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General Mach Discussion / Re: CNC'ing both quill and knee

« on: January 22, 2010, 06:57:49 PM »

did you need to use a backlash in mach because of the gears on the knee or do you have a digital readout

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General Mach Discussion / torch turns on before g01 down move no dwell

« on: October 02, 2008, 03:10:38 PM »

 i can't find a way to edit the code generated in bobcad to do a g01 z 0.0000 move. dwell and then m03 and start cut
the torch turns on @ z1.0000 dwells & moves to z0.0000

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Works in progress / Re: Good idea - Maybe? - Opinions welcome

« on: December 10, 2007, 06:33:54 PM »

i need to find a way to use /* as cntrl & alt function so that i can better use my number pad as a joystick without having to modify my screens and hot keys
a map of the key codes and hot keys wouldbe very useful

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Works in progress / Re: Good idea - Maybe? - Opinions welcome

« on: December 10, 2007, 05:53:46 PM »

i am curently trying to set up a wireless number pad to give me more control than my current game pad is giving me if anyone has used such a system i could use some guidance
key grabber is confusing me

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General Mach Discussion / cutting aluminium with plasma

« on: November 02, 2007, 05:32:59 PM »

i am wondering if anyone has figured out the best settings for a clean cut in aluminium with a plasma
i am getting a feathered finish and dont like having to clean the parts
let me know what works best
i am using a hypetherm 1650

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General Mach Discussion / motor noise

« on: November 02, 2007, 03:16:03 PM »

after a lot of trial and error i have the motors turing properly on my plasma table with mach3 but my rapid speed is much slower than it was in mach 2  when i try turning it up it make a loud crunching sound is there some tricks to tuning i have missed i have tried enhanced pulsing pulse width accel and velosity settings but cant get the same smooth motion i had with mach 2 the only thing working properly is the step motion 10 " is 10"

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General Mach Discussion / Re: ports/pin setup problems

« on: October 20, 2007, 05:53:25 PM »

i tried to download a new version ( 2.45 to 2.56 ) but i am having the same problems should i try to find an older version because the mach2 and mach3 settings dont jive
has anyone had this problem between the 2 and 3 versions ?
i think it is a slaving problem and no configuration works only changing motor leads gets the right signal to the right motor but the motor dont sound the same

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General Mach Discussion / Re: ports/pin setup problems

« on: October 11, 2007, 11:51:08 PM »

finaly macking progress...
when i swithced the leads for a & x motors they operate with proper hotkeys. and i had to change active low settings for a & x
i think the problem may be that i would have had to slave the x to y  in referance to how it worked with mach2
the motors dont sound the same as they did (winning and draging now) i will try to test the steps tomorrow
 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: ports/pin setup problems

« on: October 11, 2007, 03:13:17 PM »

this is mach 3 xml

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General Mach Discussion / Re: ports/pin setup problems

« on: October 11, 2007, 03:11:34 PM »

this is my mach 2 xml
i had the tech that built the machine help me with tunning but the X and Y cotrols move the proper dro but the wrong motor