Hi. I have the registered version of Mach3 (Mach3Version3.043.066.exe) with the version of LazyCam which it comes with. I do not have the paid LazyCam, just this version of LazyCam that comes with the registered Mach3.
My table-top CNC router has some Z flex while plunging. So the way I've accommodated this is to draw my own "lead-ins" to my shapes, and to have a final clean-up pass which cleans-up about .01" in a single-pass.
I'm including a pic of how I'd draw a hole, for example. I'd use a 1/4" router bit with this and end-up with a 5/8" hole. The red layer may cut through 1/2" thick material in several passes, the green layer does a single pass through the entire 1/2" and cleans-up about .01".
It works, and I get pretty good results. But it is a bit extra work to draw and I wonder if there isn't an easier way, with the tools I have (no more money for more software, I need to use what I have).
I like the control I have in LazyCam, drawing the exact path for the router bit to follow. But I'm not sure I'm doing this right.
Maybe the question I ask is, how would you drill a 5/8" hole and get acceptable results if you have a less than perfectly ridged z-axis and want to use the version of LazyCam that came with Mach3?