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General Mach Discussion / 4 axis Job Display problem

« on: November 19, 2012, 01:31:19 PM »

Friday I was doing some engraving on a 4 axis mill, with the rotary head oriented along the x axis.Been doing this for a couple of years now. No problem. I noticed that the Job Display was actually showing the engraving in the right orientation, ie around the part. This was the first time it had done this! Usually it just shows some jumbled lines in x and y. I loaded another program Saturday and it went back to the jumbled lines. How do I turn this feature on so that I see the toolpath rotated around the part?
thanks
i_r_

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 4th axis strange development/ jerky movements

« on: March 05, 2012, 09:03:15 AM »

Thanks Hood!
That did it.
have fun
i_r_

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 4th axis strange development/ jerky movements

« on: March 03, 2012, 05:52:01 PM »

Lets see if this works.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 4th axis strange development/ jerky movements

« on: March 03, 2012, 05:38:59 PM »

Yes,
The control seems to be sending out pulses of movements. I can manually move the a axis and it is as smooth as butter. This just started. Do I just search for a .xml file?
thanks
Kerry

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General Mach Discussion / 4th axis strange development/ jerky movements

« on: March 03, 2012, 05:08:41 PM »

Machine has been and running great with 4th axis. Turned it on today and I get incremental movement on the a (4th) axis. I give it a a command and the rotary head doesn't have a fluid movement to that position, just a jerky move a couple of degrees, dead stop, repeat until A position reached. Even in G1. I don't remember changing any parameters.
Any Help?
i_r_

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Windows xp locks up

« on: February 11, 2012, 02:44:18 PM »

Thanks!
i_r_

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General Mach Discussion / Windows xp locks up

« on: February 11, 2012, 01:15:07 PM »

I've been searching and reading about xp locking up for a while now. I've read a post in here somewhere that described how to kill all the crap running in the background. Can someone direct me to that post or tell me what to do? I always thought it was my old pc. My hard drive died and I had a new one put in and after getting the machine running again, it locked up. When this happens, the cpu usage show to be maxed out.
thanks
i_r_machinist

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New user / POST for GibbsCAM

« on: February 03, 2012, 11:31:34 AM »

Did you ever find a Gibbs post? I'm looking for one.
Thanks
i_r_machinist

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General Mach Discussion / computer problem, need to save what I can

« on: January 03, 2012, 08:34:29 AM »

Looks like my computer for my Mach3 conversion has bitten the dust. When I boot up it gives me this error:

Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
<Windows root>\system32\hal.dll
Please re-install a copy of the above file.

I'm hoping I can get to a dos prompt to recover my Mach3 programs and settings. I'll probably end up taking it to the computer doctor, but they tend to wipe the drive and start over.
not having fun
i_r_machinist

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Can backlash comp be turned on/off with a g-code?

« on: June 23, 2011, 10:33:53 AM »

Worked like a charm!
Thanks again Bill
i_r_machinist