Thanks a lot. You saved me

Thank you

I used to run a 60 foot x 30 foot plasma table, it used rack and the z axis was screw, I couldn't even imagine a 60 foot lead-screw only supported on two ends.

Peter….. 2 years ago mate!!! I understand life broski but I also enjoyed you vids. Hope you’re doing ok health wise and family too!!! Old friend from Joes. Later mate

Thanks for the video. Nice and concise! I'm guessing you don't run a separate last pass to clean up the run out lines? I use hard Maple 18mm - 40mm thick and they can be quite hard to sand out, especially in intricate pieces. My last passes (0.1mm) often end with a broken bit when the force breaks the tabs (7mmx7mm ramps) and the piece get wedged.

Mach3 has a really bad implementation of constant velocity. UCCNC as well as (from what I've heard) Mach4 manages this much better, drastically improving the performance. Another alternative you have is to use very high accelerations with closed loop motors and use exact stop.

Thank you. Great video. that will help help a lot.😊😊😊🤜🤛👍

Thanks a lot Peter for this educative video. My CNC is gaining Z in raster mode, about 1mm every 100,000 lines. This causes the roughing to complete without issues but the finishing starts hovering over the rough passes as it completes 100,000 upto 1million lines. I usually do relief work on wood and I face this problem then. I discovered my Stop CV on 6degrees angle was giving quite a toll to the machine, ticking it off made it run much faster.

Thank u so much

You really have my interested in the VAC table. New to the CNC world anyway you indicated that you had a Vcarve file. I downloaded the zip file but can't find the Vcarve file. Jon

Very nice Peter... I'm going to set up a friend's machine with a probe today... you did an excellent job explaining it all. I will say that I am surprised how much code it takes with MACH3... in LinuxCNC it's all done directly with G38 G-Code. I'm glad you did this video... it would have been a pain to figure out.

what process did you use to get the lines for the line up?

So well explained ! Thanks 🙏

Always weird when channels just stop posting indefinitely

Thank you, but how do we add other axes?

many may say that mach 3 is the jackARSE of all trades

I 'm getting emf from my stepper motors when moving them manually which make my fans run, will adding these diodes to my g540 connectors work

how do you do the negative plug like the blue one ?

great drawn explanation man, now I get how the chips work in relation to the speeds

Hello sir need some help want to retrofit embroidery machine using mach3 need help regarding encoder pulse

Peter, I recently add UCCNC for my machine. When I move the gantry using the keyboard it works fine, however when I run a project in G code the gantry moves very slowly, any suggestions?

2 years and no word. Hoping Peter is ok, his videos helped me build my first CNC almost 15 years ago and I will always be grateful for that.

I was amazed when you talked about the earplug and the wash 😅😅😅 Maybe a long shot, but you could actually make that brass threaded tube as well on the cnc with a thread mill.

exact stop shakes the machine like hell especially if you have a heavy gantry. then you need to reduce acceleration to create a longer ease in/out move to dampen the energy. the time passing during acceleration moves adds up and drastically changes the working time. here are some of my tips that changed he way i work. -get closed loop steppers at least -constant velocity -max out acceleration, just enough to dampen the shake -max out feedrates -keeping rpm as low as you can, making fat chips and keep endmills cold. -evacuate as much chips possible. -full depth cuts, use most of the flutes to cut not only the tip - using roughing bits with adaptive clearing -spring/finishing cuts to bring everything to tolerance after roughcuts or slotting moves. -i would say avoid slotting and plunging but we all do those. Maybe everyone has a different flavor for using their machine. at least thats my experience so far.

Thank you some that really helps.😊

Hi Pete, I know this is 7 years ago but- have you by any chance gotten around to putting together a build list or plan ? Keen to know what extrusion profile you used in NZ. Cheers!

Awesome job! Seeing it on wood made it much more understandable for me as I could actually see the left over fibers from the thinning chip load. I recently made the move from being a high level cnc lathe machinist to mcam programming. It was real tough for me to comprehend the difference between the two as I rarely even used end mills, let alone had to think about the effects of direction of cut. Thank you mate!

Hello Good Job..! Thanks for doing this Can You tell me this..!! I was thinking whether I can Make a Custom Screenset from Scratch..! Can I? I need Modern Screenset Like "Physics Anonymous" Screen4 or Machscreen ? Which is better that gives full control to edit all the features on screen? Can We use any Picture as a BackGround? if so, Which Format? Can We Replace those cluttered retro Buttons with Our own Custom Buttons? Also Which Format? I am Planning to make a Modern GUI Screen and Buttons in Photoshop. Will it work? I am planning to make a console like "DMG Mori" Please give some inputs.. Thanks

If you have a point it doesnt matter if its off centre as long as it doesnt rotate through the process.

how do you set up 5 switches x/ y/ z/ a slaved to y / and the touch plate

We miss you

Z axis aluminium thickness ??

Industrial remix? Is it right? 😳😏

knock knock... ? are you still out there...?

Hello, thank you for your script. I need community advice. I'm setting up the backslash in the settings, saving it. Then I'm doing Save Config. Then I'm restarting Mach3. I double-check, and there are no changes. No matter what value I enter in Backslash, there are no changes.

Nice simple demonstration of tiling to overcome bed length vs object dimension.

as usual.. great video and thank you !

@22:25 Using the dial indicator mounted into the spindle is also a great method of checking your bed flatness. I run the indicator up, down and across my bed to find any high or low spots when mounting a new spoil board. When finding high spots adding a deep countersunk screw will most times bring it down.

@18:20 When calibrating your axis start with a small number first. Reason being if your preset step calculation are wrong you run a risk of crashing your machine by it traveling farther then you think it will. I started mine at an 1 inch and it travelled 10 inches. Once I entered the travel distance in my Mach3 for recalibration I started over giving it a longer distance. I also just use a 60 degree V bit to give me a nice sharp center point .

Hola, tengo una pregunta: a la mesa de vacio se le puede poner encima una lamina delgada de aluminio o cobre y hacer el vacio?

Thank you for taking the time to make this video!

This may be a big help I've been working on this problem for about 2 weeks Thinking it's electrical or EMI but I'm really thinking this will help.

So why use climb at all?

looking at the wireless version which works with uccnc .. it has been a while peter hope all is well , miss the great informative videos . are you still into the cnc hobby ?

Doesn't matter how many new designs of cribbage boards I make I ALWAYS refer back to your video here. THANK YOU! for taking the time to do this. Clear, concise, spot on!

Hi, What if I have a matrices plan/toolpath and I want to use a imperial router bit. I wish if you can make a video explain it. Thanks in advance.

Hi Peter , good video and clear instruction .. I have a small issue that then I I input thickness the , I have to lift the touch probe up to the spindle, it beeps and it then comes down and performs everything that it should so im puzzled why it’s doing this, I’m using axbb board , check through all the comments and looks like I’m the only one with this issue, only different is I’m using pin 6 and not pin 12.

Peter, I’m look to enter the CNC world as a hobbyist. Wood will be my main medium, but flexibility for metals required. I see many Chinese products … my budget 2,000 NZD. If you were starting today with that budget what direction would you go?

New subscriber here. Great series on your CNC rebuild. Have you been satisfied with the Z axis unit you purchased? I am considering buying one and wonder how it has performed for you over time.

For my lead screws I went 3/8-8 4 start. It's a fast screw, but hard to find anti-backlash nuts.