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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Lathe: Is elliptical turning possible?

« on: December 29, 2021, 03:04:35 PM »

Something like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP2OD6XbZw4

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Lathe: Is elliptical turning possible?

« on: December 29, 2021, 07:34:02 AM »

By the way, my lathe have an encoder attached to the spindle.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Mach4 Lathe: Is elliptical turning possible?

« on: December 29, 2021, 07:08:11 AM »

I use SolidWorks & SolidCAM and Mach4 for my simple 2 axis lathe.

Looks like SolidCAM can not do elliptic so wonder if there is a plugin like software for Mach4 that allows one ellipse turning?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Lathe: Displaying spindle rotational angle?

« on: December 26, 2021, 04:42:47 PM »

err, these Mach4 videos?

https://www.youtube.com/c/MachSupportOfficial/videos

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Mach4 General Discussion / Mach4 Lathe: Displaying spindle rotational angle?

« on: December 23, 2021, 05:36:44 PM »

Is there a way to display the rotational angle of the spindle? I have an encoder on the spindle so it should possible.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mill: General question about limit switches

« on: December 22, 2021, 02:57:16 PM »

aahh OK sorry, it appears that the PoKeys plugin does support shared switches as home and limit.

First try the Mach4 went into E-Stop condition when the switch is triggered (weird). This is what I need to solve now.

Again, sorry.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mill: General question about limit switches

« on: December 22, 2021, 02:32:24 PM »

Thanks Craig but, I'm a little lost. If soft limit is the way then what is the point having 2 individual switches on each axis?

By the way, to use soft limits do I need to hit the "On\Off Soft Limits" button then home every time I open Mach4? Because Mach4 looses machine coordinates whenever I start it.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mill: General question about limit switches

« on: December 22, 2021, 02:10:50 PM »

I have a question. As I said I have 2 inductive switches on X, 2 on Y and 1 one the Z. They work well. Homing and soft limits works OK.

When soft limit is disabled, while jogging the axis does not stop when any of its switches gets triggered. It just hits the switch (crashes).

Is there a way for this?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Canned Cycles

« on: December 14, 2021, 01:58:51 AM »

Thanks Craig.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Mach4 Canned Cycles

« on: December 13, 2021, 03:06:25 PM »

When I select the "Canned Cycles" in the wizards list nothing happens.

My Mach4 Hobby is licensed.

Am I missing something?