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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Anyone interested in a new touch module?

« on: April 02, 2016, 07:24:44 PM »

Brett, that looks good.... pity the ESS is not playing ball with G31! (yet)

Bit OT.... but anyone know if g28.1 is going to make an appearance in M4?

Thanks

Rob

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: How many use Notepad++

« on: April 02, 2016, 07:21:33 PM »

Yup, I use it and like it a lot for various things

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 G28.1 Z equivalent?

« on: March 27, 2016, 05:03:16 AM »

Groomy.... This was a mach4 question... And you are asking about m3.... I'll help, but you should have asked in the general forum and asked a new thread

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 G28.1 Z equivalent?

« on: March 27, 2016, 04:58:45 AM »

Can you upload your profile, you will need to give it a unique name.... Like groomy XML.

What pin have you setup for the microswitch on your breakout board?

What breakout board are you using?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Physical buttons for plasma

« on: March 26, 2016, 11:09:40 PM »

Both sides (don't forget you want high acceleration too)

Rob

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Physical buttons for plasma

« on: March 22, 2016, 07:37:29 PM »

Dave, like the choice of picture.... Dr'nk! Haha

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Physical buttons for plasma

« on: March 22, 2016, 05:05:09 PM »

One current setting, just set your feed and go.

My hyperthem 65 from the US fell through... Looking for a 45... Probably better for a home shop anyway

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Can't generate G code for this simple dxf...

« on: March 21, 2016, 04:48:50 PM »

AutoCAD (one of the full version variants, not LT), why

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Can't generate G code for this simple dxf...

« on: March 21, 2016, 03:19:48 PM »

From inventor, export the part to dxf, then explode the dxf
It may be polylines that the gcode generating software is not happy with, not the ellipse object itself.

I'll draw one later and see what sheetcam does (kids 2 bed first...)

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Can't generate G code for this simple dxf...

« on: March 21, 2016, 02:29:11 PM »

Why don't you just explode the object?

I find that when I export to DXF the object is a 3d object and sheetcam does not like it, hence I will explode it.

Provide a copy of what you have created and let me have a look at it.

What depth do you want it engraved + with what tool?

Is it a v-carving tool?

What are you machining it in (did you have a feed speed and a spindle speed in mind....)