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Mach4 General Discussion / lathe tool offset

« on: February 19, 2017, 08:53:41 PM »

I thought this should be easy lathe off set master tool 1. I read the manual watched the video. I homed machine to limit switches then turned a one diameter MDI T0101 tool 1 loaded 1 active set to 1.000 off set brought up tool off set chart high lighted X in tool 1 hit 1.000 off set button dro changed to -1.0416 and the x in tool chart didn't change.
Again I have mist some thing need some help
Thanks

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: X axis

« on: February 19, 2017, 04:29:10 PM »

Thank you I learn something new all the time. As soon as I read your reply I remembered seeing something in the general about diameter mode that was it
Thanks again

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Mach4 General Discussion / X axis

« on: February 19, 2017, 03:04:15 PM »

I am running Mach4 lathe using PMDX 410. Servo motor are tuned and motors run good in mach4 z axis knows what 1.0,.100,.010,.001 and .0001 is in MDI and jog mode Z axis dro read correct . X axis knows 1.,.100,.010,.001 and .0001 in jog mode but in MDI you tell it to move an 1.0 it moves .500 the dro shows it moving 1 inches. ball screw are .200 per rev I check both to make sure of that, both are 1000 line encoders. Any ideals what is going on
Thanks

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: selected tool slot number to large

« on: February 19, 2017, 10:40:42 AM »

Fixed I had mill tool table in stead of lathe tool off sets

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Mach4 General Discussion / selected tool slot number to large

« on: February 18, 2017, 11:18:11 AM »

I am trying to set up my master tool 1 for my lathe in mach4. When i type t0101 in MDI and hit cycle start to activate tool offset 1 I get selected tool slot number to large. I am sure I have I have setup something wrong but have no clue any ideals. Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / stepper motor sing quite a tune when move at slow feed rate

« on: April 13, 2015, 02:19:34 AM »

I am new to this but motor move well and sound good when tuning and move in axis with arrow tabs
when I load roadrunner g code to test run and set feed rate at 14 in motor sing a tune in y axis and get some vibration X axis does the same but not as bad. Is this normal with stepper