I agree with Ted... don't change a bunch of things all at once. That said, I am totally unfamiliar with that machine setup. I had to google T Carr and found he was a crackpot inventor who was a con artist with flying saucers... *shrug* lol. Anyway, I have a Chinese 6040 CNCEST machine from China. Of course I purchased the mach3 software since the one the seller provided was hacked. But my point is that it was incredibly important that I adjust ALL the proper settings in both my controller and the mach3 settings for MY particular machine. This is crucial! I've had a few others claiming they have the ultimate setup for the Chinese 6040 CNCEST machine. I tried one and my machine was so out of whack, it was use less. I referred back to the Chinese setup of mach3 and presto! Back to normal. I am saying this because if your mach3 settings are out of whack, you will run into problems.SummerSkye wrote:Yes, the last picture is the preview from VCarve. I have a homemade T Carr router cnc with mach3 post processor.
I do know that a smaller bit gives finer detail, but little if anything changed when I went from an 1/8" to a 1/16" ball nose. I also expected to get something similar to the VCarve simulation.
I am going to look at the CV today. Although my reading makes it sound complicated it looks like there are only a radio button and a few settings to adjust this, is that true? Also any suggestions on the settings and is it something you generally turn on and off depending on the work you are doing. I originally got mach3 setup and kind of left it and focused on learning VCarve, not guess I need to shift that focus back to learning mach3.
tks
David
When I first got my machine, I didn't understand the grounding issues I was having. In fact, as time went on and before I put proper grounding wires on both the carrier/spindle and the controller, those bursts of surges were throwing my XYZ off in mach3. In fact, it threw off a few settings in my controller which I have to reset those like when I first purchased it.
Hopefully some of this will help.