Back to the original issue!
Dave, as you suspected, you and MSM are off the hook
Today I tediously created all new profiles for MSM and 1024 cloned from Mach3Mill and entered all my info (I am getting good at this!). My problem with G73/G83 is present on MSM and 1024. Once in a while a hole will peck drill OK, but 98% of the time it does NOT.
Here's what I observe. Drilling starts, moves to X/Y, comes to Z.1, starts the first peck, stops feeding at some seemingly random spot but the DRO says it's still moving, retracts when DRO says it's at the right spot, retracts seemingly the right amount, .1 in my case, starts next peck, same thing, DRO says it't moving when it's not, it may move some again seemingly random amount before stopping with DRO still going. It seems to start feeding, stops while Mach thinks it is still moving, leading to Z being OFF location now. I tried drilling holes .5 deep, .2 pecks, then .1 pecks. It's worse with .1 pecks as it almost never feeds. By the end of 3 holes the Z is off by about an inch and a half!! Thankfully PLUS!!
I switched to PP, pecking works just as smoothly and consistantly as possible, over and over, all aftrernoon, MSM or 1024.
So, it seems to be an SS/Mach3 issue, again. I did try both SS plugins, 16bd and 15ogx2, no difference. If anyone thinks it might be something with my setup, please advise, but seeing as it works on PP and NOT on SS, I'm thinking my setup/mechanical stuff is OK, and it HAS been OK for a year or so.
I'm not sure if I should take this somewhere else or let it simmer here as long as Brian AND Greg have made appearances. I'll leave that up to them and you, Dave.
Tom