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I am installing my VFD for spindle control and I'm using the C6 board from CNC4PC and it says in motor tuning under spindle to change the step pulse to 3. Well this changes the step pulses on my X Y and Z axis from 0 to 3 as well, what will this do to the other axis'. Thanks.

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Mach Screens / Objects Jump Around, Help.
« on: April 15, 2009, 04:25:39 AM »
So this may just be one of the many quirks of Mach Screen 4, but I'm woking on just changing the look of the interface and when I click on buttons to change the graphic it makes other objects jump around on the screen. I mean a whole bunch of graphics will shift to different locations. For some weird reason it only becomes very persistent after I've changed a lot of stuff from the standard. I save very often and when I reopen I immediately save the file and change the version number as I get lots of things jumping around.

So for instance I'll work on changing a few button graphics on a a standard 1024.set file and everything will be fine. I'll save it, then work on it more, the more I get away from the original look I get more objects jumping around. So in the beggining when working on a new look I can change a few things before the objects start shifting, when they do shift I already saved the file, close down screens4, restart, get a few more things done and so on, but then I get to the point where I've change a lot of things then when I reopen the program I can't change anything without the objects jumping around, thereby I can only get so far into making a new look when it's always buggy and I can't progress. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

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General Mach Discussion / Backlash Comp doing weird things.
« on: April 01, 2009, 08:14:01 PM »
I've got my BP clone CNC conversion up and running and I'm getting about .0005 backlash and want to use the Mach Backlash Comp function but when I turn it on and then move let's say Y5 in MDI, it spins fast for a second, then spins slow then spins at normal speed until it reaches the coordinates. What's going on here? Thanks.

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I posted this on CNCzone today but thought I'd post it here too as I need to get my machine tuned correctly; plus I've watched some vids on youtube and now I know it's not running smoothly.

OK, I've used my cnc for a while now, about 1 year, but now I'm finally cutting my guitar stuff and I want to make sure everything is working the way it's supposed to.

When moving during a run the sound of the motors are jerky sounding and when looking at the ballscrews during the run they move in a somewhat jerky motion. Now the cuts seem pretty smooth and since I've never owned or used a CNC machine before I'm not sure if this is correct movement. So if you all can look at the video and tell me that's normal or not I would appreciate it. The sound is going to be the key as it's hard to see the motion of the machine, it's just cutting air I've turned off the router. The video is 15mb. I'll include my G-code for this particular run that you are watching to see if it's that. Its not jerky during straight runs.

Video: http://www.smokeproductions.com/cnc.avi

A little background on the machine, home built. Keling 425oz steppers, Keling 8078 Drivers, 48V 6.5A PS, Roton Ball Screws, Mach 3 V2.63, 10,000 steps per inch, 72IPM maximum and 10 acceleration for motor tuning. I just thought during a run it would run smooth during curves in a fluid motion?

After reading on here about the CV stuff I went back and took note of my CV settings: Motion Mode CV, CV Dist Tol. 180 is checked and G100 Adaptive is checked.

So what setting should I be using and is that my problem? Thanks so much in advance.

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Video P*r*o*b*i*n*g / Webcam while running Mach
« on: February 22, 2008, 01:38:51 PM »
Not sure if this is the correct place but here it goes. Mach 3 is first off awesome. The only glitch, which really isn't a glitch, is that if I have Mach on and the machine, if I minimize Mach, let's say to open a cad program to do some work it will mess up the CNC. It reversed the Z axis when I unminimize Mach from the taskbar. Anyway, I figure that's normal as the computer is being dedicated to running a CNC machine.

SO the question I have is if I'm running a webcam as an edge finder, I got it off here from Zarul, will that affect Mach? Probably not as a lot of people are using them here. So if it doesn't affect Mach will using over my network affect Mach? I have my CNC in the garage and sometime run 3 hour programs and don't want to sit there so if I hook it up that way so I can watch the CNC from my office will that adversely affect Mach. Thanks.

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