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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Is it best to stay with the default screens?

« on: June 23, 2023, 01:11:15 PM »

Make sure you rename your custom screen also.
If you dont and update Mach your changes will be wiped out.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: btnZeroZ not working

« on: June 16, 2023, 05:54:49 PM »

Verify that it says Zero Z next to Left Up Action.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New guy here...

« on: June 16, 2023, 08:19:53 AM »

Yes.
A physical part of the machine that will not allow it to move farther.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New guy here...

« on: June 15, 2023, 03:48:28 PM »

Probably the easiest way to get to your max travel is to jog close then slow it way down and slowly jog till it stops.
This will probably not damage anything and i am assuming it has a hard stop.
If they are stepper motors once you hit the hard stop you can loose position so pay attention.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: My own Plasma THC and Screen

« on: June 14, 2023, 03:34:16 PM »

Very nice.
I don't do plasma so have no idea if what you did makes it better for others.
Better for you so that is all that counts.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: cad/cam software that link with mach4 on USB to control

« on: June 01, 2023, 05:33:45 PM »

avengine,

I used to use a machine control and cad program in one.
It worked just not real well.
You are better off using a toolpath software between your design software and the Mach4.
Some of my customers use Enroute but the Vectric products are better and way cheaper.

Bill

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: access denied - Machine.ini

« on: May 01, 2023, 03:49:52 PM »

Plundikar,

You might want to do what I do when I am messing around with the code.
Make a copy of the Mach4 folder.
Change the code on the original Mach4
If it works great.
Delete the copy and go on my way.
If i messed up (frequent occurrence).
Delete the Mach4 folder and rename the copy to take its place.
Try again.

Bill

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: How to change axis position in a script?

« on: April 26, 2023, 12:38:40 PM »

daseitz,

They are in the c:\Mach4Hobby\Docs\Mach4CoreAPI.chm

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Rotary Axes in Radians vs Degrees?

« on: April 04, 2023, 12:34:17 PM »

Katz,

Very nice.
What do you use to make the G-Code?

Bill

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Update Mach4 with least pain

« on: March 29, 2023, 05:15:49 PM »

Don't miss my last post
https://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=47245.msg296567#msg296567

I saw it.
That is why I said make each tool a different file instead of trying the manual change in the middle of a file and needing different lengths.
Just make sure to remove tool information if you do this before opening the file.