Hi skipper
1. I am using Mach 2.45.
2.You wrote "Next I issued a manual z5 command which is my tool clearance". Where and how do I issue that command. Do I type it in a dialoge box?
Click on menu "MIDI Alt2" click into the ÏNPUT" box type Z5 and press enter. The spindle should rise 5mm.
3.Also, you wrote "The g code is not doing this the code I sent has no M01 commands". If I open the file you posted, the 10th line or so has a M01 line in it.
OOPS!!! If you go to tab "Toolpath Alt4" and click "m code " button. You will see the code is "optional program stop" which will not trouble you unless your machine has a program to retract the tool.
4. When I bring it into Mach3 it reads it as a .txt file and not a g-code file, could that be the problem? All g code files a .txt file as producted by notpad.exe. Common extentions are .txt .gc .nc
5. Last thing, "No it does not completely but just test and adjust. A good test progam is Z1 if it does not just move up 1in then you have some setup code running". Do I just type this in the dialoge box and hit go?
Open a file in notepad type in Z1 and save it as .gc or ant extension you choose. Load into Mach3 and test. When finding the proble you can add code lines until you observe the behaviour.
Good luck
Doug  |