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General Mach Discussion / Attaching a e-stop button to maxnc??

« on: June 29, 2006, 12:32:45 PM »

Hello, i have a maxnc unit and i was woundering if anyone knew how i can attach a emergency stop button on to it (without cutting any of its wires or opening it up). I already have a button but i dont know where to hook it up.

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General Mach Discussion / Conversion software??

« on: May 05, 2006, 11:34:30 PM »

HEy, I was woundering if anyone had any good ideas of a good program thats free that i could download so i can convert files from solidworks into something usful in mach. I cant use dxf because i want to make the things have depth and stuff and i dont know how to make depth and the 3d sort of thing unless i use solidworks.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: BEst controller or driver to use w/mach3

« on: May 03, 2006, 06:13:54 PM »

k... nevermind i got it

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General Mach Discussion / Re: BEst controller or driver to use w/mach3

« on: May 03, 2006, 06:10:52 PM »

hey your webpage isnt working right..... id really like to se that movie though........

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General Mach Discussion / BEst controller or driver to use w/mach3

« on: May 02, 2006, 08:47:05 PM »

what is the best controller setup to use excluding the gecko drives because they cost too much. I was thinking about that hobby cnc kit but do those work with mach3 and are those any good?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: MaxNC not working!! No movement.

« on: May 02, 2006, 06:03:57 PM »

ok so i put an led into the pins 5 and 4 on which are the y axis and when i tapped the jogg buttons it turned the light on and then it when off after i pushed it but then sometimes it would stay on untill i tapped it again. So i think my ports are all working and everything but im not sure why my motors arnt moving. Also, theres a pic of my motors and controller just incase.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: MaxNC not working!! No movement.

« on: May 02, 2006, 03:25:42 PM »

ya i dont have that......anything else i can do??

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General Mach Discussion / Re: MaxNC not working!! No movement.

« on: May 02, 2006, 01:38:09 PM »

actually i recieved this from my uncle and he lost the software so we called and they said they would send us the software but when they did i guess they didnt send us all of the software.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: MaxNC not working!! No movement.

« on: May 02, 2006, 12:15:14 PM »

is there anything else i can do, i dont have the little resister or whatever to put on a led to test my pins. Also just to remind you i have encoders and i was woundering if you have to setup the pins and ports for those even though you dont have to set them up for the motors (because of the maxnc mode)

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General Mach Discussion / Re: MaxNC not working!! No movement.

« on: May 01, 2006, 05:24:49 PM »

it moves the numbers , like the coordinates or watever but it doesnt move the motors or anything. do you have a msn or aim???