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I am now running it in Windows 8 compatibility mode. It seems much better.
I still on occasions have to go back to Project and back into the 4th Axis mode and the display shows.

Hi
I was running Gearotic on a Windows 8 computer without issues.
I just migrated to a new computer running Windows 10 Pro (Core i7 / 16G)
I am having issues with the tools buttons not appearing until overed above, gears not showing up at first on the 4th axis, same with Dxf export.

Are those known ...

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I have a small CNC mill with a 4th axis.
Most clock design I find are for wood clocks and they are too large for my mill.
If I purchase a wood clock design, is it difficult to scale it down and make it from brass instead of wood?

Art
You are correct, I changed the Rotary Table to X-- and everything works fine now and it all makes sense.
Thank You for your help.

Hi Art
I am glad that my first gear cut was in Delrin...
I did work out the feedrate but something went terribly wrong between the rot wall and the tangential and it appears to be with the generated code itself:
Below is a sample:
The root wall appears to have the correct angles around 5degree but ...

Thanks Art
I got it.
Its now rotating at the correct feed rate.
I just need to make the actual cut!

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I need your advice on cutting my first 4th axix gear.

I designed a 3/4 spur gear and I generated the G-Code.

I have a Taig Mill with a rotary table running Mach-3.
I am using a feedrate of 6IPM and a PLunge Rate of 3IPM.

The problem is with the A axis G1 code. (Root wall and Tangentials)
It is ...

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Are there any .gth files examples of interesting projects that people put together?
Thank You

A few months ago, I added a low cost 3.5W Laser on my CNC Mill.

The enclosed link is application note showing the simple circuit, the Mach 3 settings, the M10, M11 commands to turn off the Laser during rapid moves.
PWM is also used to reduce the laser power during acceleration limits to avoid ...