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  1. #1
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    Router path in Mack 3

    I am milling aluminum in Mach 3. It requires 6 different passes to cut through the material. Every time the router finishes one depth it raises the route all the way up and then goes back down again. Is there any way to set the router to completely finish a cut before raising back up to start the next one?

  2. #2
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    Re: Router path in Mack 3

    The G-code Mach3 running defines the path the machine will do. Change the g-code to not rise the Z-axis on each passes. (Like remove the Z movements code lines at the secific places.)
    If you using a CAM software to generate the code then there might be a way to change the post processor to generate the code like that.

  3. #3
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    Re: Router path in Mack 3

    That is what I though, but I am running V-Carve Pro 8 and Nothing on there allows me to do this

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