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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Setting Tool Table Values

« on: October 23, 2018, 08:57:58 PM »

Nice!  I was asking someone about this a while back, wondering if you could add fields for things like a programmable coolant position, like Haas has.  Also, I was going to add a field for an approximate tool length from the gauge line, again, like Haas has for their automatic tool setting.  Probably going to adjust my auto tool setting macro to use an additional tool field now for Tool Gauge Length.  Very cool!

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Setting Tool Table Values

« on: October 23, 2018, 05:21:24 PM »

RT,
What are you doing with this Macro?  And User fields; is that in the tool table?  We can add custom fields to it?

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HiCON Motion Controller / Re: Spindle Orientation

« on: October 23, 2018, 08:03:56 AM »

Yep.   I made one of those for a Haas and a fadal we have had something similar already on it.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Goto Work Zero

« on: October 22, 2018, 07:22:38 PM »

Bruce,
It is a good habit (in my opinion) to be sure to know if it is in absolute or incremental mode.
When I type something in MDI I make sure my first line has G90 or G91 in it.

Steve,
I agree with you, just enable the 4th axis even if you're not going to use it.  That's what I do on the mills that I don't have a 4th axis on. 
I wouldn't want to keep up with all the screen sets.  It's hard enough to keep up with the custom ones I've got throughout the shop.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: M6 Manual tool Change not recognizing new tool selection

« on: October 21, 2018, 04:11:40 PM »

Yup.  Gotta make sure it is set correctly. 
First time I needed this setting changed Steve helped me out.  I made a Tool Pre Change Macro and had to change this setting.
Glad you got it working!!

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: M6 Manual tool Change not recognizing new tool selection

« on: October 21, 2018, 10:02:44 AM »

Steve is talking about the control configuration.   Where you change settings in the Mach config, inputs, outputs, motor tuning, etc.   There is a tab called "tools".  That is the tab Steve is referring to.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: ERROR - 30 when tryin to load cut file to Mach4 made in Fusion 360

« on: October 20, 2018, 10:20:56 AM »

I copied your code to notepad and saved it as .nc
When I opened the code in Mach4 it said there was an error:      Axis 5 commanded while disabledE-Stop cleared!
C Axis is commanded. 
I enabled the B and C Axis in Mach config and re generated the program and it generated with no errors.

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HiCON Motion Controller / Re: Spindle Orientation

« on: October 20, 2018, 08:43:40 AM »

Mike,
That's exactly what I have on 3 machines.   A mechanical stop?  Lobe on the spindle to Orient at low speed.   I do have a machine with a servo spindle.   It orients internally in the servo drive, all I do I send the drive a signal.   
I was curious to see if Vital Systems had a different way of orienting with a VFD.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: ERROR - 30 when tryin to load cut file to Mach4 made in Fusion 360

« on: October 19, 2018, 11:50:31 PM »

I use Fusion 360 posts all the time in Mach4 and have never had this error message pop up. 

You are using the Artsoft Mach4 post processor? 

Post your code file on here so it can be tested by other users to duplicate the problem.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Old turret lathe

« on: October 18, 2018, 10:36:33 AM »

Art,
You could use a pecking drill cycle in the code. G83.1 Deep Hole Peck Drilling or G73.1 Peck Drilling. 
For reference see Page 64 and 65 of the Lathe G Code Programming Manual.