Is it possible to load the current position into variables, or are there special variables that already contain this information? Many thanks. Adrian.

Hello I have successfully carried out the G32 cycle but no data file has been written. In jog mode the Alt O command writes to the points.dat file OK. Have I missed a setting somewhere? Many thanks. A

Hello All My usb keyboard keeps dropping out and I have to unplug and plug it in again to get it to work. Has anyone else had this issue? Many thanks. Adrian.

Hello All Is the emergency stop supposed to stop the spindle as well. Mine does not, am I missing something or can it be made to do so. Many thanks. Adrian.

Who is looking after this list now?

Dave, are you still involved with turbocnc or who is now interestrd in this list or other cnc lists? Richard.

Evening Everyone. Does anyone know the formula used to work out the G76 infeed per pass? I am trying to work out what the initial infeed (D) should be to cut a thread of height (K) in say 10 passes. I

Hello All Sorry to ask a probably stupid question but I cannot find a post with the answer. When I try to run the simple threading code below, as found elsewhere on this group, I get an error. Lead pa

What software do most people use to run a spoilboard resurface on a cnc router?

I built my cnc router and I believe it is all working correctly. Now, I would like to do something with it, such as make a part! I designed a simple part in Visualcad/VisualMill. after running through

I just built a cnc router with NEMA 23 4 wire stepper motors and combination 4-axis controller/driver board TB6560HQT4-v3. It seemed to set up and work ok with Mach3 software. My first question is: Wi

To all: Welcome to the new forum! When I first wrote "CNC" (the forerunner to TurboCNC) in '94 I was just trying to save a bit of time making tool steel dies in my side business. The only user at the

OK, have successfully scanned my group backups and Avera found no hint of malware. Have also used SuperAntiSpyware to do a complete scan and again have found nothing. So hopefully yours are just false

I made a backup of the group files for the impending delete by Yahoo and, when attempting to download 9.5's DOS files - Dos 6.1 in ZIP files, malware was found in the following files: DOS622D3.zip DOS

I'm seeing something similar with my STEP4 CNC program on the two builds I made. (DriveKey and Rufus). I first tried on my Lenovo desktop 'ThinkCentre', and then thought to try on an old T60 Thinkpad

how can i tell if a controller kit will work with trubocnc? i currently looking at this one on ebay, https://www.ebay.com/itm/US-Free-Ship-4axis-Nema23-stepper-motor-425oz-in-3A-DM542A-CNC-controller-

Hi All, As indicated the other day, before I get totally immersed in this 3D cad stuff, if there isn't a post processor to go with it, it is useless to me. So The past couple of days has been spent in

Hi All, Well, I have given up and am trying to join the Fusion 360 crowd. I am most interested in trying to do some "adaptive" milling that sheetcam doesn't have. Of course it is also 3D and I am tryi

https://github.com/lumen0/cnczeus if interested

Thanks for the link. I've got DOS 5.0, I think that's what was under the Windoz 98 I was previously using. I have DOS 6.22 somewhere. But that's not 7.11 I hadn't heard of 7.11 Looks like a few USB-US