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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 Turn OD sphere wizard

« on: July 12, 2015, 12:00:25 PM »

Curiouser and curiouser!  If I run the wizard on a demo copy of Mach 3 on my laptop and save the code to a usb stick and load it from there into the workshop computer, when I load the file into Mach it crashes.  Another interesting thing is that once Mach has crashed the PC will not close down properly from the start menu, I have to do a hard turn-off.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 Turn OD sphere wizard

« on: July 12, 2015, 08:52:58 AM »

I've now checked the version number and it's Version R3.043.022

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General Mach Discussion / Mach 3 Turn OD sphere wizard

« on: July 12, 2015, 07:55:32 AM »

I'm trying to turn a hemisphere on the end of a bar, the same diameter as the bar.  When I try to use the wizard, when I click the post code button Mach 3 crashes and can't be re-launched without re-starting the PC.  Is this a known bug please?  I would say which version I'm using but to do that I'd need to restart the PC!

Is there another sphere wizard anyone can recommend?

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General Mach Discussion / Spindle Speed problem

« on: July 08, 2015, 06:58:18 PM »

Try return instead of enter...


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General Mach Discussion / VFD connection help needed please

« on: July 07, 2015, 05:56:30 PM »

Sorry your question doesn't make much sense.   Tell us more about which BoB, what the relay is, what you want to control?


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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Looking for a new machine

« on: July 07, 2015, 05:54:09 PM »

4x4 inches, mm, cm, ft, metres? 


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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Mach3 MDI Controlled by other Programs?

« on: June 29, 2015, 07:51:27 AM »

Why do you want to do the calculations as you go?  Can you not do them all in advance?  For example, if you can write the x y and z moves you want to make into an Excel spreadsheet in a suitable tabular format it is very easy to use standard Excel functions to automatically generate G code.


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General Mach Discussion / Scrolling Error in Mach 3

« on: June 27, 2015, 06:03:45 PM »

That sounds like a hardware fault in the wiring to the stepper driver, I have had a very similar thing happen to my Z axis.  IIRC a wire had become disconnected between the BoB and the driver, but danged if I can remember which one!  But try a careful check of the wiring.


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General Mach Discussion / What is the min movement I can command in mach3?

« on: June 15, 2015, 05:27:24 PM »

Unless the machine has very low stiction/friction, I suspect that you would be very lucky if the stepper or servo could move by such a small amount even though Mach might deliver it the requisite pulses.  This because the incremental torque generated would be too small to move the axis or even the screw.


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Mach3 under Vista / Mach3 working with USB (DDSM35V5.0 Breakout Board)

« on: June 15, 2015, 05:23:47 PM »

Oops!  Never come across a parallel poetry converter before, that should be port not poetry!


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