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General Mach Discussion / Re: Cut not going into corners?

« on: January 25, 2018, 11:43:06 AM »

Try setting "Stop CV on Angles<" to 89 in General Config.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Is Mach4 really Hobby Material?

« on: January 25, 2018, 07:11:05 AM »

Lets calculate the requirements for hobbylevel close loop with common steppers:

Mach4 is not a closed loop control, so this is irrelevant.

The only closed loop hobby level control available is LinuxCNC.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Is Mach4 really Hobby Material?

« on: January 24, 2018, 08:43:16 AM »

My understanding from  back in the initial talk of Mach4, was that Artsoft would maintain a list of certified hardware that worked with Mach4, and what functions they supported.
This should have been available from day one, and the fact that it didn't happen is a big negative.

All of Mach4's competition makes their own hardware, and don't have any software-hardware compatibility issues.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Licensing: how to update?

« on: January 22, 2018, 09:04:59 PM »

It's not transferrable. You'll need to buy a new license.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Is Mach4 really Hobby Material?

« on: January 22, 2018, 10:48:02 AM »

I thought CNC Drive had released a Mach4 plug-in that was supposed to support
threading, but I can find no mention of threading on their web site nor have
there been any forum mentions from users.

The last I heard, the UC100 plugin did not support threading, but that was a few months ago. And I don't know if the plugins for the various CNC drive devices all have the same functionality. I'd send them an email to find out their current status.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Is Mach4 really Hobby Material?

« on: January 21, 2018, 08:19:47 AM »

Fwiw, you can add an MB2 breakout board to an ESS for $150 and have 24V I/O, for a little over 1/2 the price of the Hicon.
And the Hicon can get really expensive when you start adding on the options.

I've never used either, but from what I've read over the years, I think the Hicon is better supported, and a more "industrial" solution.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Stirling probing software ?

« on: January 20, 2018, 04:15:58 PM »

As far as I know, he pulled it years ago, due to bugs in Mach3.

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Finished Screens / Re: Mach3 2010 Screenset - Now available

« on: January 20, 2018, 12:15:33 PM »

Download these macros and replace the existing ones. These set Z zero in G54-G59 offsets, so you can change offsets without losing your Z zero.

http://www.thecncwoodworker.com/downloads/mach3/Zero_G54-G59.zip

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General Mach Discussion / Re: HELP with V-CARVING please

« on: January 20, 2018, 08:42:53 AM »

Please do not make me watch a Video or read a webpage when in 30 seconds I can find my answer in the PDF.

You can learn more watching a video than reading the manual 10 times.
With software, watching someone do something can teach you things you will never learn on your own.

There's nothing wrong with reading the manual, and everyone should do it. But the videos are indispensable if you really want to learn a lot.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Is Mach4 really Hobby Material?

« on: January 18, 2018, 06:49:03 AM »

NFS = Newfangled Solutions = Artsoft