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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Added a 3.2kw water cooled spindle

« on: June 10, 2019, 10:00:21 PM »

I have upgraded to 3.2kw spindle that is water cooled and controlled by Mach 4 via MOD bus.

One question I have is what should I use as the liquid?  Right now I am using just water but I believe
I need some rust inhibitor.  Any suggestion would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Todd

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Huanyang GT series Modbus setup

« on: May 27, 2019, 10:49:44 AM »

Thank you,

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Huanyang GT series Modbus setup

« on: May 27, 2019, 09:03:43 AM »

Thanks Bill,
I followed your written instruction and got my spindle turning.  Had a few issues, My GT inverter had pc.02  set to 2.  I had to set it to 0 to get the RS 485 working.  I do not know how it got set to 2 because by default the manual says 0?  The one issue I am still having is that on the Mach 4 screen when the spindle is running it does not display the speed.  Sometimes the speed with flash in the box for a few milliseconds when I change the speed, but it then goes back to 0.  Any ideas?  Thanks for instructions I would not have been able to get this working without them.
Thanks,
Todd

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Bargain Basement / USB smooth stepper

« on: February 02, 2019, 09:29:48 AM »

I have a USB smooth stepper for sale (used).  I upgraded to a ESS to go to Mach 4.  The USB smooth stepper does not currently work with Mach 4.  $75 or make an offer.
Thanks,
Todd

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Finial switching over to Mach4 amd Ihave a few question.

« on: January 29, 2019, 05:42:51 PM »

Thanks Craig,

Now I have a rotary axis question for mach 4. I created some G code  in V carve to test the rotary axis.  My feed rate for my tool was 60 inch/min in v carve.  Mach 4 thinks it is 60 degree/min, to slow.

In mach 3 there was setting where you could tell mach it was a rotary job and it would compensate or adjust the speed.  Can I set that up in Mach 4?   Did I miss something in my setup?
I could make rotary tool in V carve software and crank the speed way up.
Thanks,
Todd

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Mach4 General Discussion / Finial switching over to Mach4 amd Ihave a few question.

« on: January 21, 2019, 08:00:46 PM »

Hi,
I gave up waiting for a Mach 4 USBSS plugin and bought a ESS to switch over to Mach 4.  I first got Mach 3 running with the ESS with little trouble but I did notice that homing my X axis sounded a little different.  My X axis has a slave motor and I could not tell if they were both homing.  I did not know it this was a difference between the USBSS and ESS or if only one motor was homing.  I went a head and got Mach 4 up and running with the ESS and my X axis homing is the same.  In Mach 3 their was a check box in the configuration page where you could check to say if you want both motors homed.  It squares up the gantry.  Is there something I am missing in Mach 4 to tell it to do the same thing?

My second question has to do with the rotary tool path display. So far it is much better the Mach 3 but is there way to adjust the diameter of what is displayed?   I did very little rotor stuff on my cnc router in Mach 3 but want to do more with mach 4.  The tool path look correct but the proportion is not correct.  In CAM it is long and thin but when I load the G code it is short and fat?  I think it may run ok if I ran it. 
Thanks for any help,
regards,
Todd

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: The CNC router that ate the family room

« on: January 15, 2018, 09:09:21 PM »

Some test cut on the 4th axis.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: toolpath on rotary axis does not display properly ( a axis )

« on: November 14, 2017, 01:12:36 PM »

I too am having a similar problem. I am just post here to see if you have figured this out.
Thanks,
Todd

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 4 th axis tool path problem

« on: November 14, 2017, 08:57:27 AM »

Gerry,
I believe I have that all set correctly,  A is set for rotation and I rotate X around my Y axis.
thanks,
Todd

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General Mach Discussion / 4 th axis tool path problem

« on: November 14, 2017, 07:10:34 AM »

I am trying to get a rotating 4 th axis working.  I think I must be missing a setting in mach 3.  My v carve tool path looks correct in V carve but when I save it and load i into Mach 3  it does not match .
Any Ideas what I am doing wrong?
Thanks,
Todd