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General Mach Discussion / Re: Someone take a look at this

« on: October 31, 2012, 05:45:50 PM »

I put the same for the y axis and it moves half way over
right in the middle of the table the machine is set-p in mm's

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Someone take a look at this

« on: October 31, 2012, 05:31:12 PM »

I put in GOXO10 into MDI and X moved
half way down the table...

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Someone take a look at this

« on: October 31, 2012, 09:39:33 AM »

great thanks

that's what I'll do

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Someone take a look at this

« on: October 31, 2012, 08:20:44 AM »

that 's another good question...
I don't know about the actual size of the sign itself
but, it stayed within the material dimensions

but I'm gonna double check for that too

I need to be able to write a separate code for each axis
that will tell it to move a certain distance and then measure that

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Someone take a look at this

« on: October 30, 2012, 10:12:42 PM »

yeah, that's the first thing I am gonna do when I get in tomorrow
command a certain distance and then measure to see....

I used VCarve pro demo to do a sample sign they have for trial
 I didn't have much trouble
once I figure out from which corner to set my tool zero on....the machine
when straight that spot move off slightly and then cut the sign

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Someone take a look at this

« on: October 30, 2012, 09:31:46 PM »

well the table is set-up in soft limits max at 980mm for x
and 580 for y

and I didn't think about checking to see if the machine is actually moving
where it says it is or thinks it is....
I need to do that for sure

I didn't manually set-up the steps per it was all done when I installed the XML
from the manufacturer...
but, then I know what you mean

I didn't change anything so I assume it is 1:1 I didn't use any scaling or anything

actually, I found this G code sample on the forum here....

really I was thinking the project outlined yellow was supposed to be inside the
table represented by green outline on the table display

my always sits outside the green box

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Someone take a look at this

« on: October 30, 2012, 05:17:43 PM »

if I didn't stop the y axis would crash...
it goes tool zero and then moves off the material

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General Mach Discussion / Someone take a look at this

« on: October 30, 2012, 04:42:33 PM »

Please take a look at this attachment
and tell me why this project is outside
my work area

this is the "scorpion" a practice work I got
it from here

the machine homes properly and I am able to
zero all the axis to the work material

the machine goes to point zero just like it suppose to
and then heads off away from the work piece and would
crash into the y stop if didn't hit e stop....

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!

« on: October 24, 2012, 03:52:25 PM »

welcome to the forum....
I was brand new just three weeks ago
Now I am just new

I didn't know nothing about cnc except for the work I have seen them do
I too went out on a limb to get one of my own and I am starting from scratch
we didn't have these things in high school

anyway this is a good place to get help
I would be in a real mess if it for this place

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General Mach Discussion / Re: grounding your cnc

« on: October 21, 2012, 09:48:25 PM »

One common error is the improper connection of neutral wires to ground buses or ground wires to neutral buses. This error allows neutral currents to flow on the bonded system, thereby creating voltage transients. Neutral wires are only allowed to be connected to the bonded system at a service entrance or at a step-down transformer