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One on one phone support. / Re: Mach3 Errors

« on: September 18, 2018, 08:03:20 PM »

What version of Mach3 are you running?

842

G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: G-Code newbie - G54 always in code from Fusion?

« on: September 18, 2018, 07:52:22 PM »

Your steps per is out or you have scaling set to 1.75

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: G43 moving spindle down before moving to correct Z location

« on: September 12, 2018, 08:08:35 PM »

That is not a good post, in most cases you would move X&Y to a safe start point and then do your first Z move e.g.

N1 (END MILL)
T24 M6
G00 G90 X1. Y2. S1600 M3
G43 Z4. H24
Z0
G01 Etc.

or like this :-

N1 (END MILL)
T24 M6
G00 G90 G43 X1. Y2. Z4. H24 S1600 M3
Z0
G01 Etc.

Ether way is much safer because the tool offset is active before it is above the work, a long tool could hit the job the way you have it now.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Master Tool 1 or Probe for Tool 1 in Tool Table

« on: August 25, 2018, 04:40:54 PM »

In most cases the probe will be your master tool as this is the tool you will set your fixture offsets with.

Are you using just a spindle probe or do you have a tool setter too?

Now,

It depends how you have your machine set but the other tool lengths can be relative to the master tool (probe) or if you are working from the spindle end face every tool offset including the master tool (probe) has the length from the spindle face to the end of the working face of the tool.  I say working face because the tool tip is not always on the end of the tool e.g. back spot facing bar.

Both methods have advantages/disadvantages most hobby users use master tool and relative tool offsets, industrial use spindle end and tool lengths.

In most cases you can use any tool number as long as its got the right tool length in the offset.  Normally zero for relative way and the tool/probe trigger length for spindle end way.

845

Mach4 General Discussion / Re: G32 funny feedrate issue

« on: August 06, 2018, 04:09:44 PM »

Are you running steppers or servos?

846

G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Inside of the ring engraving

« on: July 20, 2018, 08:45:15 PM »

I have seen it done with the indexer on its back and the tool has a side mount diamond the text is drawn in the XZ plane and wrapped to the cylinder z up and down indexer rotates.

847

G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Using a macro to "ref all home"

« on: July 20, 2018, 08:31:42 PM »

What happens if you just run this bit of code no extra bits or edits.

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G21 G40 G49 G80
G91 G28.1 Y0 Z0
M30
%

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Using a macro to "ref all home"

« on: July 15, 2018, 01:26:42 PM »

On my machines I do it this way :-

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G21 G40 G49 G80
G91 G28.1 Y0 Z0

N1(TOOL 1)
T1 M6                           
G54 G00 G90 Y-79                                   
S3250 M3
G43 H1 Z15               
G1 F250   
Etc....
%

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CS-Lab / Re: Confused on how to address outputs in VB with CSMIO

« on: June 01, 2018, 06:45:19 PM »

Cslabs do not use pin numbers they use output numbers so Machs output4 pin number is not Cslabs pin number but the output number on that pin.

So on the Cslabs IP-A device, connection unit terminal 5(out) & 14(return) is output4 so in Mach3 you set output pin to 4

Then in VB you can call  ActivateSignal(OUTPUT4) or DeActivatSignal(OUTPUT4)

Even more confused now?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mache4 Lathe-pmdx411 incremental move problem

« on: May 12, 2018, 12:36:57 PM »

Do you do an absolute return to start before the second cut ?