Topics

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General Mach Discussion / MPG question

« on: April 13, 2006, 04:21:22 PM »

Trying to figure out which style MPG I need.

Would I want the electronics type to be which of the following
Line Driver 5vdc
Open-Collector
Voltage

And what supply voltage would I want?

Tim

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General Mach Discussion / On to the next step

« on: April 04, 2006, 07:21:22 PM »

Well I got my motors and everything working great now. I did some cnc work on my lathe this weekend by just hand coding the g code and it worked great. But now I want to add some home switchs so I dont have to adjust my code everytime. Can you guys give me some pointers on which brand and model home switchs and a spindle sensor would be good for a sieg lathe?

Thanks, Tim

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General Mach Discussion / Need help configuring axis please

« on: April 02, 2006, 06:27:34 PM »

On my lathe I am reusing the stock cross slide screw and I am not positive how to set it up.

I have learned that the cross slide moves .0394 per revolution.

The motor is direct coupled to the screw.

My stepper driver uses 8 micro steps

Do I need more info than this?
I came up with 40,608 Mach 3 steps per unit.

Thanks, Tim

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General Mach Discussion / Jogging

« on: March 27, 2006, 02:46:44 AM »

For some reason I cannot get my motors to jog except with Jog INC on. When jog INC is on I can make the motors move incremental or I can fast move them using ********* + arrow key. But, with jog INC off and regular jog on I cant get them to move with or without holding the shift key down. Any thoughts?

Tim