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    Re: Mach3 Mill - X axis suddenly 1/5th scale

    I ended up swapping X and Y drivers and the problem followed to the Y axis. I swapped back and cycled all of the dip switches on the X axis and the problem has dissapeared. Thanks for your help!
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    Re: Mach3 Mill - X axis suddenly 1/5th scale

    Yep Tauranga here.

    I tried our second machine today and same story, hasn't been opened in a year or so and no settings changed, and X axis is slow.

    Must mean there is something wrong with the...
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    Re: Mach3 Mill - X axis suddenly 1/5th scale

    I tried adding G50 to the init string in Mach3 which produced no change. I haven't been able to find anywhere else I'd be adding a G51 code, as I said I have no Gcode loaded and I can't find anywhere...
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    Re: Mach3 Mill - X axis suddenly 1/5th scale

    Hi Craig,

    I wouldn't even know how to set that up so unless I've done it by accident, no.

    The machine is producing this problem without any G code loaded in mach.

    I.e. If I zero X, Y, and Z...
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    Mach3 Mill - X axis suddenly 1/5th scale

    Hi guys,

    We have a little 600x900 hobby CNC machine, have run it several hundred hours no troubles over past 4 years. It has probably not been used a year but I have blown the dust off it and gone...
  6. Area clearance tool - inefficient repeated plunges

    Hi all,

    My partner is producing a product that has alphabet pockets in a piece of wood, to a high enough detail that a 3mm end mill is necessary but sometimes large enough that a 6 or even 8mm end...
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