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Re: Mach 3 Job Size problem. Help Please??
« Reply #30 on: November 22, 2022, 06:26:48 AM »
Ronnies .XML file
Re: Mach 3 Job Size problem. Help Please??
« Reply #31 on: November 22, 2022, 06:45:33 AM »
This Photo is a typical job. Same type of file sent already created in Aspire. All done exactly the same way. This piece of Craftwood is 180mms x 100mms. If I try to cut this on the 6040 it will cut the whole thing probably about the size of a postage stamp. Watching the machine move, it hardly moves at all. It does all the moves in the file, but cuts them so small you can't tell what the thing looks like. Doesn't look like the file will attach. I'll try it on its own.
Re: Mach 3 Job Size problem. Help Please??
« Reply #32 on: November 22, 2022, 06:54:55 AM »
Hi Ronnie,
  Try adding G21 at the beginning of the g code.
I say this because I opened your tap file on me cnc software and the units are in inches. Your machine is mm.
Regards
Charlie M.
Re: Mach 3 Job Size problem. Help Please??
« Reply #33 on: November 22, 2022, 07:02:00 AM »
Hi Charlie. Did that with one of the files. Made no difference. Just tried to send you a pic of a job. The one that the 6040 cut right. Would not attach. The timber 180 x100 mms is covered with Bees each one 50mm x 30mm. As I said in a post couple minutes ago the 6040 would now cut that whole 180x100 piece the size of a postage stamp. And the shapes would be unrecognizable. That's how bad the situation is.
Re: Mach 3 Job Size problem. Help Please??
« Reply #34 on: November 22, 2022, 07:03:24 AM »
Also tried machine in inches. Same thing.
Re: Mach 3 Job Size problem. Help Please??
« Reply #35 on: November 22, 2022, 07:20:37 AM »
I can't pm you from my phone,
But I will pm you my email address and then you can send me your xml and I can try it on my 6040 and see what's going on. I'll be in touch.
Regards
Charlie M.
Re: Mach 3 Job Size problem. Help Please??
« Reply #36 on: November 22, 2022, 04:59:27 PM »
Thanks Charlie. Sorry to be such a bother. I do appreciate all help with this. When you do, Do I just grab the file from mach 3 in C drive and send that???? Don't do much else with Computers, So just making sure I'm doing it right. Regards   Ronnie.
Re: Mach 3 Job Size problem. Help Please??
« Reply #37 on: November 23, 2022, 01:43:24 AM »
Hi. Charlie and all who helped us with this issue. It's fixed :) ;D You were correct Charlie. Changed the Post Processer in aspire to Gcode MM and it worked. I have been using Gcode inch for many years and it always worked just fine. I never changed it which is why I could not understand why one file worked one time only in this new machine and program.. It was inch same as all the others. Very Strange. Anyway Charlie, my Wife also wants to say thank you because She is the Jewellery maker and relies on me to cut the components out on the CNC. We have not been able to make any stock for markets and as it is close to Xmas we need to produce. The other machine picked a bad time to fail. Anyway tis all good now. Thanks so much all who helped with this. Most appreciated by us... Wishing you all the best.....Regards...Ronnie and Fiona. ;D
Re: Mach 3 Job Size problem. Help Please??
« Reply #38 on: November 23, 2022, 05:22:14 AM »
Hi Ronnie,
  Glad to see you got it working. I was unable to pm you last night due to the forum was having issues and I could not log in.
regards
Charlie
Regards
Charlie M.
Re: Mach 3 Job Size problem. Help Please??
« Reply #39 on: November 23, 2022, 06:58:03 PM »
Thanks Charlie. Yes. We are very happy. Tried another piece this morning. Perfect. Only issue I'm still having is setting the z cutter height. With my other machine you could lower the cutter to the face of the job from the keyboard with tiny movements. With this setup the quickest of taps on the keyboard sends the cutter into the job. It seems to move a number of mms instead of close increments.  Is there a parameter I can change to fix this??? Other than that it's running very well in every respect. regards...Ronnie.