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General Mach Discussion / mach3 liscence

« on: February 24, 2019, 05:50:56 AM »

hello chaps - where can i find my mach3 liscence?
thanks
and regards

fred

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: getting a liscence

« on: February 24, 2019, 05:41:10 AM »

I am trying to run NFS turn - but am getting a message something like
"unliscenced version cant run code"
I am liscenced for Mach3 -but recently a technician reloaded windows etc -
my Mach3 runs OK - just not the NFS turn
What should I do?
beat regards

fred evans

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General Mach Discussion / Re: writing subroutines

« on: February 22, 2019, 11:27:07 AM »

I had a look at it -cant wait to get to the machine tomorrow
thanks

fred

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General Mach Discussion / Re: writing subroutines

« on: February 22, 2019, 10:54:05 AM »

thankc rich- will study it now

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General Mach Discussion / writing subroutines

« on: February 21, 2019, 09:57:41 AM »

Hello Chaps ,
I seem to be running around in circles like a fowl with its head cut off.
I am sure someone can help me
I want to machine a rod down to a certain diameter using a subroutine
and parameters
#1 is the starting diameter
#2 is the finished diameter
#3 is the depth of cut
(The material between the two diameters has to be removed .)
For ease of understanding lets say start at 103mm and machine down
to 89mm in 2 mm depth of cut.
My intention is to take the first cut and jump into a subroutine,
execute the subroutine the correct number of times  until 1 mm is left
then jump out of the subroutine and do a final cut of 1mm

If someone could post a bit of code that I can work through that does this-
then I would be very happy
Many thanks
and best regards

fred

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General Mach Discussion / show values of parameters

« on: February 21, 2019, 08:44:19 AM »

Hello Chaps
I am using mach3
I am debugging and want to know how to monitor the values of the parameters.
I went to "operator -gcode var monitor " but it only shows 4 of the parameters
how can i get it to show more?
many thanks

fred

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General Mach Discussion / Re: homing sequence (G28)

« on: February 10, 2019, 01:07:30 PM »

thanks Rich,
Yes was confused -I actually wrote a small piece of code to see what would happen
with the various combinations but the closest I could get was that X moved to Xzero (crash!!)
before moving out -But I will try again

regards fred

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General Mach Discussion / Re: feed per rev versus feed per minute

« on: February 10, 2019, 11:10:30 AM »

Thanks Rich- I will chaeck this out when I am back at the machine
I have checked the rpm with an accurate rpm meter ( An old English
automotive type) and found that the RPM is spot on regarding what
Mach 3 is reporting . Also - Sorry I made a mistake - the computer
is not windows 10 nor 64 bit ( My mistake ) I will give you better
info tomorrow when I an back at the machine. I have noticed that the
RPM shown does vary and will report back on that as well
One thing about the driver test - when I run the driver test the graph
shows a lot of noise - continual peaks close together - but it still reports
system excellent so I havent concerned myself with that.
The feedrate variation is very noticable on the coarsness of the cut when
doing a longish cut ( say 150mm along the od)
thanks for your input _ i will report back again in a few days
fred

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One on one phone support. / Re: About one on one phone support.

« on: February 09, 2019, 04:14:48 AM »

Due to the very  low  price of Mach, it  does not allow for phone support, this service is not free and is done on a pay per use structure.

If after you have viewed all the videos, read the wiki files, read the documentation and asked some questions in the forums, you still feel like you need support. then you may post a request for an phone appointment here.

You must post your email address in the request so that you can be advised what number to ring and at what time to ring.

The charge will be $45 US per hour, or part.  The payment will need to be made via Paypal and must be cleared before the phone support is given.

Due to the varying abilities of users, we make no guarantees that the phone support will help. Although we can guarantee you will be helped by mach experts.

Please start a new post in this section requesting phone support.

Current support staff........

Steve Blackmore.........UK
Illya ..........................Australia
Brian Barker ...............US
Scott ( PoppaBear) ....US

PS If you would like to become a phone supporter, please send me a PM, and once approved you will be added to our supporters list.

is there phone support in south africa?

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: I need a simple code writer for lathe

« on: February 09, 2019, 03:35:23 AM »

thanks steve--
I have a copy of cambam somewhere and I will try it out again
regards

fred