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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 Loader Desktop

« on: December 03, 2016, 05:52:09 AM »

goto the "drawer" where the file is located and right mouse click on it, and use the "send to" command "desktop (create shortcut)"

hope this works for you

regards Ford

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Arduino and Mach 3

« on: December 01, 2016, 11:43:45 AM »

 Estlcam works with arduino and you can connect a Xbox controller to it

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New cnc machine running but....

« on: November 11, 2016, 08:19:51 AM »

I used a 40 volt transformer and cranked it down to 36, the more volts you use the more watts and the more watts will give more HP.

I also asked the supplied of my card which microstep settings to use so I used that setting.
I think they are all different on different cards so please check that as you say "board set at 1/8 chip setting" sounds to me worth checking as I dont know what that means.

regards Ford

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New cnc machine running but....

« on: November 10, 2016, 10:25:18 AM »

I agree with Dave, I think you could go on to YouTube and look at how to setup Mach3

Here is a place to start, you should "do" all of them, about 4 I think

regards Ford

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 - UC100 - OX - Stepper stutter and stop

« on: November 05, 2016, 01:07:28 PM »

I also agree with Tweakie, separate your low volts cables from the mains volts cables

but you mention stuttering! I regard stuttering on my machine (homemade cnc router machine) a question of speed I get stuttering if I push the axis motors too hard, also on my old setup I got stuttering because the brushes on my  router were sparking, I dont suppose there are brushes on your spindle?

PS nice panel did you do it yourself?
 I didnt like the wires in the speed controller hanging down like that possibly putting strain on the cable connectors, but more than likely thats not the problem its just me!!!!! nitpickin lol

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Just when you think you are finally getting there....

« on: October 23, 2016, 10:21:11 AM »

I find its better to start slow and increase both feedrates and not so much spindle speeds, and the smaller the bit size the lower the speed but hey this is teaching old dogs new tricks

regards Ford

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Error triggered Mack3 stopped working

« on: October 23, 2016, 03:59:17 AM »

i think its the name of the attachments being duplicated, try using a different filename or adding the number 42 at the end

regards Ford

ah.. i see you solved it.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: I have pulled the trigger on a SuperPid 2

« on: October 22, 2016, 06:00:40 AM »

I have made a bezel for the SuperPid

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General Mach Discussion / Re: run g-code by tool not moving to home position

« on: October 21, 2016, 08:05:22 AM »

taken from the end of my post processor

+---------------------------------------------------
+  Commands output at the start of the file
+---------------------------------------------------

begin HEADER

"[N](Toolpath:- [TOOLPATH_NAME])"
"[N]([TOOLPATH_NOTES])"
"[N]G94"
"[N][XH][YH][F]"


it looks like to me that its parsing the [F], I suppose from the tool database
try and delete the [XH][YH] dont forget to backup first

regards Ford

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General Mach Discussion / Re: run g-code by tool not moving to home position

« on: October 21, 2016, 05:32:41 AM »

I am maybe way off course (usually am)

but isn't this stuff usually in the post processor of your CAM program, here is part of mine for Aspire,
I have edited mine (dont forget to keep a backup just in case)

+---------------------------------------------------
+  Commands output at toolchange
+---------------------------------------------------

begin TOOLCHANGE

"[N]M05"
"( Router stop M05 )"
"[N]G00[XH][YH]"          *******
"[N]G00Z70X20Y50"     
"[N]T[T]M6"
"[N] ([TOOLNAME])"
"[N]G43H[T]"


+---------------------------------------------------

the line marked with ****** are moving the head and could be edited/deleted to not goto home,
if you put a + at the beginning of the sentence, it will not be parsed into the gcode file
the line under is my addition, because when I changed bits they fell on off the edge of the table onto the floor,
I also made the z move up so I could get in better to change the bits.

regards Ford