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General Mach Discussion / Re: Need Help with direction Control

« on: May 26, 2012, 06:29:54 PM »

thanks Hood,  I dont know the mach 3 came with the machine. Sorry about double posting, I am new to this, and thought it hadn't worked.
Any way to find out about the possible pirate version?   Mark,

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Need Help Direction Control

« on: May 26, 2012, 05:35:05 PM »

Hi All, My name is Mark and I live in Tucson Arizona. I have a 4' x 4'
cnc router I believe its a Private made or home built machine that is using
Keling Technologies nema 23 H2100-30-4B stepper motors and Keling microstep drivers KL-5042 with Sound Logic breaker board.

The problem is (and I have been using this machine for a year, without incident) is that today when It cuts a part it goes the wrong direction in
the X axis only and only about half the time. Kind of it or miss. I tried
swapping motors with the same result and swapped out the drivers with the
same result. Checked all wires for tightness. and havent a clue what to do now. when moving in the X axis with the keyboard if I press left it goes left
stop and press left again and it goes left stop and press left again and it goes
Right. Hmmm. There seems to be no pattern I can discern. I am a woodworker
by trade and not a computer guy or a machine fix it guy. A newbie...

Any Ideas?? or is there anyone near Tucson, can and will be happy to pay for help.

Also I am using mach 3 with a computer running XP

any help greatly appreciated.

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General Mach Discussion / Need Help Direction Control

« on: May 26, 2012, 05:34:36 PM »

Hi All, My name is Mark and I live in Tucson Arizona. I have a 4' x 4'
cnc router I believe its a Private made or home built machine that is using
Keling Technologies nema 23 H2100-30-4B stepper motors and Keling microstep drivers KL-5042 with Sound Logic breaker board.

The problem is (and I have been using this machine for a year, without incident) is that today when It cuts a part it goes the wrong direction in
the X axis only and only about half the time. Kind of it or miss. I tried
swapping motors with the same result and swapped out the drivers with the
same result. Checked all wires for tightness. and havent a clue what to do now. when moving in the X axis with the keyboard if I press left it goes left
stop and press left again and it goes left stop and press left again and it goes
Right. Hmmm. There seems to be no pattern I can discern. I am a woodworker
by trade and not a computer guy or a machine fix it guy. A newbie...

Any Ideas?? or is there anyone near Tucson, can and will be happy to pay for help.

Also I am using mach 3 with a computer running XP

any help greatly appreciated.

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General Mach Discussion / Need Help with direction Control

« on: May 26, 2012, 05:29:22 PM »

Hi All, My name is Mark and I live in Tucson Arizona. I have a 4' x 4'
cnc router I believe its a Private made or home built machine that is using
Keling Technologies nema 23 H2100-30-4B stepper motors and Keling microstep drivers KL-5042 with Sound Logic breaker board.

The problem is (and I have been using this machine for a year, without incident) is that today when It cuts a part it goes the wrong direction in
the X axis only and only about half the time. Kind of it or miss. I tried
swapping motors with the same result and swapped out the drivers with the
same result. Checked all wires for tightness. and havent a clue what to do now. when moving in the X axis with the keyboard if I press left it goes left
stop and press left again and it goes left stop and press left again and it goes
Right. Hmmm. There seems to be no pattern I can discern. I am a woodworker
by trade and not a computer guy or a machine fix it guy. A newbie...

Any Ideas?? or is there anyone near Tucson, can and will be happy to pay for help.

Also I am using mach 3 with a computer running XP

any help greatly appreciated.