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General Mach Discussion / Re: Need help! K2 router problems!

« on: September 15, 2020, 05:15:06 PM »

Lots of pictures for us to asses first.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 running a K2 CNC KT2514

« on: September 15, 2020, 05:13:55 PM »

We need lots of pictures of the parts and current setup before we can help.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Pins and Ports for Fireball V90

« on: September 15, 2020, 05:12:03 PM »

You will need a Mach3 plugin for that to be possible and I don't think they do one.

Your other option is a new breakout board or motion controller.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Strange Z Axis problem only with MeshCAM generated G code

« on: September 15, 2020, 05:02:35 PM »

Most 3d work needs a ball nose cutter, I would check your CAM software because it sounds as if its expecting a ball end.

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Mach4 Toolbox / Re: problem about tool change M6

« on: September 15, 2020, 05:00:41 PM »

You need to put your M6Start.m1s on here for us to look at but rename it to ahmad1222.m1s so you do not get a error message saying already exists.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Strange Z Axis problem only with MeshCAM generated G code

« on: September 15, 2020, 10:07:41 AM »

Are you using a ball nosed cutter?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: how to connect/wire a rotary encoder?

« on: September 13, 2020, 07:20:00 PM »

you could use one of these with a small magnet glued to the spindle.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hall-Effect-KY-003-Magnetic-Sensor-Module-DC-5V-For-Arduino-PIC-AVR-Smart-v-edLD/184366055177?epid=0&hash=item2aed12bf09:g:sqYAAOSw1fJa9mSG

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General Mach Discussion / Re: how to connect/wire a rotary encoder?

« on: September 11, 2020, 05:23:18 PM »

This might be worth a read.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incremental_encoder#Differential_pair

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General Mach Discussion / Re: how to connect/wire a rotary encoder?

« on: September 11, 2020, 04:30:06 PM »

The encode may have an index pulse, called the Z channel on some that you could put into a normal input on the PMDX-122.

The smoothstepper has port 3 for this use or CS-Labs can do it as can Hicon some of the later PMDX boards too, you need boards that can read high input rates most spindle encoders are 1000 PPR and more so that x RPM is way above most basic boards, you need one with on board processing.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: cv not staying on

« on: September 11, 2020, 04:21:28 PM »

You could add the G64 into the initialisation string in the config screen or put it at the start of your code.