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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Tool Setup
« on: June 02, 2017, 02:45:22 AM »
It's a fusion 360 problem you have the boundary set wrong need it to be on the correct side look at the red arrow on the tool path in the geometry tab flip it over and the tool goes ether inside or out side , e.g. Outside contoured or pocket
There is another setting about tool centre on boundary

I would recommend you post on the fusion forum make sure you post the fd3 file they will sort you out

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Module Works Simulator
« on: May 30, 2017, 03:23:07 PM »
That's the I got it was put down to not having a licence , but as you have one not sure

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: change the mother board to a Mach4
« on: May 30, 2017, 11:52:20 AM »
One last thought of the day

If you go ahead and this machine earns your bread and butter then when I'd goes wrong you are the service engineer

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: change the mother board to a Mach4
« on: May 30, 2017, 11:04:19 AM »
Thanks Chad

to OP I don't know your name so

Why so long you need to get all the parts its not just going to be  as you say a mother board there are drivers for the motions to contend with as well as compatibility errata to fight with course its doable anything is if you throw enough cash, time , resources and not least the knowhow to pull this mod off and have it perform as you wish

now correct me if I am wrong here is this a production machine given the cost and size they look very nice bits of kit if so bite the bulet and get the company to upgrade it swallow hard and pay up when it does not perform as you want the get on the phone and let them do the graft
with the size of the machine you may need the industrial version at $1400 thats just the licence
sorry to be a wet blanket but thats industry

I am afraid if its your bread and butter pay up

but if you go ahead ask away but there are no guarantees your questions can be answered from afar

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: change the mother board to a Mach4
« on: May 30, 2017, 07:31:55 AM »
well thats a nice lot of knitting you have there just my cup of tea but I have been a long time sorting bigger piles of knitting  ;D

but thats me

you have a lot of custom boards in there , I will bet they will not give you any info as to the specs

what you need to do is get a large note pad pencil or biro if you are confident

get the spec of all the axis motors ( I use that because they could be servos or steppers  they may even be 3 phase servos )
set the HP voltage of the spindle and check if the control has a VFD , but that may be a servo as well

IMHO you would need to junk 90%  its going to get spendy quick with no guarantee of success

have you approached the manufacturer to see if they do a control upgrade

I would estimate that that machine will be out of service for 3 to 6 months if you try to do the swap out

just my 2 cents but I wish you well in your endeavours


to your last question there is no such thing as a mach3 or mach4 mother board. m3 and m4 run on a standard windows pc nothing special at all Mach3 or Mach4 is just a program that runs on the PC

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a quick and dirty method
if you are certain the tool is in the clear just click on the CW/CCW button on the right hand side of the screen under the green spindle on


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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Module Works Simulator
« on: May 30, 2017, 01:39:49 AM »
Mauri
Thanks for that very informative post

As I tend to use > 6mm cutters it looks like it will not work for me

What I am disappointed in is the lack of response from Artsoft

Thanks again it a pity someone had to stump up for a lic. To get the info

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 needs reset all the time
« on: May 29, 2017, 02:30:45 PM »
Ok
I will rephrase what does it say in the about box ?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 needs reset all the time
« on: May 29, 2017, 02:11:44 PM »
Demo or licences copy

Demo times out after 6 mins  ;D

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: change the mother board to a Mach4
« on: May 29, 2017, 09:39:21 AM »
Craig
they are a UK firm but they are a big machine 3 phase 220vac or 440 vac tp in both

but looking at the specs I would bet its servos and its defiantly there own controler

quote
SPECIFICATIONS

STANDARD PROCESS AREAS   
AXYZ 4000   
1524mm Width. Lengths from 1220mm to 15m
AXYZ 5000   
1842mm Width. Lengths from 3048mm to 15m
AXYZ 6000   
2159mm Width Lengths. from 3048mm to 15m
AXYZ 8000   
2635mm Width. Lengths from 3048mm to 15m
AXYZ 10000   
3270mm Width. Lengths from 3048mm to 15m
OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL LENGTH   
610mm Increments
STANDARD GANTRY CLEARANCE   
150mm
OPTIONAL GANTRY CLEARANCE   
200mm, 250mm, 300mm, 330mm, 380mm, 455mm
DRIVE SYSTEM   
X, Y – Rack and Pinion, Z – Ballscrew
TYPICAL POSITIONING SPEED   
25m/min - 50m/min
CONTROL SYSTEM   
AXYZ A2MC Controller
7 Segment motion profile
FPGA processor for high speed complex calculations
Dedicated true NC control – G and M codes
Network connection
Large solid state onboard memory
AXYZ SmartConsole
POWER REQUIREMENTS   
208-230V 3 Phase / 440-460V 3 Phase

unquote

Stuart

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