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General Mach Discussion / Re: keyboard shortcut

« on: July 01, 2014, 07:46:32 PM »

Yes Dickeybird  that worked    where can i find a list of all the mach3  keyboard shortcuts?
and thanks again
Paul

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General Mach Discussion / Re: keyboard shortcut

« on: July 01, 2014, 03:24:09 PM »

Thanks Hood
what i want to do is operate a keyboard at the other end of my machine
10 ft away from my controller.
this is a woodworking router
so i need to be able to operate the start and hold from there
dont want to have to run back to the controller
so i need to do this from the keyboard
i have a long  cable for my keyboard.
on this keyboard i can jog and use the up down keys
but not the cycle start and feed hold
not sure how to set this up
thanks again
Paul

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General Mach Discussion / keyboard shortcut

« on: July 01, 2014, 11:30:27 AM »

can anyone tell me how add a cycle start and a pause shortcut  to my keyboard?
thanks paul

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General Mach Discussion / Z zero plate

« on: January 10, 2013, 12:11:15 PM »

when using my z zero plate i find alot of pressure is placed on the plate before the z zero is activated.
this shows up more when using v bits.
is there some way of making the z zero routine more sensitive.
thanks paul

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General Mach Discussion / keygrabber help

« on: October 18, 2012, 09:00:14 AM »

I have a wireless Targus keypad   i use the arrow keys to move the x,y,and z axis   this is without having to use anytype of geygrabber  [works great]
what i now need to add is the cycle start stop and feed hold     this is where i need help in setting this up
i have right click on my mach3 shortcut and insert c:\mach3\keygrabber.exe/pmach3mill
and that works.
now where do i go from there?
the cycle start stop and feed hold  is the only keys i need to add.
also is there a amplifer that i can add to increase the range of my targus keypad?
as i will be working on both ends of my 4x8 ft table.

thanks paul

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General Mach Discussion / Re: cutting uniform mortise in wood

« on: February 07, 2012, 12:45:03 PM »

yes hood that is the problem.
the problem seem to happen when the bit goes around the corners
so i am not getting a clean rectangle.
i seem to have this problem anytime i am cutting out a small area.
if i was cutting out a 12x12 area its ok.
it seem as if as the bit picks up speed on the 1 inch side it then suddenly does int the curve  and that is what cause the problem.
thanks again paul
my backlash is set to 20 percent
shopbot cnc stepper motors

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General Mach Discussion / Re: cutting uniform mortise in wood

« on: February 07, 2012, 09:54:27 AM »

Are you referring to mechanical backlash.
like play in the drive gears ?  i will check to see if there is any play there
can the velocity and acceleration setting cause this
thanks paul

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General Mach Discussion / cutting uniform mortise in wood

« on: February 07, 2012, 07:46:51 AM »

i have been cutting a 1x2 inch mortise.
at  1 inch per min.  but i am not getting a uniform cut.
just wonder what adjustment i can make to correct this.
thanks paul

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General Mach Discussion / lost settings

« on: September 29, 2011, 08:54:24 PM »

this is something i always wondered about.
lets say my hard drive crashed and i reinstalled mach3
and i had my settings saved.
can i just drag these settings into mach3/
or do i have to delete the xml folder that came with the new installation
then place my saved setting in its place?
paul

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General Mach Discussion / Re: cutting circles

« on: January 11, 2011, 10:07:36 AM »

thanks for all the help.
got the problem solved  turned out to be just play in the axis
re tighten and verything is ok now
thanks again
paul