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Thanks took me a minute to figure out.
Threads per inch / 2 then the pitch of that thread / 2 + start.

This is just something I'm messing with myself no real design going off.

Jeffery

Would there be some calculation as to how far to start out the Z?


Rcs60
So I start the 1st thread at whatever is regular then the 2nd pass at pitch/2?

Or both pitch /2 but offset...

Is it possible to do multi start threads on this machine?

I use fusion 360 and not having much luck and wanted to make sure its even possible.

Update.
Dannirr that is exactly what I needed, I was updating tool 8's tool table every time instead of updating just the DRO and that was jacking it all up.

Thanks everyone for pitching in to...

Thanks Dannirr,

I think that's what I needed, I was updating the T8 tool table not just the Work offset every time I restarted the machine.

Hopefully this has fixed the issue will report back...

I won't be able to be in front of the machine until tomorrow will look then.

Wait am I supposed to set the Z 0 in the work offset or tool offset on the 1st tool (T8 for me)?

I have been setting...

Thanks, that is actually the video I learned from and the X works exactly as described. He doesn't go into the Z much and that's the only problem I have.

I guess I'm doing the Z wrong somehow....

Hey smokedriver, thanks for the reply.

I have a turret but it should still be the same I would guess.

What I'm doing is a little different and maybe wrong?

So I use T8 for my main offset...

When I reference my machine I expect I would have to set the X and Z on 1 tool and then the rest should follow. Once they have all been setup of course.


Well when I E-stop or restart machine I...

RDSI

Interesting I will check my machine when I get back to it.
Support acted like never seen this before...

Yes I ran into this as well, definitely spindle speed issue try using G00 on the retract instead of G01.

Also check if you have C5 collet selected under Settings if you have the Chuck selected...

I would like to know the answer to this exact same question.

Fixed it, loose wire somewhere pulled 540 out and unplugged everything and tightened everything back up and seems ok now

My PC is dieing so I moved mach to another old PC I had laying around.
Its running XP, I set the port to EPP. I installed mach 3 then renamed the folder to mach.2 and then copied over my old mach 3...

Hi all, I Have been long time lurker I guess as I just noticed I hadn't ever made a post.
I spent many years doing RC Air planes /heli / cars. I wanted to be able to customize parts and such, so I...