Giant 20' x 3' x 2' router build

[charlieuk]

Cheers thanks for that I will try and figure that all out and get in the habit

ps dean I dropped you a pm

many thanks

[charlieuk]

Still playing here and trying to work out mach 3. I'm not sure if the problems I am coming across are me or something not working right. I have watched all of the tutorials multiple times and trying to read bits of the manual but I suffer from bad dyslexia so reading is painfully hard and slow.

The first thing that doesn't seam to have any effect is the offline button, with it ether flashing or not the machine still responds to all commands as far as I can tell. Is there something else that has to be done to turn that on not that it's that important.

the second is if I run the road runner program the hit stop button what is the process to start back up again? the reason I ask is if I hit stop then jog a axis to the side to take a look then hit start it sometimes does not return to the last point were I stopped the cut and it starts else were ? it also does not re start the spindle however I assume that is normal and it has to be started manually?

I allso have have a problem with loosing power to the x and y axis , I'm still trying to figure if it's in mach 3 that's stoping it or if it's a fault on the drive which I am waiting to see next time it happens.

Many thanks

[charlieuk]

I have been testing again and I'm wondering now if it's a setting to do with the arc when it moves between points however I still dong get why it's not starting back were it left off? The first pick I pressed stop jogged to the side and then hit go again. You can see the straight line were I did this and it did not return( centre of pic on his wing)The second pic I hit stop the pressed got to zero and then start and it did a similar thing?(going along his wing) Any ideas is it me or the machine?


Ps if there is anyone willing to give me a mach 3 lesson I would be happy to travel a way for it and pay if needs.

many thanks

[Clive S]

The way I see it (and I am not an expert) is if you stop the machine and it was running on a curve it might not return to the same place. I would think you have to re start from a line number where it had been running a bit of G1 code .
I would try and experiment with some simple shapes like triangles and squares not circles.
and then try a feed hold and resume and then a stop then start ( I am not sure if pressing stop will lose steps)

If you have hit the E-stop button you would have to re home the machine ..Clive

[charlieuk]

Many thanks will keep on playing.

Any by idea why offline does not work? Does it normally ?

Cheers charlie

[JAZZCNC]

Many thanks will keep on playing.

Any by idea why offline does not work? Does it normally ?

Cheers charlie

Charlie Offline is a (Mostly) parallel port driver related function and the Csmio plug-in doesn't use it.! . . . .To be honest I've never used it EVER so don't see the point and wouldn't worry about it.

If you give me a ring then I'll walk you thru using Mach. To be honest Mach doesn't do much of anything other than move the machine and monitor inputs/outputs so when you have got it setup correctly and the basics covered you shouldn't have any trouble working it.
Think some of your trouble may be your not exactly setup right regards steps per and motor tuning. When this is correct then the rest will be easy with a little explanation.


I'm compleltely snowed under(Actually it's pissing down with rain not snow. . Lol) with work at minute otherwise would come down and spend some time with you.! Next time I'm down your way I'll let you know and call in for few hours.

[charlieuk]

Cheers I was wondering if that was the case again with it, it's just not knowing these things and being my first time ect.

I will give give you a call but I will just wait until this new PC is here I'm hoping today or Monday and it's set up on that.
Many thanks