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General Mach Discussion / Re: Motor tuning in Mach Turn

« on: March 09, 2014, 11:48:02 PM »

NM... fixed the problem. Was something odd in the hotkeys. They were all set to 999

Tks again!@!!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Motor tuning in Mach Turn

« on: March 09, 2014, 10:54:08 PM »

Tks Hood!!!

Worked perfectly!!!

Except... the motor hums along... but the DRO for the X-axis doesn't increment up or down. The Z-axis is working correctly.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Motor tuning in Mach Turn

« on: March 08, 2014, 10:28:37 AM »

I'm using the same hardware and PC. The only difference is whether it's Mill or Turn.

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General Mach Discussion / Motor tuning in Mach Turn

« on: March 07, 2014, 08:44:03 PM »

Hello all;

I recently upgraded my Unimat SL1000 to CNC and installed Mach 3. Using the online documentation and tutorial videos, I had no problem setting up Mach Mill with my computer/lathe(mill)/TB6560 board. Everything came together nicely and sounds awesome.

Mach turn is another story... because I tuned in Mach Mill first I tried to carry over the tuning settings in Mach Turn; but no matter what I try, the motors sound horrible. Since it works fine in Mill... I am guessing it's a setup issue with Turn, but I can't figure out what is wrong.

I searched the forums for a tutorial on Mach Turn and couldn't find anything... if someone has any ideas or can direct me in the right direction I'd be most appreciative.

cheers;

Alan.

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

« on: March 07, 2014, 08:34:40 PM »

Hello all;

My name is Alan Campbell. I'm a retired Canadian serviceman and amateur machinist. I took an introductory course in machining in the 80's while in high school and always loved the idea of setting up my own small shop.

I bought a Unimat SL1000 a couple years ago and began learning using online tutorials, and trial and error. I recently completed upgrading it to CNC and now look forward to a new level of hobby machining.