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General Mach Discussion / Re: A-axis rotary lathe question for Mach 3

« on: November 07, 2017, 02:20:00 PM »

It would be good if you did a post on getting the plc up and going halfmill, I wont to be able to do the same thing since fusion does not have 4th axis continuous, If you need help with fusion yell out I am helping a dude the same age as you how to do the cam for the guitar parts

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 and parallel port

« on: November 07, 2017, 05:04:24 AM »

Yer very true

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 and parallel port

« on: November 07, 2017, 04:37:59 AM »

The pokeys as far as I know are the closest to being up to date within days of a M4 update

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 and parallel port

« on: November 07, 2017, 03:42:46 AM »

The person who did that plug in said the parallel port is dead, it should work with the charge pump off.
it's off limited actions anyway it's only useful for a 3 axis machine I used it for about 6 months then got a pokeys on Arts remediation.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: A axis will only run one way

« on: November 05, 2017, 05:53:19 PM »

https://www.cncci.com/resources/tips/how%20g28%20works.htm

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 4th axis continuous movment

« on: November 05, 2017, 02:03:50 AM »

He's useing M3, hopefully he has no spindle control I will see what he says he may just have to spend a couple of hundred dollars and get a stepper driver and a arduino to do it, if fusion had continuous this would not be a problem, its all angled surfaces so wrapping is out.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 4th axis continuous movment

« on: November 05, 2017, 01:51:18 AM »

The spindle is getting used as well, I am not sure if he has spindle control I will have to ask he's running a router if he has no spindle control that should work.

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General Mach Discussion / 4th axis continuous movment

« on: November 05, 2017, 01:14:17 AM »

Does anyone know of a way to get the A axis to just spin at a set speed and be controlled from Mach3 for on and off and setting the speed. I know just connecting it up to a stepper driver with a arduino it can be done, It's for a non technical person on the other side of the planet from me.

He wants to knock 30 mins of a tool path. doing a traces op in fusion 360 along the X then stepping in closer in the Y axis it will work, if I can get a simple way to get the A axis to just spin.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: A-axis rotary lathe question for Mach 3

« on: November 05, 2017, 01:05:31 AM »

You can do that with fusion on 3 axis machines quite easily useing 3D adaptive to rough it out then use morphed spiral or run 2 parallel ops one for the raised bit along the Y axis by setting the direction you can do it with a endmill then do the rest of it with a ball nose along the X axis and setting the direction.
Next month they are planning to add 2 direction to Adaptive, also if you have a look on the fusion forum there are quite a few guitar dudes on there

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General Mach Discussion / Re: True 4 axis milling

« on: November 04, 2017, 04:30:51 PM »

A big jewelry box fell off the draws beside her bed and landed on her pillow, she was not in it at the time if she was it would of stoved her head in, everytime I hear a sound similar to what I heared before it hit scares the ********* out of me.
It's amazing how many earth quakes struck with in split seconds of each other they think it was 12 from hammer to ward within a few seconds, at least it was smaller than the last one that hit the same area back the 1800, did you see the report from nasa on how much the ground moved by.