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General Mach Discussion / Re: Tuning keling motors in Mach3

« on: May 12, 2007, 05:15:52 PM »

Thanks guys,

The CPU is a very capable AMD processor, I believe the clock speed is around 2.2ghz. The computer is very minimalist with only Mach3 and Vcarve installed. lat night I got the motors turning but they were still slow, jerky, and skipping steps. Any more ideas?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Tuning keling motors in Mach3

« on: May 11, 2007, 11:48:57 PM »

Hi,

Thanks for the great answer above, however, the motors are still not turning how they should. I got them to the best point that I could, but compared to when I ran them in EMC linux the difference was huge. In EMC they still run great while in mach3 they are still just struggling along. I'm almost at the end of my wits with this program.

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General Mach Discussion / Tuning keling motors in Mach3

« on: May 06, 2007, 10:16:10 PM »

Hey everyone, I'm new to the forums here.

I recently purchased three 305 oz. motors, model number KL23H286-20-8B from Keling Inc. They are great motors, and they work very well with my hobby CNC board. However, I am having some problems getting them tuned properly in Mach3. I am running the motors at 24v and 2.0 amps, and they are wired unipolar on a chopper circuit (the hobbycnc board). However, I can't get the motors to turn without going very slowly and choppily, all the while making horrible noises. When I run the motors in EMC linux everything works fine. Maybe someone could recomend the settings for me under the "Motor Tuning" section of the program?
 
Thanks a ton for your help, I'm a 9th grade student building a CNC machine for a school project.