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Third party software and hardware support forums. / maxNC mill

« on: August 30, 2013, 05:09:04 PM »

i changed the motor on my max nc mill and am trying to utilize a solid state relay on port 1, pin 1, ouptut 1 to turn the motor on and off.  When i line enter, or create gcode, with m3, I cannot get pin 1 to go high.  The diagnostics screen blinks output 1, but voltage measurements on the pin do not change ~0.  I have configured the output screen and spindle set-up screen.  Any thoughts?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Setting up MaxNC T2

« on: August 27, 2013, 08:29:58 PM »

did anyone figure out how to make a maxnc t2 lathe work with mach3?

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FAQs / Re: mach3 and maxnc 15 OL

« on: May 28, 2013, 08:17:54 PM »

Thanks guys - i appreciate the feedback.  Good suggestion on a larger stepper for z - will certainly look into it.  Thanks again!!

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FAQs / Re: mach3 and maxnc 15 OL

« on: May 27, 2013, 07:48:50 PM »

OK - weight of the z-axis.  slowed the stepper down slightly and works great.  Need to build a counterbalance for the z-axis, then I can speed the feed back up.

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FAQs / Re: mach3 and maxnc 15 OL

« on: May 27, 2013, 05:53:07 PM »

Well ----- it worked once.....  LOL

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FAQs / Re: mach3 and maxnc 15 OL

« on: May 27, 2013, 05:16:00 PM »

Changed my motor timing slightly (acceleration value so it ramped more), and changed pulse freq. from 1 micro sec to 5 micro sec - seemed to fix the issue!!!

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FAQs / mach3 and maxnc 15 OL

« on: May 27, 2013, 03:14:00 PM »

I have been using mach3 and the maxnc15 for over a year - 2D cutting with no problems.  I am beginning to experiment 3d cutting with cut3d.  My problem is - my maxnc seems to loose track of 0 height on the z axis.  All other axis' seem to be fine, but the z axis seems to go too deep after a while.  If I stop the program, and return the cutter to 0, mach3 says it is at 0, but my bit is below my original 0 surface.  It starts out fine, and cuts fine for a while, then seems like it looses track of itself.  Any suggestions?