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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 Startup- Reboots PC- help?
« on: December 08, 2007, 08:27:40 PM »
I installed Mach2 and had to use the special driver for it also. The lathe moves and works fine with Mach2. Yeah!
I'll see about getting a better/faster computer as Mach3 looks pretty cool. Atleast it's up and running again now.
Here's a Noob question-
What are the normal axis labels for a mill and lathe? I have the Smithy CB-1239XL combo machine(anybody want to trade?)
So for a lathe the axis moveing towards and away from the chuck is the X axis?
Moveing towards the centerline is the Y axis?
And then for the Mill, up and down is the Z axis?
The Mach2 turn setup shows the X and Z axis.
I bought a machine and CNC text book at the university to get started with. This is probably all covered in there someplace.
Thanks again for the help.
I'll see about getting a better/faster computer as Mach3 looks pretty cool. Atleast it's up and running again now.
Here's a Noob question-
What are the normal axis labels for a mill and lathe? I have the Smithy CB-1239XL combo machine(anybody want to trade?)
So for a lathe the axis moveing towards and away from the chuck is the X axis?
Moveing towards the centerline is the Y axis?
And then for the Mill, up and down is the Z axis?
The Mach2 turn setup shows the X and Z axis.
I bought a machine and CNC text book at the university to get started with. This is probably all covered in there someplace.
Thanks again for the help.