[CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Mach3 homing

Dang, more silly errors. I was reversing the direction of the axis instead
of the homing direction. Ah well...

Roland

On 22 March 2012 09:36, Roland Jollivet <roland.jollivet@...> wrote:

> Thanks. It's almost embarrassing, but sometimes you just keep trying the
> same things hoping for a different result ;-(
>
> Anyway, the homing now works. Still getting a handle on what mach calls
> world.
>
> A new perplexing problem is that the X axis got reversed during the switch
> installation. Not in homing, but if I jog the X in towards the chuck, the
> value increases?? I can't see where it changed. I have not touched the
> motor wires. Yesterday, before the home switch addition, I was machining
> with the X moving correctly.
> It does not matter where i set the X zero.
>
> Regards
> Roland
>
>
>
>
> On 21 March 2012 21:30, Ron Thompson <ron@...> wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>>
>> On 3/21/2012 2:28 PM, Roland Jollivet wrote:
>> > The problem is, there is no 'home all', at all, in mach3 lathe. And G28
>> > does not seem to do what it's meant to by definition of ZERO RETURN in
>> > terms of hardware on a machine.
>> >
>> > I'm hoping a mach3 lathe user can answer...
>> >
>> > Regards
>> > Roland
>> Mach3 lathe is not as well developed as mill. The good news is you can
>> modify the screens and put what you want in it.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Ron Thompson
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