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General Mach Discussion / Re: almost Newbie lost x axis movement

« on: February 16, 2013, 07:53:00 PM »

Thanks Hood,
I will try hooking it up to a different computer.
Thanks again,
Norm

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General Mach Discussion / Re: almost Newbie lost x axis movement

« on: February 15, 2013, 02:53:59 PM »

Hi Hood,
I swapped pin assignments.  when I jog the x axis Z moves, when I jog the z axis nothing moves.  The DRO responds in both Axis.
Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again,
Norm

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General Mach Discussion / Re: almost Newbie lost x axis movement

« on: February 15, 2013, 10:39:01 AM »

HI Brett,
The Tool does not move, however the DRO does show the x-axis moving.
Thanks again,
Norm

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General Mach Discussion / Re: almost Newbie lost x axis movement

« on: February 14, 2013, 09:00:22 PM »

Sorry again for sending the old file last time.  This is the latest version.  I will make the ESTOP a priority.
Thanks again for the continued support.
Norm

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General Mach Discussion / Re: almost Newbie lost x axis movement

« on: February 14, 2013, 03:11:31 PM »

Thanks Brett,
Currently, I am using the toogle switch on the Sherline driver box for my ESTOP as suggested by Sherline but only for testing it out.  I will set up an ESTOP shortly and most likely run it through a second printer port.  Thanks for the suggestion it is a very high priority to me also.
I will look again at motor outputs but it appears as that X and Z are enabled and set up on port 1 using 5 & 4 for X and 7&6 for Z.  I will go back through it tomorrow.  I am hoping I didn't send you the old xml file.
Thanks again,
Norm

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General Mach Discussion / Re: almost Newbie lost x axis movement

« on: February 14, 2013, 08:13:19 AM »

Hopefully this is not the third repeat,
Just having a few problems a t this point.
Here is the xml.
Sorry,
Norm

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General Mach Discussion / Re: almost Newbie lost x axis movement

« on: February 13, 2013, 04:56:12 PM »

Tried that and I gained the X axis and lost the Z axis.
Thanks, at least I can rule out hardware now.
Thanks again,
Norm

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General Mach Discussion / Re: almost Newbie lost x axis movement

« on: February 13, 2013, 04:48:20 PM »

Thanks Rich,
I will try that right now.
Norm

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General Mach Discussion / almost Newbie lost x axis movement

« on: February 13, 2013, 04:26:19 PM »

 
Hi all,
I was thrilled to have the little Sherline Lathe up and running and I machined a miniature baseball bat. 
I moved the setup from home to school but when I went to demonstrate it to one of the other teachers I lost the X axis.  I have lots of spare parts so I replaced the driver box, stepper motor and all cables, thinking that something had been pulled apart in the move.  No luck, and I can not identify any changes in the configuration screens
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have attached the xml file in case someone can see the problem there.
Thanks again,
Norm

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Newbie Looking for help Re: Sherline advice or documentation

« on: February 08, 2013, 11:05:34 AM »

Sorry,
That should have been thanks Brett and Hood.
Thanks again for taking the time to respond to such basic problems.
Norm