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General Mach Discussion / Re: Physical buttons for plasma

« on: May 08, 2016, 08:39:01 AM »

As a general setting I have found the 1/10th rule to work pretty well - say you have 2000mm/min velocity then you set 200mm/s/s acceleration.

From my own tests it works pretty well as a bog-standard setting to work up from.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Physical buttons for plasma

« on: May 08, 2016, 03:24:29 AM »

Looking good, don't forget - it's not the speed that will stress it but the acceleration.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach 3 requirements...

« on: May 07, 2016, 02:18:12 PM »

Personally speaking, both my machines have cheap, integrated video MB's and they both work fine.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Beginners help need with CNC

« on: May 07, 2016, 11:47:09 AM »

Nice one, now the fun starts.....

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Beginners help need with CNC

« on: May 06, 2016, 03:11:28 PM »

Are you zeroing the Z axis at the surface of the material?

BTW was the g-code made for the same material / cutter you are using, things can get ugly if using settings that are way off

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Beginners help need with CNC

« on: May 06, 2016, 02:16:54 AM »

Its still being told to go somewhere it thinks it can't.
Is it just Z thats faulting now?

That code appears to be from Vectric, check the end of the code to see if there is an M05 line, vectric seems to leave these out which is odd, my one did anyway.

You should be able to post the code file as you did the pictures - add attachment, maybe change the file name by putting your name in front etc first, or open it in notepad and screenshot it if its a short code.

When you home Z is home at the topmost part of the travel?
X&Y zero at front-left corner?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Odd behaviour?

« on: May 05, 2016, 02:28:32 PM »

I want to remove it because my job sequence is -

mount plate on mill bed
fit first tool
zero work coordinates
zero Z axis to plate surface
run job

When i start the job running, having a tool change wastes time as it just runs through what i have done already, I prefer to know that I have the first tool correctly set before running, my jobs always start with the first tool loaded and set.

I can't simply ignore tool changes as most jobs have multiple tools in use. The excellent 2010 screen-set with its semi-auto tool change macros gets a good workout on my stuff;)

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Beginners help need with CNC

« on: May 05, 2016, 01:54:46 PM »

Fingers crossed

Until it's homed the limits won't really know where the axes are you settings are similar to mine - 2mm under max travel, do you have a slow-down zone set as well, you will likely need it but best set by trial and error.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Beginners help need with CNC

« on: May 05, 2016, 02:21:00 AM »

Is the machine homed first?

Did you set a start origin and regen the toolpath?

I have had this error a lot and its always fixed by doing these two things, for me at least - it's telling you the code is trying to move the X beyond what it thinks it is capable of but usually because it doesn't know where it really is;)

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Odd behaviour?

« on: May 05, 2016, 02:15:44 AM »

Ok, good to know i'm not going nuts;)

I will check the M03 macro.

My removal of the tool change looks correct though??