1. download and install Mach 3 Mill
2. Download this file toy40.rar
3. Unzip it to Mach3 'Addons' folder. default would be C:\Mach3\Addons
4. Run Mach 3, Click on Wizards menu - Pick Wizard - Cut TOY40
Don't start the wizard On A Running Machine.
This is a totally redesigned wizard. It's simpler to use then the previous.
I designed it for a specific machine which will have a different setup to yours. Although it will work you will probably have to adjust a few parameters.
Sorry it is not very pretty, and it is just a demo (although it will cut a real key if set up correctly).
Towards the right there are 16 boxes. This is where you enter your cuts of the key. (press enter after each one)
Click the Button "TOY40" to generate the code for cutting the Toyota Toy40 type of key.
You will see the code appear in the yellow box, and you will see a picture representation in the table display. (zoom in with the mouse wheel)
I have removed the controls from the wizard, so you will have to cut the key from the main Mach3 screen.
I have removed the digital probe buttons so it will only cut to code, not cut to sample by decoding.
You will have to email me for the code for the other buttons. I haven't finished them all just yet. Still working on some.
Have Fun!
Offsets.
Use the offsets function in Mach3 to align different key blank types. Most keys are cut using a tip stop and are aligned at the same position. It is easy to set up your machine to always cut the key at the same location without Zeroing the milling machine every time.
1. home your machine.
2. Go to the Mach3 offsets page.
3. Click an offset (such as Fixture 2 (G55))
4. Set the X and Y Zero positions and Zero the DRO's. (Using the Mach3 Edge Finder is easy)
Now when you home your machine in the G55 offset mode your machine will always know where the key is to be cut. Of course you will still have to Zero the Z axis.
You can repeat this for other Key types. eg you are using a shoulder stop or a Longer Tip Stop. Just use another Offset such as Fixture 3 (G56)). Mach has 6 offsets that are easily accessible.
NB Once you have set the offset, never zero the X or Y Axis again in that offset mode, as it will set a new offset position.