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General Mach Discussion / Best Computer for mach 3 for production

« on: May 18, 2014, 08:57:40 AM »

Hello I have an old bench computer running mach 3 and smooth stepper. I use this to cut small 3d models it would save me lots of time if I could load up the whole bed and cut at once however my computer (2.4ghz 3 gig ram) times out the smooth stepper if it get more than 3 boards at a time or if I click on the simulation window. What is the best machine I can get to fix this? I understand there is a  memory limit due to OS.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Noob screen question

« on: December 12, 2012, 09:31:26 PM »

Thanks again

         

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Noob screen question

« on: December 12, 2012, 06:33:40 PM »

Auto enlarge is checked.

Everything else works good it  just still the wrong size or something.


My other question is I am wanting to add two more axis's axeys? that will never have to be run at the same time. Is it possible to use one gecko driver and a single axis bob switching back and forth when needed, or do I need a 2 axis bob and 2 gecko drivers?

Thanks again for the help

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Noob screen question

« on: December 12, 2012, 10:52:43 AM »

Here you are, its the big gap at the bottom.

The screen is staying as default now, first time I changed the page it crashed on exit I guess it reverted to the default, works great now!

If you don't mind one more question, I am thinking about adding a lathe axis and a tangent cutter, Would I be better off using an extra  1 axis bob and controller switching back and forth or a two axis setup?

I hope someday to be able to cut stained glass, Ive tried diamond drags before but the glass does not break well and the drags wear out after so many feet.

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General Mach Discussion / Noob screen question

« on: December 10, 2012, 07:39:01 PM »

Hello! I just outfitted my my machine with a cross laser and even got the button and script to work correctly, But I am having a problem with the screen, my resolution is 1024-768 on computer. However when I save my screen it has the large gap at the bottom even though I picked the same resolution when I started.

I though maybe I jimmied something when I changed one of the buttons however I reloaded my default and it did the same thing what gives?

Also how do you set one screen or another as default?

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General Mach Discussion / adding extra breakout board

« on: September 29, 2012, 07:07:58 PM »

Hello I am using a 3 axis cnc that was build by someone else, And I am hoping to add a lathe and tangential cutter. I dont need to use them both at the same time should I get two drivers and steppers or just one and switch them somehow?

I am currently using a c11 board from cnc4pc.com with 4 steppers and gecko drivers.