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General Mach Discussion / Re: unit issues.

« on: February 26, 2018, 01:38:12 AM »

I have been struggling with getting my Taig MicroProto mill running reliably. It seems that every time I go to use the mill, new problems arise. The first time that I was able to get the unit running, it worked great for about a day. The next time that I went to use the mill, I noticed that the inline fuse in the controll box failed each time I turned on the machine. I thought this might suggest a short somewhere in the circuit, but after having someone with an electrical background look at it, we couldn’t see anything that was wrong. Does anyone know why this is happening every time I turn on the machine? Is this a voltage issue? I tried adjusting the potentiometer but nothing seems to make a difference. Could the motors be bad and causing a short?

It could possibly be 'inrush current' - try using a 'slow-blow' fuse of the correct rating.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Spindle control from Mach3

« on: February 25, 2018, 04:17:11 AM »

The available documentation on the HX-WS400 is almost non-existent but it does appear to accept a 5Volt PWM for speed control. My best suggestion is that you set-up Mach3 to output a PWM on an output pin then try connecting this to your controller.

You may find this thread and the associated links of interest. http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,27447.0.html

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New Version of MachProfile

« on: February 24, 2018, 07:40:31 AM »

Your Mach Profile is something I have never tried but I will now. Thanks Klaus for all your excellent work.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New Version of Edgefinder

« on: February 24, 2018, 07:38:20 AM »

As always, such excellent wok Klaus. Thank you for sharing.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New version of Camera plugin

« on: February 24, 2018, 07:35:18 AM »

Excellent work Klaus, thank you for sharing.

Tweakie.

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Third party software and hardware support forums. / Re: Z-Axis not responding / moving - Help debugging

« on: February 24, 2018, 02:03:41 AM »

Sorry guys, my mistake - I was picking up the wrong .xml file at my end.

As John suspects, it could be bad pins on the parallel card or the BoB.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Bridgeport Knee Mill Conversion?

« on: February 23, 2018, 07:46:44 AM »

Of course, some idiot ordered the wrong tool holders and didn't notice, ER16 instead of ER20

There is no answer to that Dave - just keep taking the medication (in my case Beer - and lots of it  )

Tweakie.

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Third party software and hardware support forums. / Re: Z-Axis not responding / moving - Help debugging

« on: February 23, 2018, 01:37:30 AM »

Hi John,

Bottom right of the main Mach3 screen is your Profile.

Look in your mach3 folder for the file which has this Profile.xml

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Laser Diode Issue. I can control it but gcode can't

« on: February 23, 2018, 01:33:08 AM »

The M7/M9 commands are too slow for switching - it will create a 'dot' at the start and end of every line engraved. The M11/M10 commands were created to overcome this problem and that is really the direction you should be taking.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z Zero Probe problem with script

« on: February 22, 2018, 06:36:43 AM »

Hi LSGuy,

I have never had any problems using the G31 command ( my Auto Tool Zero is probably used >100 times a day ) but over the years many have reported difficulties of one sort or another. I don't think the exact reason for these problems will ever be discovered but I would be interested to hear from you if your problems return.

Tweakie.