IN mach2 are you using the import bitmap function to do the carving ? IF so the EARLY versions of mach3 still had that function as part of mach3 that is what Hood is pointing out.
SO if that worked for you in mach2 it will work for you in Mach3 (early version).
IF you are not using the bitmap import what CAM are you using. CUt wise IF mach2 can doit so can mach3.
Light cuts grasshopper, light cuts. I have done it on a small lathe by hand, tool held in a flimsy toolpost and MANY MANY ins and outs. AND a very SHARP high rake bit.
Gotcha, I don't own one of those phones either (;-) Don't even own a cell phone.
IF you convert from 2-3 you WILL have to reconfig 3 to your current settings. 3 does things differently. But once you get it working correctly then everything is portable with updates from there on out.
HIYA Jeff, thanks for the compliment BUT I am just another chip slinger on here. There are people FAR smarter than I am on here.
I just want to do things that the normal MACH3 does not do to the point I will spend DAYS/WEEKS working on things that in the end I either find a way to do it OR I fnd out ALL the ways that it can't be done.
IT has been done for years on lathes AND mills. BUT it creates a lot of side load on the gantry style mills/routers that you would normally not see. Running it in the X axis inline with the gantry would be the best.
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