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General Mach Discussion / Re: Thread milling g-code question

« on: June 11, 2007, 12:56:01 PM »

Checked it out. It works just fine.
Thanks
LEW

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Thread milling g-code question

« on: June 11, 2007, 12:24:38 PM »

Thanks for the reply.
So, I guess the code would look something like this?:

M98 P1 L6


O1
G91
G2 X0.0 Y0.0 I0.5 J0.0 z-0.06 F20.0
M99

I'll try it when I get a chance and let you know if it works.
LEW

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Thread milling g-code question

« on: June 11, 2007, 08:02:49 AM »

The tool is a thread mill.

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General Mach Discussion / Thread milling g-code question

« on: June 10, 2007, 11:16:29 PM »

I'm wondering if anyone can help with this line of code.
I'm trying to cut a thread with .06" pitch and six revolutions.
G91
G02 X0.0 Y0.0 I0.5 J0.0 Z-0.06 L6.0 F20.0

The G91 should put the machine in incremental mode.
The G02 should create a cirle with radius of .5".
The Z-0.6 should give the thread a .06" pitch per rev.
The L6.0 should make the machine repeat the circular command six times and should give a six thread part?
When I execute this code, the machine only makes one circle and moves to the next line.
The Z does move down .06 and the machine comletes one thread.
Why is that? What have I got wrong?
Anyone?
Thanks in advance.
LEW

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Mach Screens / Re: Any MOUSELESS screens out there?

« on: May 11, 2007, 05:27:19 PM »

Hi:
I'm a current user of Ahha and also a current user of Mach 3. When I started using Mach 3 I began to learn as much as I could. I rather quickly played with the screen designer and came up with a screen loosely based around the keystrokes of the Ahha system. It's a work in progress and when I get the chance I try to see where I can change things to make it more mouseless. The Mach system is up and running and I use this screen. However, it's at your own risk that you use this screen. I post it only as an example and because the question was asked about mouseless screens. I'm not a screen designer but I do enjoy the flexibility of the Mach system. If there's any questions just contact me.
So, this is a rather rudimentary screen. There's only one page. I can perform pretty much all the tasks that I need to in this screen. If there's a setting or test that I need to perform, I am only too quick to load the 1024.set screen and do what I need to do. Then, reload this screen and continue. The worst part of it all is that the mouse is required to load a program in a different directory. I can work the keys to load programs but it's quite cumbersome. So, I find myself moving to the mouse to load programs.
Take a look if you like and let me know what you think.
LEW

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: VB script = gcode

« on: May 11, 2007, 08:37:04 AM »

Thanks, Poppabear.
This was not a test. Just a guy who is starting to learn vb and has made some stupid mistakes.
Can't believe I typed an O and not a 0. The rest was ignorance. Working on the ignorance.
LEW

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VB and the development of wizards / VB script = gcode

« on: May 10, 2007, 08:49:27 PM »

Hello:
I've been trying to write vb script in the scripter and calling gcode to perform a z axis to zero and after that move x and y to zero.
Can someone take a look at this vb and tell me if you see anything wrong?
When I execute this vb script, the z moves to zero but the x and y do not move.

code "G0 Z0.0"
While (ismoving)
Wend
code "GO X0.0 Y0.0"
End

Thanks
LEW

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Sindle stop and coolant stop when program pause

« on: May 10, 2007, 08:00:51 PM »

Thanks for the replies. I have been used to another system that shut the coolant and spindle off when you did a feed hold. It's been my experience that when the feed hold is initiated, something is not right. I wind up doing a few checks to see if the reason I pushed the feed hold is valid. Then, if it's not too far from the beginning, I'll just put the macine back at zero and restart. Otherwise, I restart the program from current position and coolant and spindle are restarted also. My old system worked pretty well and I've become "programmed" to the way it runs. so, that's the reason for the question.
I've only recently watched the scripting video and I'm just now starting to see what I can do with VB. Lot to know. Little time to learn.
Thanks
LEW

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General Mach Discussion / Sindle stop and coolant stop when program pause

« on: May 09, 2007, 08:14:46 PM »

Hi All:
I am wondering if there's a good way to have the spindle and mist coolant stop when I press the space bar to pause the machine?
Thanks
LEW

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Couple Questions

« on: April 16, 2007, 08:22:21 AM »

Hi Zealous:
Just now squeezed in some time. I added a button with your VB script and used "F1" as hot key.
Works very well.
Thanks again.
LEW