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Many thanks Brett....I now wondering if I'm back to front!!  Off into the cold!!

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Hello All

I'm Richard Hallett from Wolverhampton, UK.  I make shavings and sawdust with the occasional piece from my old and trusty Multico Pro-Mec ( A sort of pre-historic Shopsmith) . It's a Pussy cat now having been updated to 3 phase on an Inverter and is totally controllable. I fancied going down the CNC Avenue (nobody told me it was a Cul-de Sac) as an add on to the hobby and if I knew then what I know now!!!!!

I'm sure that all you knowledgeable folk on the Forum, you won't let us Newbies drown but please...all you Technophiles....keep it easy and simple, just like us Newbies for us Newbies!!


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Hi everyone
I'm new to the world of CNC.   ???  I have purchased a new (English)  CNC that came with a Chinese board. Endless problems, I scrapped the board and purchased the GECKO 540. Installed fine, running MACH 3. Everything works except that as soon as I run a programme, the re-gen appears to work ok but upon starting the programme, the machine trundles off the the far right hand corner and wants to start machining from there, even overrunning the motors (they have no stops)....would like to set the home to zero but unable without switches ...any suggestions here, I would be grateful (not too tech though please!). I suspected that the axis's were going further than the measure....changed the setting via automatic..great..bang on. It was x 2 the actual, if that makes sense. I know enough to use Mach 3 as I have made several items from the old board but the running and accuracy was all to pot....Very strange...loaded the "Roadrunner" today and that seem to machine ok although I do not know what size should be!!! as machined this before adjusting. Any suggestions would be really appreciated before I'm sent to "Shady Pines"

I'm using Vectric Pro 6.5 software for designs etc.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Getting motors to run opposite direction
« on: March 12, 2013, 11:13:42 AM »
Genuis....To a newbie to CNC..such information is valuable. Many thanks

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Hello
My name is Richard. Wolverhampton UK. Just retired from Lubricants Industry and need to catch up with all that I have missed so far. I know nothing of CNC operation, but it's always fascinated me so I've now got my toe in the water....bought a cnc router and that's everyone up to date!! At the moment...I just look at it!

Hobbies: Renewed from early age...model boats. DIY (when necessary) woodturning, woodworking,  etc etc. Anything mechanical. You name it.

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