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General Mach Discussion / Re: Feed Hold G83

« on: December 14, 2012, 09:32:39 PM »

That is with V.067. I see what is wrong on the arc FH but have not worked out a stable resolution for it YET. I am testing with helix's the worst of all arcs (;-) in mach3.

(;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Feed Hold G83

« on: December 14, 2012, 09:24:07 PM »

There is a way around the G83 feedhold problem.  Add  G4P0 in between each move. Mach will then use feedhold and stop on command. NOW you will NOT be able to jog away or do anything but maybe clear some chips or strings away and then continue on

G83 X0 Y0 Z-.5 Q.050 R1 F10
G4P0
X1
G4p0
X2
G4p0
X3
G80
M30

Feedholding on ARCs is just another can of worms . It is just ugly.

(;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: What external motion controller do I choose?

« on: December 14, 2012, 07:36:28 PM »

YES you can start MAch3 from a DOS Batch file AND your tape drive is missing steps, lower the accel rate.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Installation problem- "No Driver sensed installed"-

« on: December 14, 2012, 12:42:25 PM »

Get a 32 bit OS or an outside motion controller that works with Mach3.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Work Offset - Strange Behavior

« on: December 14, 2012, 12:40:47 PM »

Try adding a G04P0  on the line JUST before the switch over to P110.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Feed Hold in arcs

« on: December 14, 2012, 11:41:33 AM »

Nothing so far is as dependable as the old PP. WIth motion controllers THEY have to make their end work as the PP does, not many have mastered it.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: D-value in Peck Drilling Cycles

« on: December 13, 2012, 03:04:04 PM »

Look in Config  Ports/pins   Mill options    Look for    G73 pull back

Not really sure if that is what you are lookng for. BUT try it.

(;-) TP

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: Calling plugin from G-Code/Macro

« on: December 13, 2012, 11:52:16 AM »

You could put your plugin call in a macro then call that macro from Gcode.


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General Mach Discussion / Re: add 50% jog speed button to screen

« on: December 12, 2012, 09:29:52 PM »

You can use 2 buttons or 1 button and toggle back and forth.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Plasma THC Sewing/bouncing

« on: December 11, 2012, 05:21:45 PM »

Slow Down the THC speed %   ,   The Z is moving faster than the THC can compensate and it oscilates.

(;-) TP