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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!
« on: December 03, 2014, 01:09:19 AM »
Hello Forum-
60 yo male. I've been a machinist most of my life. Good with tools and mechanics. OK with wiring. I own several manual machines and a CNC Masters mill.
I've owned the CNC mill since 2011 and am very competent with programming and it's operation.
I am interested in replacing the CNC Master proprietary operating system in favor of Mach 3.
Here is my first problem: I understand the stepper motor gets pulses and moves the axis. Say, for example, you have a line of CNC code like G01 X1.0 F10.0 the motor will move the X axis one inch. But there are a lot of Black Boxes between the line of code and the stepper motor. Can someone provide a basic diagram of the "Black Boxes" please?
Thanks in advance.
60 yo male. I've been a machinist most of my life. Good with tools and mechanics. OK with wiring. I own several manual machines and a CNC Masters mill.
I've owned the CNC mill since 2011 and am very competent with programming and it's operation.
I am interested in replacing the CNC Master proprietary operating system in favor of Mach 3.
Here is my first problem: I understand the stepper motor gets pulses and moves the axis. Say, for example, you have a line of CNC code like G01 X1.0 F10.0 the motor will move the X axis one inch. But there are a lot of Black Boxes between the line of code and the stepper motor. Can someone provide a basic diagram of the "Black Boxes" please?
Thanks in advance.