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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Got My mill running :)

« on: January 23, 2007, 09:03:23 AM »

See if you can find a Galil on line... That is how I would do it at this point...

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Got My mill running :)

« on: January 23, 2007, 08:35:51 AM »

Yup, you know me all to well That is about eveything!

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Mach3 and G-Rex / Re: Mach 3 Plug-in and Grex Current status.

« on: January 23, 2007, 08:00:30 AM »

Chad there is still no news from Steve at this tme   I will talk to Art about it next time I see him

I know Steve must be working very hard, we have see a bit of software for the pod but it was not the full rev.

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NC Pod / Re: Probe function with NCpod

« on: January 23, 2007, 07:56:59 AM »

It is nto working at this point... but it will at some point

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Galil / Re: Galil Status

« on: January 23, 2007, 07:53:37 AM »

Allen,
The Galil is a ver pwerful device but I must say that the protocall is very clunky and it is not fun at all! But with that said I have been able to get it working on most things!

What I have working (On my copy)
1. Motors move (I am getting moves that are on position)
2. Outputs are working
3. Limits seem to be working Soft and hard
4. Homing is working (with or without and index pulse)
5. I can use an axis to output to a spindle 0-10V

What I need to do
1. Find the small bug in the inputs
2. Make softlimits work better (They only start to slowdown when they are hit at this time)
3. See if there is a better way to make the spinlde work.. (I need to be able to ramp the RMP)
4. IF I can get the spindle to work the way I like.. I am going to add rigid tapping
5. Add Threading for lathe (I don't have one to test but there are a few out there that are going to help)
6. Add code to revers each axis (Don't think you should have to rewire your machine)
7. Figure out a way to see what Gcode line the gcode display should be on (This is Very hard)

That is about it!

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Galil / Re: Mach3 + Galil

« on: January 23, 2007, 07:43:11 AM »

Well Greg... I hope to have the Galil plugin working full on in a few more weeks but there is just to much work at this time On the other hand it will move a mill and the version that I have will home and run the spindle too!!! I need to add in softlimits and make that active in Jog mode and there is a bit of work that needs to be done to the inputs.

The funny part is that we are converting commands real time and at a rate of a point every .004 sec... I have no idea how they got it to work so slow!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Set Z to zero automatically?Auto tool zero questions

« on: January 23, 2007, 07:31:04 AM »

See there is the problem! What if you don't have a home switch on the Z axis?  IThe only way that I see to get it to work is to have 5 tool length offset codes that all work from a plugin. This would make it so there was one for everyone!!!

Now you need to some how help me find more time to get to work on it

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Competition rifle stock

« on: January 23, 2007, 07:28:05 AM »

I love it!!!! Nice work

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Got My mill running :)

« on: January 23, 2007, 07:25:13 AM »

There are no pics IT is an eagel CNC mill that I got for a good price as a test bead. I wanted to have a mill that I could just run and run fast so I went with the servo drives, motors and cables from Automation direct. It is not a cheap way to go but the speed and simplistic set up are great! If you would like to do somthing like that you are looking at about 1500.00 an axis

Looked at your page and like the JD you got! I would get one like that if I could find one with the 3PT hitch...

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General Mach Discussion / Re: backlash program will not run

« on: January 22, 2007, 11:41:27 PM »

What version of mach3 are you running?