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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Laser cut titanium handcuff ring

« on: December 21, 2012, 11:48:22 PM »

Please be careful with making rings out of TI. IF the need arose to cut it OFF in the emergency room NONE of them have the tools to do so. It could mean the loss of a finger one day.

Just a thought, (;-) TP

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: G12

« on: December 21, 2012, 07:00:18 PM »

No problem here with .067

(;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: CNC4PC C11 question

« on: December 21, 2012, 05:25:00 PM »

Most of the time it is a waste of time to mention QUALITY BOB's  as 99% of the Time the price point wins the discussion anyway.

THEN you end up getting what you paid for.

So what is the point, (;-)

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Moving z axis down

« on: December 21, 2012, 05:22:28 PM »

You can Feedhold/Stop then subtract .005" from teh Z dro then do a run from here at a point in the end of the code where it is starting to do the final stages of the pocket.

That is the shortest possible method.

(;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Simple code for simple shapes

« on: December 20, 2012, 05:30:26 PM »

Gotcha Covered,

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,21395.0.html

We can Modify it to exactly what he needs for gas cutting.

(;-) TP

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!

« on: December 19, 2012, 11:25:11 AM »

THe Captcha thingy is there to help prevent SPAMBOTS from taking over this site.

AND they will, (;-) TP

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Mach sees Angles instead of Radius corners

« on: December 19, 2012, 09:06:13 AM »

Code looks fine here . COULD be your CV settings OR you are cutting faster than axis acceleration can keep up AND mach3 is compensating.

Try cutting in exact stop mode.

Does the display SHOW the angle cut or the machine cuts the angle cut but shows the radius correctly?

(;-) TP

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VB and the development of wizards / #VAR above 14999 have duplicate functions

« on: December 19, 2012, 08:26:36 AM »

We all know that #vars in the range of 15000 - 15255 will populate UserDros 1000-1255.

BUT those VARS have duplicates in the CB side that area NOT interchangable there is a range 15000-15255 on the Gcode side AND a range of 15000-15255 on the CB side.

AND they are NOT connected  ONE cannot update the other AT LEAST in testing here.

IF from teh MDI I enter  #15001=5   The USerDRO(1001) updates to 5 AND from Gcode G1 X#15001 will move to 5.

BUT it does NOT update the Var monitor, it stays at 0 AND from CB GetVar(15001) = 0 as well and  SetVar(15001) does NOT update the same var on the Gcode side NOR updates USerDro(1001)

AND if you setvar(15001,10) in CB it does update the Var monitor and as GetVar(15001)= 10 BUT in Gcode  G1X#15001 X does not move 10.

SO IF you are thinking of using the upper range 15000-15255 for cool things Programmer BEWARE of the DRAGONs.

I had a really cool idea BUT,   NO CIGAR.

Just a thought,(;-) TP

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Mach sees Angles instead of Radius corners

« on: December 18, 2012, 11:29:58 PM »

Change the changes you made BACK to the old settings and see if the problem goes away.

(;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Thinking of a NEW function "Tool wear tracking "

« on: December 18, 2012, 07:55:04 PM »

SO what do you think ?

I have been asked this over the years CAN Mach3 track tool run time?

I have it tracking consumable cut time in plasma now SO yes it SHOULD be possble.  But would it be practical for say Router or Mill

Would you want it invisible OR have a Mach3 page or perhaps a WIZARD   ANd yes Wizards can work in way MOST don't realize (;-) and with a Wizard it can be self contained unlike a Mach3 Page.

WHat say ye Chip and Sawdust slingers ? , (;-) TP