Hi all. Just finishing first rev of my first cnc machine. I am new to everything cnc and mach3.
Initial testing showed a small 0.3mm drop across my 575mm width and 0.1mm across my 975mm length.
I will probably go back a do some mechanical correction, but i need to cut some parts now and just cant keep messing with my machine now.
I have found everything thing i needed about Mach3 here and other forums and YouTube so far.
I searched the MACH3 docs and web and nothing really good on Mach3 formulas.
Few references, mostly just mentions of formulas, but no good examples.
So i messed with in last night and came up with a solution to my immediate needs.
Might be useful for new comer and who knows, maybe some existing users too.
Before anybody says just face a sacrificial table top, i cant do it, i have nice alum tslot table and need to mill parts in vise or metal fixture plates.
So basically i probed around my table and found a bunch of zeros. Recorded the xyz points.
Then i made a EXCEL worksheet that was the excel solver addin to finds the best fit plane from all the measured points.
It makes the formula to compensate the z axis as a function of x and y.
You just cut the formula from excel and paste right into Mach3.
You can do the whole table or part or just a local fixture.
If you add a fixture or fixture plate, you can probe that local work area out and compensate for how its laying.
Just remember to remove formulas or switch back to a global table formula after local use!
Makes me think i should figure if a custom button could switch between formulas (local/global).
Hum something to look at later.
Spreadsheet can be downloaded here
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ek4byzw91rykuw3/Mach3%20Table%20Compensation%20Solver.xlsx?dl=0Use at your own risk! Anyways, this my first post here. Hope its a help to somebody or saves you some time.
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