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General Mach Discussion / Should I replace 3040 control box

« on: October 31, 2013, 10:02:42 AM »

Hi
I have a cnc 3040 the Chinese one from eBay.

Is it a good idea to change the standard control box ? 

Any recommendation as to what with ..taking into account I am just a home hobby user so don't want to send a fortune on a start of the art system.

I am in the UK it seems USA carriage is very expensive for this stuff.

thanks

Roy

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General Mach Discussion / Mach3 CNC3040 Looses Zero position after running code

« on: October 30, 2013, 07:03:43 AM »

Hi

I have a CNC3040, ok its Chinese cheap machine but I am just a newbie diy user, which I have checked for any slack on drives etc and it all seems fine.

The problem I have is ...I position tool and set Axis zero's in Mach3 ..run the code ..then to change a tool I jog back to the zero coordinates on the Mach3 screen BUT that puts the tool about 25cm off ?

Any ideas please ?

Thanks

Roy

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Does Mach 3 need dedicated PC ?

« on: September 13, 2013, 06:04:11 AM »

Thanks for the prompt reply.

No I would not be running mach 3 and cad/cam at the same time so I will install the software .....that will save my little legs running from the house to the workshop :-)

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General Mach Discussion / Does Mach 3 need dedicated PC ?

« on: September 13, 2013, 05:38:32 AM »

Hi

I have a pc in my workshop which is only used for Mach 3, I think it would be useful if I also had my cad/cam software on it to save having to go back into the house for small design edits on my main pc.

Someone told me that MACH 3 does not like having any other software installed on same pc ..is that correct ?

Cheers

Roy