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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: input signals

« on: March 25, 2019, 02:08:06 PM »

Hi,
then disconnect the switch and use the pin assignment to ensure the pin is low and run the code again.

Craig

2822

Mach3 under Vista / Re: Mach3 Ethernet IP setting

« on: March 25, 2019, 01:12:19 PM »

Hi,

So why the PREJUDICE??

Because they make stuff that does not work and then refuse to help the customer.
CNCDrive may indeed encourage people to try UCCNC but at least they don't rip their customers off
like XHC.

Craig

2823

Mach4 General Discussion / Re: RefAllHome - then back off.

« on: March 25, 2019, 12:52:31 AM »

Hi,

is there a doc that describes all the "mc." functions available?

Yes...is there what!  Its called Mach4CoreAPI.chm and it found in the help documents which opens with the <Help Docs>
button or found in the Docs folder in Mach4Hobby directory.

There are hundreds of functions....enjoy.

Craig

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: wx lua error when lua newfangled solutions plugin is enabled

« on: March 23, 2019, 08:26:57 PM »

Hi Gary,

so i have no clue were the problem was. and i expect it would be almost impossible to figure this one out..

Don't you just hate that.....used to happen in Mach3 all the time, in fact it was that unpredictability that leaned me
to Mach4 in the first place. Still, if its working all is good and the CNC Gods are propitiated!

Craig

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New to CNC and built my own CNC but now come the questions

« on: March 23, 2019, 08:06:30 PM »

Hi,
maybe that extra $30 would be better spent on some nice flowers and chocolate treats for your missus.

You never know, you may have to soften her up for yet another (budget) blow!

Craig

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General Mach Discussion / Re: router bits

« on: March 23, 2019, 07:50:31 PM »

Hi,

I do not have much success with cheap bull nose & spiral bits and precision endmills.

This too is my experience with cheap Chinese tools.

I realize now however that a part of that was my own fault. In particular I was very new to CNC, hence
I was buying cheap tools, but more importantly had but one high speed (24000 rpm) VFD spindle.

The challenge was to mill steels.
I had all sorts of battles and wrecking tools because I was spinning them way too fast.  I blamed the tools
being cheap and Chinese. As time went on and I started buying branded tools and especially since I made a second spindle
(3500 rpm at 6.2Nm cont) and now I can chew up steels, including hardened and tempered, up to the limits of
the rigidity of my machine.

Given my much improved understanding about the use of carbide tools in steels I think I would get much better results
with Chinese tools than I had initially. Having said that I have a Destiny Tools Raptor 1/4 endmill in my machine from
which I've had about 16 hours cutting in hardened and tempered 4340 and its still going. When I do replace it I wont be
buying cheap, I'm more than happy to buy another. I have no doubt that there are any number of high performing branded
tools on the market and I would be happy with most of them but NONE of them are cheap.

Craig

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General Mach Discussion / Re: router bits

« on: March 23, 2019, 07:22:26 PM »

Hi lumber60,
drillman has quite a range of stuff but it is slanted to PCB manufacture, how much you will find of use for woodworking
purposes I don't know.

The quality and value of the tools he supplies means I keep going back, I've placed a dozen or so orders with him over
several years. His international freight is very reasonable.

I have bought a few Destiny Tools Raptor endmills from him, they are reasonably pricey being a named brand but they are the best
endmills I've ever used in steel, up to and including hardened and tempered (1100 MPa) 4340 chrome-moly steel.

I have also bought from Harvey Tools poly-crystalline diamond tools, very pricey and their international freight is a rippoff,
but great tools and a HUGE selection. I have also bought from Harvey Tools some of their DiBoride coated endmills,
best coating for sticky aluminum I've ever seen.

Craig

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Spindle warm

« on: March 23, 2019, 07:06:49 PM »

Hi Peter,
this is a reply in another thread that is very similar:
https://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=39727.new#new

Craig

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: wx lua error when lua newfangled solutions plugin is enabled

« on: March 23, 2019, 07:05:13 PM »

Hi,
I think Tom might be on to it Gary.
In another thread I found this:
http://www.lua.org/manual/5.3/manual.html#8
It makes the point that if your Lua code is compiled under 5.2 but then run in a 5.3 environment bad things happen.
If as Tom suggests delete ALL *.mcc files and force ALL your *.mcs files to be recompiled, but this time under 5.3....

Craig

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Spindle warm

« on: March 23, 2019, 06:59:10 PM »

Hi,
again I can't see anything wrong with that code.

I found this:

http://www.lua.org/manual/5.3/manual.html#8

Which list the differences and clashes between 5.2 and 5.3.

In 5.2 ALL numbers were float types, now there is a 64 bit integer subtype. If I were to guess I would say its that
change that has upset your code.

For instance how is:
"local droPumpCounterVar =(droPumpCounter + 1)" interpreted?
Under 5.2 local "droPumpCounterVar" was a float but under 5.3 its integer....I think??
How then is the subsequent "droPumpCounter = tostring(droPumpCounterVar)" type conversion handled?
and more importantly how is the conditional "if (droPumpCounter == "30000") then" evaluated?
is the variable '30000' or is it '30000.0' ??

Craig