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General Mach Discussion / version 70

« on: May 16, 2007, 06:06:11 PM »

Yesterday I have downloaded version 70. I just installed it on the machine and had today a run. Now I can see on download area version 68. What is going on?

Zoltan

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General Mach Discussion / Re: skipping steps

« on: May 16, 2007, 04:59:01 PM »

I have read all the posts with special attention those in "new CV features" but could not found an explanatio on this button and how you can change/save from +1 to let say 100. I would like to experiment with but I do not know how to work with it.

Zoltan

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General Mach Discussion / Re: skipping steps

« on: May 16, 2007, 03:50:26 PM »

Ok. I fixed a part of the problem - I switched off CV feedrate button, actually I wanted to change the value from 1 and I could not save the new value. Once the button was off Mach3 started to behave like Quantum, almost, smooth movement without those steps in continous movement, the noise on 25Khz and 35Khz almost vanished. I read the Mach book and I did not find out what is this button for and how you can use. I found out two sections in the book about CV but no mention about the button beside a picture of a screen with. From help I understood it implements function 3600 ?? Could someone help me understand what is this button for and what I can do with it? Thank you. The quality of cuts now with CV feedrate off is ok and the machine is running very smooth, unfortunately at big files, no samll files at all, the program is skipping steps I could see it today when for a moment the scroll of program lines just speed up and the machine skipped steps. I do not think is something mechanical or electrical just because with Quantum and ver 1.84 it does not skip steps, it could be just a setting or something like this, especially as it seems that I am the only one experiencing this.

Thank you,

Zoltan

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General Mach Discussion / Re: skipping steps

« on: May 15, 2007, 03:59:55 PM »

Hi,

I tried with toolpath OFF. It still loosing steps. Also, if I move to 25 Khz or 35 Khz the motors are making a strange noise and the machine is making a cranking noise like a broken ball bearing. I noticed also something interesting for the same Gcode, Quantum is running on a certain traiectory continously and Mach3 is doing it in steps with some kind of jumps making a lot of marks on the part and Quantum is not making marks.

What should I do?

Thank you,

Zoltan

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Romanian / Re: Vizitatori

« on: May 09, 2007, 03:58:30 PM »

Buna,

Scuze dar n-am vazut decat azi acest post. N-am intrat in conversatie din lipsa de timp si nici nu prea stiam ce sa va spun. Eram insa curios sa vad daca intr-adevar posteaza cineva in lb. romana.

O sa revin.

Zoli

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General Mach Discussion / Re: jerky movement -

« on: May 09, 2007, 03:49:11 PM »

Just an opinion, have you checked 45Khz? If you checked 25Khz or 35Khz you get jerky movement. I do not know why, but this is happening to me. I can not run on 25Khz or 35Khz, only 45Khz. More than that on 25Khz and 35Khz the machine is making very nasty noise. Maybe someone can explain why this is happening at least in my case??

Zoltan

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General Mach Discussion / Re: skipping steps

« on: May 08, 2007, 03:23:42 PM »

Wow..Could you believe me that I was looking for it several times and I checked the diagnostics page but did not notice it? I went in the general config and unchecked everything about display, in toolpath menu did the same, but the toolpath was still displayed. I did not seen this button. wow...

I will check by saturday as until then I am travelling and have no chance to run the cnc router.

Zoltan

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Here is a video of my CNC router

« on: May 08, 2007, 03:17:43 PM »

Hi Benny,

A lot of creativity into your machine. Could you, please, explain me what are those wall aquariums? How they are built, and how is built the entirely assembly - wall/aquarium? I never seen such a thing in reality but can not imagine how you mount the aquarium in the house wall and still have access to feed the fishes, change water, etc. Could you, please, explain how the whole thing is built and used?

Thank you.

Zoltan

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General Mach Discussion / Re: skipping steps

« on: May 08, 2007, 02:59:40 PM »

No, because I could not find how you turn off the toolpath. Could you, please, tell me how to do it?

Thank you.

Zoltan

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General Mach Discussion / Re: skipping steps

« on: May 08, 2007, 01:27:54 PM »

Hi,

I have no other explanation than it is something wrong with Mach3 ver 68. I installed ver 1.84 run several big files no problem. Two files I tried to run on ver. 68, result = skipped steps, same cnc router, same parameters - motors, pins, etc, same computer, same controller.

Zoltan