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General Mach Discussion / so why does mach3 alter my gcode!

« on: October 17, 2010, 03:46:14 PM »

my code comes up fine on my cam preview and other mach driven mill.
the mill i want to use comes up with its own version of my gcode!!!!!
what makes it do this??

this code is off the same thumb drive
what it is supposed to look like.


and this is the super magic mach3 version it thinks i cant live without!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: help with pci pp card

« on: October 16, 2010, 10:57:39 PM »

wow,
before with the crappy pc, my knee mill would do 25ipm rapid on the table and 10ipm on the knee. now it does 80 on the table and 15 on the knee!!!
i was sure that old pc was slowing down my machine and now have the proof of it.

again thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Re: help with pci pp card

« on: October 16, 2010, 02:50:46 PM »

well, i did the same things i did before and now it works!
thanks for the help.back to work......

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General Mach Discussion / Re: help with pci pp card

« on: October 16, 2010, 12:24:08 PM »

is there a certain spec i should be looking for in a card?

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General Mach Discussion / help with pci pp card

« on: October 15, 2010, 11:51:08 PM »

i pieced together a computer for my mill and got a mobo without a  pp in it. so i get a cheap card to run the pp.
it comes up with some different address for the mach to use and i try that with no joy.
in the bios there is 0/zero setting to adjust parallel port. no mention of it anywhere. ecp or the other settings......

is this my issue?
can this mobo really not even run a parallel port card?

mother board = http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?Sku=S458-1359
thanks matt

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Handwheels stall the table easily

« on: November 25, 2009, 11:46:43 AM »

i am not a expert, but with the steppers going that fast to move the table at that speed you might need a faster pitch screw to keep the motors slower with more power.
just a thought

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General Mach Discussion / Re: help, my mach3 is stepping and not running smoothly

« on: November 24, 2009, 11:41:56 AM »

no, this happens when the mill is running a program.
i can rapid around with the keyboard and switch to the step mode but the program steps on its own.

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General Mach Discussion / help, my mach3 is stepping and not running smoothly

« on: November 24, 2009, 01:32:50 AM »

i am not sure what to call this problem but will try and describe it acurately.

i have a saved file from dolphin cad/cam that i cut yesterday and tryed to cut the same file today but there is a difference.

now, the thing runs fine but there is a 0.5-1.0" step all the way around the shape. it still runs the program but all at steps thru out the shape.

i changed nothing and are not sure on how to make this run smooth again.

thanks matt

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach 3 and i hate computers.

« on: October 19, 2009, 12:15:00 PM »

thanks i will try it....

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach 3 and i hate computers.

« on: October 19, 2009, 12:25:16 AM »

i see it is fine now. i dont think i did anything different.

can i save the license on a disk to have in case of computer fire or something?