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Re: Mach3 Turn X axis problem
« Reply #10 on: May 30, 2024, 09:18:47 AM »
To Graham,

Thanks for your detailed workflow, I will review mine for what I might be missing. Do you have any X offsets for your Master tool?

I noticed yesterday that when I tried to use the Tool Table screen, it would not post the offsets, I wonder if that's related.

Jim

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Re: Mach3 Turn X axis problem
« Reply #11 on: May 30, 2024, 06:30:52 PM »
Every tool has an X & Z offset.
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Re: Mach3 Turn X axis problem
« Reply #12 on: May 31, 2024, 03:43:01 AM »
To Graham,

Thanks for your detailed workflow, I will review mine for what I might be missing. Do you have any X offsets for your Master tool?

I noticed yesterday that when I tried to use the Tool Table screen, it would not post the offsets, I wonder if that's related.

Jim
You need to click apply after entering the offset and return
Re: Mach3 Turn X axis problem
« Reply #13 on: June 03, 2024, 08:56:03 AM »
To John and Graham:

Thanks for taking your time to give suggestions to fix the problem I was experiencing. I dove into it over this past weekend and discovered my own stupidity. When I calibrated my axes, I used the software to move them and compare the commanded move vs actual movement. What I failed to observe was that I was in Diameter Mode instead of Radius Mode.

I offer that machine calibration should always be done in Machine Coordinates and Radius Mode in order to not do what I did!

Jim
Re: Mach3 Turn X axis problem
« Reply #14 on: June 03, 2024, 10:59:55 AM »
Glad to help and that you have fixed it.  I use exactly the technique you describe.