It's not looking good for me    but I'm trying to break free on Saturday-

Dave

Things got off to a slow start this morning because they would not let Ron and Brian unload until today.  By 10:00 things picked up.   I learned something today that made the entire trip worth it.  I found there was a peck drill pull back setting in mach.  Mine was set for .1".  I always wondered why my mill would pull up so far when peck drilling.

The temperature in San Jose, CA yesterday was 75 degrees.  Today in York it was 12 degrees F on the drive to the show and 16 degrees on the drive home.  The wind was blowing about 10 mph so I would imagine it was close to single digits with the wind chill factor.  Not very warm for a Californian (no wonder my parents moved from PA when I was a child).

When I get home I will write up more of what I got from the seminar.  As a CNC guy who uses servos, I felt like the red headed stepchild with all the stepper guys around. 

I attached a picture of the seminar with Brian in the front and Ron off to the side making a point.

Vince

Well, I won't be making it this weekend 

I really wanted a printed copy of the Mach 3 manual ...will these be avaialable for mailing?

Dave

We were not able to get the manual printed for a reasonable price. Id still like to see it happen, but It doesnt look good. You might try a place like Staples or Kinkos, I have had multi hundred page docs printed and bound.

Thanks anyway, Ron, I'll check into that -

Dave

One lousy picture so far !!!
Thanks for sharing the experience
Benny

EDIT: Video too. Please !!!
Upload it youtube and insert it in this thread.

Things got off to a slow start this morning because they would not let Ron and Brian unload until today.  By 10:00 things picked up.   I learned something today that made the entire trip worth it.  I found there was a peck drill pull back setting in mach.  Mine was set for .1".  I always wondered why my mill would pull up so far when peck drilling.

Would you mind telling us how the pull back is changed?

Dan

To change the peck drill pull back value goto the ports and pins menu, choose mill options.  In the lower right you will see G73 Pullback.

Vince

I found there was a peck drill pull back setting in mach.  Mine was set for .1".  I always wondered why my mill would pull up so far when peck drilling.

Mind sharing where that setting is.

Scott

In CONFIG>PORTS & PINS>MILL OPTIONS
"G73 Pullback  - put value in the box"

RICH