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General Mach Discussion / DC Motor as Rotational axis

« on: March 28, 2011, 12:21:41 AM »

I have a DC motor that I would like to run as a 4th axis Rotational. This is not for speed. It is to rotate stock.  It has a gear box with a 660 to 1 ratio.  nice and slow.  How do I get Mach to run it as an axis? the motor has 3 wires one for each direction of movement and another that does nothing. I assume it is another ground of some sort.

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General Mach Discussion / Spindle

« on: March 21, 2011, 11:47:49 PM »

Can some one walk me through the spindle set up. I have been using a router and now have a spindle and do not have a clue how to get it to work.