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Hi.... try this to fix the double line that Corel dxf files will produce..... in your Corel drawing, use the thinnest line setting...... usually double line...
I have started to retrofit my X2 mini-mill using a Xylotex 3 axis controller. I plan on using Mach III. #1 Does Mach III support 2 axis use allowing manual...
Optoisolation is for the protection of the computer, not the mill. It prevents voltage and current spikes from travelling back up the parallel port and frying...
#1 Yes Mach3 will allow use of the Z axis in a manual mode but you would probably have to use the M6 toolchange codes as the point that you readjust the Z...
Mike, Thanks for the info on optoisolation! Sounds like that is a must have! Also sounds like the e-stop wired in through the breakout board would be a good...
Dan, Using M6 sounds like a simple way to go until I can get the Z axis set up. I need to use the mill to cut some parts for the Z mechinism. It has been a...
... would probably have to use the M6 toolchange codes as the point that you readjust the Z axis. Then press cycle start to continue. My first thought was that...
Fred, For now, I will be manually programing so yours is another solution. Thanks, Jack ... would probably have to use the M6 toolchange codes as the point...
To tell the operator the hole depth use parenthesis to make a comment. Comments will show up in the status bar on Mach 3. For ease of programming I would just...
Be very careful when using the mach3 single block feature. There is a known bug. What I have found is that if you single step through a program and then return...
I haven't run into this issue. What version of Mach is it in? I believe the lasted version I have is 2.6something and there is no problem other than the m6 bug...
I noticed this machine on Craig's List and thought that someone here might be interested. I don't know the guy and I have not seen the machine. I was sorely...
... might ... Hi Pete, First, the price is not known, only the initial offer. since you must pay the rigger, it might caught thousands. I would also pay for ...
I am not interested (though I was sorely tempted). I posted it to the group in case anyone here might be interested. Pete. ... From: turbulatordude To:...
The M6 bug that makes you press cycle start whenever the controller sees a Txyy line. I have some gang tooling and I used to be able to do a T101M6 and do the...
I was running the latest version 3.0 of a few days ago but have noted this way back into early 2.0+ versions. It still there. Art acknowleges it. I have...
... It's supposed to stop and make you press cycle start. Not a bug, but by design. The Txxxx is the toolchange, M6 does nothing in turn. If it's any...
... Hmmm. This may be what you want, but it's a deviation from the RS274NGC spec. The Txx command is only supposed to prep the next tool. This is useful on...
On the fanucs at work if the toolchange command has the toolblock number and then the offset number. T0101 and T0102 would change the offset but not index the...
I finally finished the the Semiautomatic PCB Drilling Machine construction project I'm working on, documented at: http://www.philmattison.com/ On the menu go...
Nice idea. Don't mean to be pretentious, just a couple of first impression thoughts. Could you get it to output a g-code file so a second board could be...
... I agree, Txxxx should prep the tool, period.. BUT - it seems that Fanuc only use Txxxx in turn, no M6. Unfortunately Mach took the "dark side" and...
... I think the Txxx is different from Txx - there's some "use this tool but that offset" thing (IIRC). ... Well, there is EMC2, which handles automatic...
... Yea - but it's Linux, I seem to have no luck getting it to run and I'm too old to start playing about learning a whole new operating system and becoming a...
Thanks for the kind words. I have thought about extending the programming to include automation etc. It would be nice to be able to repeat a drill pattern with...
I've upload a video of the lexmark 3d printer project. it's working nice, now I need to find out what binder to fill the printer cartridge with it. there is...
Hello, I'm building a bi directional optical isolator for a parallel port and want it to work on 3.3 volt and 5 volt computers. If I run the computer parallel...
