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    support for tangential knife??

    can any body tell me if Mach 3 has support for a tangential knife function?

    would like the option of running a drag knife or oscillating knife on a gantry router table set up.


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    Yes, it does.
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    How do you set up for tangential knife offset in the x and y axis?


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    How do you set up for tangential knife offset in the x and y axis?
    no expert here, but we run a Data Tech. M3 corrugated sample maker at work and the reciprocating knife cuts to the line....

    no kerf...

    therefor no offset...

    therefor no comp.


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