Mach4 Lathe and CSMIO IP S

« on: April 16, 2020, 05:48:39 PM »

Are you running on Servo or Stepper motors?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Return to current fixture after running gcode run

« on: April 16, 2020, 05:32:20 PM »

Fixture offsets # numbers

#2501 = G54 X or #5221
#2601 = G54 Y or #5222
#2701 = G54 Z or #5223

#2502 = G55 X or #5241
#2602 = G55 Y or #5242
#2702 = G55 Z or #5243

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: mc.mcToolGetSelected(inst) issue In lathe mode

« on: April 15, 2020, 07:11:47 PM »

Call a tool in Lathe is T0202 , tool 2 offset 2

Call a tool in Mill T2 M6

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Plunge cut with end mill

« on: April 13, 2020, 12:23:40 PM »

Working from the large diameter and ramping in you can use none end cutting tool as the ramp angle is shallow that is why the gcode is written that way.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: zero axis within program

« on: April 12, 2020, 08:55:44 PM »

Depending on where you put it in the code if you have to stop the program and restart you could end up in the wrong place.

Its normally used in rotary axis work to zero out the indexer to stop unwinding.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Plunge cut with end mill

« on: April 12, 2020, 08:42:59 PM »

Assuming, the hole has no tolerance and the cutter runs true you could do something like this, centre of hole is 0/0 and top face is Z0

G00 G90 X60.5 Y0 Z25. S2000 M3
Z1.
G01 Z0 F100.
G03 I-60.5 Z-4.
I-60.5 Z-8.
I-60.5 Z-12.
I-60.5 Z-16.
G01 X55.
G03 I-55.
G01  X50.
G03 I-50.
G01 X45.
G03 I-45.
G01 X40.
G03 I-40.
G01 X35.
G03 I-35.
G01 X30.
G03 I-30.
G01 X25.
G03 I-25.
G01 X20.
G03 I-20.
G01 X15.
G03 I-15.
G01 X10.
G03 I-10.
G01 X7.
G03 I-7.
G01 X0
G00 Z25.
M30

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General Mach Discussion / Re: zero axis within program

« on: April 11, 2020, 07:43:05 PM »

G92 but use with caution

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Custom M6, does not react on toolchange

« on: April 10, 2020, 07:04:28 PM »

I seem to remember the M6 is case sensitive in the macro and the code, they need to match.

 

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: tool table

« on: April 06, 2020, 04:06:22 PM »

All your tools will be of different lengths, Mach needs to know what the difference is between your reference tool (usually tool 1) and the rest of the tools, offsets do this, your reference tool has an offset of zero, each tool then has an offset that is the difference in length to the reference tool.