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General Mach Discussion / Re: Connection of Mach3 to TB6600 Drivers

« on: September 25, 2017, 01:33:43 AM »

It’s all looking good John 

(As you progress I think you will find that there is too much flex in the unsupported rails – at some later date, changing to the fully supported type will make a considerable difference in performance).

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Connection of Mach3 to TB6600 Drivers

« on: September 24, 2017, 11:13:48 AM »

I take it I need to connect both 0 volt lines of the 2 power supplies

In my opinion - Yes.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Connection of Mach3 to TB6600 Drivers

« on: September 24, 2017, 07:16:56 AM »

Hi John,

I suggest you do not ground 0Volts to case unless you have established that you will not create any GND loops. Your case should be connected to protective Earth and (depending on your configuration) 0Volts is often connected to GND by the electronics of the BoB or drivers.
GND and Earth should really be treated as two different circuits.

Just a thought.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Cutting / Engraving only the Fill ?

« on: September 24, 2017, 04:12:46 AM »

The F-Engrave’s V-Carve or B-Carve toolpath can also be used with a straight bit (see Scorch’s pdf’s) and this will cut the ‘fill’.

Alternately, CAD/CAM software, such as Vectric (http://www.vectric.com/), generally includes ‘pocket’ toolpath creation which will also do the same job.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Connection of Mach3 to TB6600 Drivers

« on: September 24, 2017, 03:53:34 AM »

Hi John,

Don’t be too disheartened – I have used quite a few of those TB6600 drivers in different projects and found them to be pretty reliable. OK, Gecko is better but use what you have until such time as you wish to move up.

For smooth CNC operation I would recommend that you use 1/8th microsteps (1600 steps per rev.) and or course, never exceed the motors specified current rating. Also don’t disconnect or connect a motor whilst the drive is powered-up.

I can’t answer the question about your BoB and driver’s current requirements with any certainty but I am not aware of anyone else finding the 400mA limit of USB2 ever causing a problem.

Which BoB are you using ?

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Hall of shame

« on: September 24, 2017, 01:49:05 AM »

Hi Wong,

Many Mach3 licenses were sold by authorized dealers under a Serial number system rather than the Name system that Artsoft used when selling directly to their customers.
I don’t believe there is currently any system in place for changing a license, however, your serial number license will work perfectly as it is and you have no need to be concerned.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 in KX1

« on: September 23, 2017, 03:07:45 AM »

This thread continues here; http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,35646.msg243933.html#new

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: 5 axis simultaneous machining

« on: September 23, 2017, 01:52:09 AM »

This thread refers;  http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,32107.0.html

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Interference with axis motors

« on: September 23, 2017, 01:38:03 AM »

somewhere over the weekend ill strip the pci card out take pics and reload windows 10 pro 64bit my hdd is fd up do im replacing it with a ssd then ill document the whole prosess ... if that will please the court..ill take screen shots as i go and if it was a fluke so be it if it wasnt ill figure it out and hopefully be able to help some blokes out

Hi Mav,

I would certainly be interested in seeing the results.

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: G-Code Question

« on: September 22, 2017, 10:48:46 AM »

There was an issue with operation of the M11/M10 commands that was fixed from version .057 onwards.

Download and install (over the top of your existing installation) version .062 ftp://anonymous:guest@ftp.machsupport.com/Mach3/Mach3Version3.043.062.exe
No settings should be lost but make a backup of your existing Mach3 folder (just in case).

Tweakie.