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Video P*r*o*b*i*n*g / Re: Touch probe with z probe

« on: January 04, 2024, 05:17:36 AM »

Yes if both probes are active low open-collector and the input has a pullup.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: General lathe axis direction help needed

« on: December 17, 2023, 10:32:24 AM »

Think of a lathe as a standard mill lying on its left hand side as viewed by the operator.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Using Limit Switches with Novusun Controller

« on: December 13, 2023, 05:31:38 AM »

I have a CNCDrive UC100 - in fact two, one on lathe and one on mill.  They work very well.  Mine came from a CNCDrive stockist in the UK, make sure you get a genuine one as clones are available.  This has a USB interface but they also have Ethernet types.  I run Mach3 on a Win10 Dell mini PC.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: MACH 3 connected with usb

« on: December 02, 2023, 05:36:22 AM »

Good find Tweakie!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: MACH 3 connected with usb

« on: December 01, 2023, 06:13:30 PM »

Well I think that's your problem, no Mach3 plugin.  Ask the supplier.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: MACH 3 connected with usb

« on: December 01, 2023, 12:48:30 PM »

I looked at the website and they don't mention a plugin anywhere as far as I can see - usually there would be a download or support area from which you can download it.  It might have come on a CDRom or memory stick?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: MACH 3 connected with usb

« on: December 01, 2023, 12:10:43 PM »

The controller should have an associated plugin which needs installing as described in the Mach3 manual.  Do you have that?  If not you will get nowhere.  I use UC100 motion controllers with Mach3 and they work fine so it is possible.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Hole milling problem

« on: November 01, 2023, 04:57:10 PM »

Could you post your code? What size cutter are you using? Spiral mill or pocket?

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: HELP: How to export snapshots of desired coordinates from Mach3 to text/excel

« on: October 21, 2023, 04:22:43 PM »

I have done something like this by saving the coordinates to a tool table which can be exported using some utilities which are somewhere on this site.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: changing zero position

« on: October 09, 2023, 10:25:39 AM »

Sounds very much like the tool pulling slightly out of its collet as Steve suggests.  What tool+collet are you using, and what material?