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VB and the development of wizards / I need a wizard that will route a straight cut

« on: December 23, 2016, 05:45:38 PM »

I do a fair amount of wood working and many times I need a simple cut, that is not doable on the table saw or radial saw.  The router is the tool of choice for these occasions.  What I normally do is clamp a straight edge (piece of wood, generally) for a guide and use a straight bit with a bearing.  And then it occurred to me that it would be so much easier doing this on the CNC router.  I just need a wizard to make this happen.  I feel reasonably confident that I could make a wizard, but want to make sure that one does not exist, before putting the time into making one.

Does anyone know if a wizard like this is out there?

Thanks.
Rick

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Mach Screens / Re: Where are button scripts stored?

« on: December 21, 2016, 04:12:37 PM »

Thanks for the info Rich.  I've been kind of dabbling with screen sets.  I've been adding and removing things from the 1024.set for over a year now.  The screen set I'm using now really looks like a mess, since I haven't done anything with the underlying "mask", but it works just fine for my needs.  I've been waiting til I have settled on what I want on the screen set.  Just when I think I don't need anything else, I think of something that would be handy.

My latest is a couple of buttons (X axis and Y axis) that adjusts the DRO so that 0,0 is in the center of the work piece (like some of the fancy DRO's on milling machines).  I found that I was always measuring and marking the center of a work piece before putting on the CNC machine.  Than I thought Mach3 could do this.  It's working great.

On to my problem... I think the problem was that I was not closing Mach3 before copying the .set file to the control PC.  I've got 2 monitors on the computer that I'm writing the button scripts on and Mach3 is on one and I was looking at the other monitor while copying the .set file to the control pc.

Rick

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Mach Screens / Re: Where are button scripts stored?

« on: December 21, 2016, 12:30:19 PM »

I knew this seemed like a familiar question.  My CRS kicking in again.

To follow this through a little further.  I thought .set files were created and saved by Screen4 (as well as other screen design programs).  So how do you save the button script in the .set file from Mach3?  I guess they should be saved when you exit the Mach3 VB script editor (which I did save when closing the editor)?

This is what I did.  I created a new screen on computer A, then used Mach3 to add the button script (saving the before closing the VB editor) on computer A.  I copied the set file from computer A to the control computer.  The button script was not part of the .set file. 

I'll play with this some more and try not to ask the same question again.
Thanks.
Rick

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Mach Screens / Where are button scripts stored?

« on: December 20, 2016, 09:50:22 PM »

I edit and create screen sets on one computer and then copy the screen set to the cnc controller computer.  I have to copy and paste the button scripts from a text file that I copy over to the cnc controller computer.  This is faster than re-typing  the code into the individual button script editors.  If I knew the file that contained the button scripts,  I could just copy this over with the .set file for the screen set.

Thanks for any help.
Rick

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General Mach Discussion / Re: I have pulled the trigger on a SuperPid 2

« on: October 12, 2016, 09:39:12 PM »

The cable came from Malaysia. 
Here is another thread on the subject

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/diy-cnc-router-table-machines/169037-anyone-mount-spid-electronics-box.html

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General Mach Discussion / Re: I have pulled the trigger on a SuperPid 2

« on: October 09, 2016, 10:48:20 PM »

I've been using a SuperPID for a couple of years now.  I separated the display from the board.  I'm a big fan of the SuperPID.

Here is a link to my build thread on cnczone.
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/cnc-wood-router-project-log/127895-cnc-forum-post1791782.html#post1791782

I've got the cable part no in the build thread.

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Screen designer tips and tutorials / Re: Where are button scripts saved?

« on: February 07, 2016, 09:07:53 PM »

Thanks Tweakie,
That is what I thought.  I wonder when Mach3 updates the .set file with the button scripts?  I'm trying to remember if I copied the .set file over before closing the mach3 program (I think I did).
Rick

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Screen designer tips and tutorials / Re: Where are button scripts saved?

« on: February 06, 2016, 04:15:30 PM »

By the way I'm using Screen4

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Screen designer tips and tutorials / Where are button scripts saved?

« on: February 06, 2016, 04:12:56 PM »

Can someone please tell me the relationship between button scripts and  the .set file?

I have made a new button script on one computer and want to migrate it over to the cnc machine.  I copied the .set file but the script did not move over.  In this case I just retyped the script since it was only 5 lines. 

Thanks.
Rick

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General Mach Discussion / OffLine quesiton

« on: December 29, 2015, 10:34:35 PM »

I think I know the answer, but I would like to know for sure.

Will I loose my position if I press the off-line button?

The job finishes, I jog the spindle out of the way, then press the off-line button,  remove my part.  I will usually go to the other side of the shop to get ready to run another part,  examine the part just finished, or clean up the part I just took off the machine .  So I get back to the machine, load the next piece, press the off-line button (putting it back on line) and cycle start.

Some thing tells me this is not the correct use of the off-line button.

Thanks.
Rick