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General Mach Discussion / Re: Neuractor and Mach 3. Will it work?

« on: February 21, 2011, 10:02:06 PM »

that was it alenz.  Thanks for your help. I actually got it to work when I dripped the acceleration down to 10.  anything above 12 starts the chattering and humming with no motor movement.  But hey IT WORKS.  Thanks again. 
Isidro

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Neuractor and Mach 3. Will it work?

« on: February 19, 2011, 07:47:38 PM »

Thanks hood.  I solved this with your suggestion.  No signal at the printer port so I re-installed and rebooted the system and suddenly the motors came to life.  Now I have another problem.  When I jog or when the program moves it on X, Y or Z, The first few pulses moves the stepper motor but after the first few pulses the motor just sits and hums until teh program indicates the it has reached it's destination. 

My thought was that the pulses to the motor are coming too fast for the motor to interpret.  Is that a logical or even possible probability?  If so, is there a way to slow the signal to the motor down a bit?

Thanks,
Isidro

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General Mach Discussion / Neuractor and Mach 3. Will it work?

« on: February 13, 2011, 08:43:26 PM »

Hi to all,
My name is Isidro.  I am a self taught jeweler and I like to make things.  Probably like most of you, I want to make things using a CNC setup.  I put together an ancient CNC kit called a NEURACTOR CNC SYSTEM 300-700 many years ago.  I actually made some parts with it but now I have a different computer and would like to run it with MACH 3.  I am not sure what the problem is but it does not seem to get any signals from the printer port.  Any ideas?  Does anyone have one of these dinosaurs that actually runs with Mach 3?  Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!

« on: February 07, 2011, 03:48:59 AM »

Hi to all,
My name is Isidro.  I am a self taught jeweler and I like to make things.  Probably like most of you, I want to make things using a CNC setup.  I put together an ancient CNC kit called a NEURACTOR CNC SYSTEM 300-700 many years ago.  I actually made some parts with it but now I have a different computer and would like to run it with MACH 3.  I am not sure what the problem is but it does not seem to get any signals from the printer port.  Any ideas?  Does anyone have one of these dinosaurs that actually runs with Mach 3?  Any help will be greatly appreciated.