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General Mach Discussion / Re: Probing Wizard

« on: February 12, 2019, 08:27:05 PM »

Well I wanted the one that creates a point cloud, I can lay an object on the router table and probe  XY&Z. YES I have been searching and nothing comes up. That is why I asked the question on the Mach3 Forum. I have the Probe It one and it works fine, creates a nice DXF file. But I still need the 2.5 D probe capabilities.

Since the board has been down for repairs and the Search engine out for months I have not checked back in.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: *** FORUM SEARCH FACILITY BROKEN ***

« on: December 20, 2018, 08:22:04 PM »

Why make the existing Forum useless for the past two months for a upgrade???  Make the site off line and get it working Then disable and move over.  Pretty basic stuff.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 on Windows 10 Pro

« on: November 28, 2018, 01:48:53 PM »

But Warp 9 ESS  wants a certain version of Mach , so I guess it will be trial and error.  I do know Corel Draw x6 loads and seems to work fine. Thanks Gerry.

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General Mach Discussion / Mach3 on Windows 10 Pro

« on: November 28, 2018, 11:34:18 AM »

I know this has been covered before, BUT since Search has been disabled here we go. 

Using Mach3 with Warp 9  ESS just fine on Windows 7 Pro laptop a Lenovo but would like to free up that computer for another rask. I have a Dell Latitude E5510 with Windows 10 Pro 64 bit I would like to use instead. Before I waste my time, Is this an option?    Running a 4x4 ft router table.

Yes I have been running CNC on my cinfigured laptops for years, not Win 10 however.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: FORUM SEARCH NOT WORKING

« on: November 14, 2018, 08:14:41 PM »

Just the way it is, they are remodeling the Forum and its been screwed up for a while.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Home slave with Master + Gantry squaring

« on: November 13, 2018, 01:52:28 PM »

Typically the long axis is the X, and this is usually the axis that the gantry travels along. Some manufacturers like to call them the opposite, but I think the axis along the gantry should always be the Y axis, with the X being the dual drive axis.

People typically call the gantry the X axis when they operate the machine facing the gantry. I operate mine from the side.

   Both mine are the same distance.   X for me has always left right and Y front back on every machine I have owned. The machine I have now is the same? The software  XML file came in preset that way and it works. 

   https://www.sherline.com/milling-machine-terminology/

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Home slave with Master + Gantry squaring

« on: November 13, 2018, 01:31:47 PM »

Typically the long axis is the X, and this is usually the axis that the gantry travels along. Some manufacturers like to call them the opposite, but I think the axis along the gantry should always be the Y axis, with the X being the dual drive axis.

People typically call the gantry the X axis when they operate the machine facing the gantry. I operate mine from the side.

   Both mine are the same distance.   X for me has always left right and Y front back on every machine I have owned. The machine I have now is the same? The software  XML file came in preset that way and it works. 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Home slave with Master + Gantry squaring

« on: November 12, 2018, 06:27:00 PM »

I thought the Y was the one with two motors and one of them Slave? Thats the way it is on mine anyway.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: This Froum Search Error .... Help please

« on: November 11, 2018, 08:10:06 PM »

Yup it really screws things up.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: G-Code and Mach3

« on: November 11, 2018, 07:53:15 PM »

If you just set your Origin in VCarve to be the Center of the work it solves a lot of problems.  On your work piece on the table just measure out the Center where you want the code to begin, move your spindle over to that point Zero X & Y,  make sure your Z is correct Zero and hit START.  Try it.