Hey guys!
So long story short, I'm a newbie to cnc. I'm using a HF lathe conversion to try and turn some acrylic blanks.
I'm using fusion for cad/cam then exporting G-code to run on my laptop with mach 3(windows vista). I've been trying to find the sweet spot for speed and depth when it comes to acrylic so I have been making several different programs and running them on scrap. After running a few programs today, out of no where the cnc just stops.
I started looking in the G-code box and back up a few lines and start cycle from that point. It gets to the part of the G-code and stops again. So I figure maybe something happened to the G-code file. I load several more G-code files and it does the same thing on every one of them.
On N24 the cnc just stops. Mach 3 keeps going like the g-code is executing. If I stop the G-code I can jog, no issue.
I restarted my computer, sa ???me things happen. I reinstall mach 3, same thing happens. Any idea where I should try trouble shooting? Keep in mind all the G-code files I tried running were ones that ran successfully this morning and last night.