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General Mach Discussion / Re: I screwed up!!!! I forgot to set my offsets...

« on: December 10, 2016, 03:54:09 PM »

I think the DRO's are persistant so should reload as they were. I think there is a tick box in setup for "Persistent DRO's" I that controls it, don't know if you had that on though.

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Competitions / Re: Win my Complete Collection of Cut Ready CNC Design Work ($1000.00 value)

« on: December 10, 2016, 03:19:27 AM »

One of my firepits

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Bridgeport Knee Mill Conversion?

« on: December 09, 2016, 01:54:12 PM »

Nice one, thanks Hood, that looks like a nice little fix.

Hope the plasma is running well

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Bridgeport Knee Mill Conversion?

« on: December 09, 2016, 08:54:09 AM »

Was there ever a fix or reason for the random "script compiler error in m3.m1s" issue?

Had it again today, first time in a fair while now, no idea why. Half way through a job, code starts with spindle not running because of the error but Mach happily runs the code regardless, bang goes the cutter

Restart Mach and all is good again as usual.

Why does Mach know there was an error - it puts the error message on screen - but happily runs on without the motor running?

No global error trap??

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Question for Plasma guys on material sensing

« on: December 06, 2016, 03:34:01 PM »

Interesting, that may explain whether told me to always install version 022, I did query this on the forum and it was decided that it was too old for consideration, maybe 044 is a better bet?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Custom Machine Servo Motor "Stall/Catch" (Both Power On and Power Off)

« on: December 06, 2016, 01:07:31 PM »

If its a brushed dc servo it could be brushes, they can jam the motor if they are are practically worn out.

Could be worth checking out.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Please help BOB torch fire questions

« on: December 05, 2016, 05:27:39 AM »

No worries, glad its working.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Please help BOB torch fire questions

« on: December 04, 2016, 04:38:59 PM »

I do not know your BOB but if you have the relay clicking on demand then you're 99% of the way there.

You need to find the Com or Common contact and the NO or Normally Open contacts of that relay, no other voltage supply is needed.

Take these two contacts and wire to the "torch fire" lines on the PM45 connector, if you have the machine torch this should work, if you have the manual hand torch you will also need to modify the PM45 wiring to disable the manual torch safety system and make it think it has the machine torch fitted.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: RFH not working in Plasma

« on: December 04, 2016, 04:33:45 PM »

Hood, make sure you have "Ignore M Calls While Loading" checked, might help.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: RFH not working in Plasma

« on: December 04, 2016, 01:59:27 PM »

Fair-do's, 99% of my stuff is 3mm steel sheet so no biggy if i need to re-run usually.

With most of my work being arty-farty stuff, 99.9% of all errors leading to a stop are caused by tip-ups jamming the torch or dragging the sheet out of position. I started to use the M01 optional stop on the fiddly stuff, its slower but since doing it I have had zero errors so time saved in the long run. I have my post add the M01 before each start and have a screen toggle so i can choose to use it or not

Plasma is a blast