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Has anyone updated to Mach 4 on their MillTurn and if so how was the process ?
Simple ? Complicated ?

THX

Some other low cost lathe post processors :

https://www.mr-soft.net/en/index.html ... development stopped Jan 2020 ... says it works on Windows XP 32 bit which is what my MillTurn is running
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With the help of this YouTube video I made some progress with the LazyCAM Wizards today :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf6FmTbNIMA

Still struggling a bit with the tool table not updating the...

instructor 37
THX for your insight

Mach3 as a machine control is working fine for this MillTurn machine.
Movements and velocities are tuned as well as needed for a hobby tool.
LazyTurn and...

There is a person's name in the "Licensed to" dialog box so it is my assumption the original owner of the machine did purchase the full license.
Technically, I'm the third owner but based on the...

Any recommendations for a hobby lathe post processor ?

This is a 2015 machine that has really never been used.
It came with Mach 3 software which included LazyTurn post processor Alpha 1.1...

Turns out the primary problem was a bad 25 pin printer cable between the computer and Gecko driver.
Took quite a bit of head scratching, watching YouTube videos, and conversing thru email with...

New problem preventing the machine axis(s) from moving.

The stepper motors are now energizing but Mach 3 isn't talking to them.
The software is showing "Emergency Mode Activated" ... " External...

THX
The charge pump switch was in the ON position ... Changing it didn't solve the issue though.
On the advise of Chicago Lathe tech support person I checked voltages, connections etc and got it...

Greeting Mill/Turn owners

Recently purchased a second hand (maybe even third hand ?) Mill/Turn.
A clean 7 year old machine that appeared to never have cut any material.
No scratches or dings on...

Recently purchased a used Mill/Turn.
A clean 3 year old machine that appeared to have never cut any material.
No scratches or dings or files on the computer.
Computer being Windows XP and not...

Thanks Glenn

Another piece of the puzzle to help set this machine up.

Steve

Greetings Goodlett

I recently found a second hand mill / turn on craigslist and am going through the machine to check tolerances, alignment and such.
Limit switches seem like a wise safety...

grounding is a good idea
also helps to quench any possible radio interference ... keeps the neighbors happy
keep in mind what your trying to avoid is airborne charged particles
a water table...

the dust coming off the machine and still in the air will have an electric charge still attached the the metal particle
do what ever it takes to be separated from breathing the fumes as the charged...

Hi all
running WinCNC on a Practical CNC router (Practical is no more)
My machine has 2 config files one for servo motors and one for stepper motors.
This machine is servo drive.
It goes weird...