Re: single block
Hi,
A redo of single block was a MAJOR part of this new version that will be released in the coming week. We have some Tangential bugs with single block that we are looking for now but all in all it
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Brian Barker
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single block
Single block fixed yet?
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cimdave@...
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Re: Need help with Mach4 Hobby Edition and Setup Verification
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Thank you, that sounds great.
After three years I will need to do some refreshing before I get back into the set up.
I will contact you after I get back in town and I take a look at what I
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Chuck Kahler
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Re: Need help with Mach4 Hobby Edition and Setup Verification
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Funny we had talked about working on the tools to do that today. We have an XML converter tool but it will not setup the motion controller .
We have a spreadsheet that we use to put all the data into
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Brian Barker
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Re: Need help with Mach4 Hobby Edition and Setup Verification
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Brian,
Are there any new “wizards“, guidelines or whatever for converting from 3 to 4?
I believe it was in 2019 when I started to configure 4 and then set it aside.
Regards,
Chuck
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Chuck Kahler
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#155297
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Re: Need help with Mach4 Hobby Edition and Setup Verification
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I want you to enjoy all the work we have put in :) We have some really cool features coming out in this next release. The Diagnostics tool is really fun to use graphing data from the core of mach4 and
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Brian Barker
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Re: Need help with Mach4 Hobby Edition and Setup Verification
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Hi Brian,
I appreciate your reaching out to assist in switching to 4.
I have three machines running 3 and everything is working well currently.
A while back I was having an issue on one of my
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Chuck Kahler
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#155295
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Re: Need help with Mach4 Hobby Edition and Setup Verification
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Chuck if you have issues with 4 Please make sure you contact us so we can help you with how the settings differ from Mach3 to 4.
Thank you for
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Brian Barker
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Re: Need help with Mach4 Hobby Edition and Setup Verification
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Walt,
I live north of Everett and I am familiar with Mach3, haven’t installed Mach4 yet since Mach3 is working fine.
I’ve also done some retrofitting to CNC
If you want to email me then I can
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Chuck Kahler
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Need help with Mach4 Hobby Edition and Setup Verification
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Hello All. I’m new to using a CNC system and new to using the Mach4 software. I have a LMS3990 converted to CNC, but I think there are several things preventing my setup from working correctly. I
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Walt White
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Re: Help needed. Boxford VMC 190 Conversion
Martin,
I’m all for the simplest way to get to the desired result. I will not be tapping or thread milling on the cnc, ultimately I’m a manual machinist so will use the other tools at my disposal
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Wes Weston
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Re: Help needed. Boxford VMC 190 Conversion
Hi John,
?500 budget is flexible, can go over. I have a spare computer I can use so that does not need to be covered in the budget.
If I can leave the original motors in place I will do so but need
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Wes Weston
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Re: Help needed. Boxford VMC 190 Conversion
Hi Chuck,
Many thanks for the link, great site, will give it a proper read. Looks amazing what you have done.
Yes, the Boxford is a very small machine indeed and in a significantly lower class of
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Wes Weston
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Re: Help needed. Boxford VMC 190 Conversion
John,
I didn’t realize how small the Boxford VMC was, Thanks for posting the link.
It’s obvious my conversion is in a different size class than the Boxford mill Plus I really didn’t pay
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Chuck Kahler
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Re: Help needed. Boxford VMC 190 Conversion
You can get cheaper motion controllers than the Ethernet Smooth Stepper (ESS). Since there is no need for lathe style tapping the index detection and subsequent motion initiation that is required for
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Martin Connelly
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Re: Help needed. Boxford VMC 190 Conversion
Impressive conversion!
Let's see. The OP stated ?500
In US $ that is about $592.
One ESS is $199.
One C62 Mult-function board is $176
One MACH license is $159
That leaves $52 for 3 stepper motors,
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John Dammeyer
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Re: Help needed. Boxford VMC 190 Conversion
Paul,
I converted my Shizoka mill to Cnc.
Take a look at this.
https://www.cnc4pc.com/blog/post/laser-cutting-machine
Let me know if you have any questions.
Chuck
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Chuck Kahler
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Help needed. Boxford VMC 190 Conversion
Hi All,
Warning///CLUELESS///Warning
I own a Boxford VMC 190 which I would like to convert to Mach 3 or 4. I am a complete CNC novice so please be patient!! I have been a manual machinist for many
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Wes Weston
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#155284
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Re: Mach3 lathe tools
A simple thing with tools on CNC machines is when we change the insert from a .2 mm radius tip to a .8 mm radius tip. When you do that nothing is changed except the tip. When you do this the tool
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Wesley Wilcox
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#155283
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Re: Mach3 lathe tools
You may have a limited number of tools on a tool changer so different lines in the tool table allow the same tool to be used in different ways. Wear offsets are used in the tool table and so you avoid
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Martin Connelly
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