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General Mach Discussion / Is it possible to run Mach3 through job boundaries

« on: October 27, 2020, 06:47:24 AM »

Hello

I was wondering, if Mach3 has the ability to run through the job boundaries without manually having to move it. Right now, what I do is load the g-code and then manually see if the material is inside the job boundaries. But my question is, is there a way to make Mach3 do it itself? I hope you get what I mean here, I really do not know the proper words for this function. It should work the same as some chinese lasers have the "Frame" button on them.

Have a good one everybody.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 - jogging while reffering to machine coordinates?

« on: July 28, 2020, 12:51:08 PM »

lol nevermind

Calculated the offset its good now. If there's a better method to switch between offset coordinates and machine coordinates then I'd love to know that.

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General Mach Discussion / Mach3 - jogging while reffering to machine coordinates?

« on: July 28, 2020, 12:37:16 PM »

Hello

I have a question. I need my machine to go to lets say X400 and Y600 machine coordinates, but it reffers to its other coordinates (offset?). I used to MDI tab and command "G00 X400 Y600". Struggling with it overhere.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 - calibrating so the tool palette is still correct?

« on: May 27, 2020, 03:40:26 AM »

Right so I figured it out.

As I was calibrating, I did it wrong with only a distance of 100mm. I recalibrated it on a distance of 3000mm at of course it went better. Now I had my machine calibrated, but it did not go to the right location for auto tool zero or tool changing. The fix for that is following - go to operator - VB Script Editor - File - Open file - M6Start (script for tool changing) - then scroll to the very bottom and somewhere overthere you will see text lines with coordinates. For example X212.21 Y3020.2 or something like this. Now you will have to manually figure out the X or Y coordinate where each spindle nest is according to the new steps per unit measurement and change it in the script editor. Of course you would have to use machine coordinates for that. For auto tool zero, go to operator - Edit Button Script and click on auto tool zero (it should be flashing at this point). Somewhere should be another line with coordinates again (X202.21 Y2899.2 for example), again you will have to manually hover ontop of the location where your probe is and change the coordinates.

Great monologue I had here though. I'm really a rookie on Mach3 and hence the explaining might be a bit gibberish . Have a good one.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 - calibrating so the tool palette is still correct?

« on: May 26, 2020, 09:04:02 AM »

Realized something now, apparently it does not do enough steps to reach the nest of the spindle (tool?), but I calibrated the machine so it goes to wrong coordinates maybe? How can I change that?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 - calibrating so the tool palette is still correct?

« on: May 26, 2020, 08:27:20 AM »

Right so, I have calibrated the machine and as I was afraid, it does not stop at the tool change location anymore. Any help please?

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General Mach Discussion / Mach3 - calibrating so the tool palette is still correct?

« on: May 20, 2020, 09:16:25 AM »

Hello

I have to recalibrate my CNC machine, because whenever I tell the machine to go 2000mm on Y axis, it goes like 1890 or so. I know that I need to calibrate the thing, but I am not sure that it maintains the same location where my tool change palette is. I'm afraid that it will physically just tear through it or bump into the frames or something. My question here is, am I doing the calibrating thing right (tell your machine to move X amount of units - how much did it really move method) and can it cause anomalys like this where it would miss the tool change palette.

Thanks.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 - auto tool zero not working with a certain router bit

« on: March 27, 2020, 03:39:22 AM »

Yep, Z movement was set to 200, thanks.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 - auto tool zero not working with a certain router bit

« on: March 26, 2020, 09:05:51 AM »

Nevermind, does that with every tool now. Still need help.

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General Mach Discussion / Mach3 - auto tool zero not working with a certain router bit

« on: March 26, 2020, 08:50:34 AM »

Hey guys, I've been fiddling around with a CNC router for about 3 months now and just stumbled upon a problem.

So every time I try to do auto tool zero with tool number 3 (3mm end mill), it works like a charm. When I try to do it with tool number 4 (6mm ball nose) the machine stops 7-10mm above the plate.

Would love to try your solutions. Cheers.