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General Mach Discussion / Re: Chinese motor controller

« on: February 29, 2016, 01:44:20 AM »

The Gecko G540 comes to mind http://www.geckodrive.com/geckodrive-step-motor-drives/g540.html

Tweakie.

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Tangent Corner / Re: Dogs are smart ?

« on: February 28, 2016, 12:05:46 PM »

 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Stepper motor acting funny

« on: February 28, 2016, 12:02:38 PM »

Sounds like an excellent result Beni - good fortune with linuxCNC.

Tweakie.

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FAQs / Re: Wiring Limit, Home and E-Stop Switches

« on: February 28, 2016, 11:59:31 AM »

At your controller end you should have a single point Earth connection - that is where all wiring shields should be connected.

Tweakie.

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Offset malfunction

« on: February 28, 2016, 11:35:22 AM »

I bought SolidCam but would aslo like to try any free package. Which one would you recomend?

There are so many to choose from you will just have to look around. It's a few years ago now but I used G-Simple when I started out http://gsimple.eu/

Tweakie.

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FAQs / Re: Wiring Limit, Home and E-Stop Switches

« on: February 28, 2016, 11:26:11 AM »

Connect the shield to Earth at the controller end only and see if that helps.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Chinese motor controller

« on: February 28, 2016, 08:23:05 AM »

Further thoughts…

Those TB6600 drivers have a bad reputation, probably because there are a number of sub-standard clones being sold, but I have used 8 of them recently without issue. You have to open then up to check for solder blobs etc. and adequate heat sink goo and it is also good practice to fit an insulator between the back of the pcb and the heat sink but other than that I have found them to perform well.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Chinese motor controller

« on: February 28, 2016, 08:14:11 AM »

Hi Dave,

Ashamed to admit it but I buy a lot of electronic stuff from China and I always allow for a 20% reject rate (it's cheap but still comes out on the plus side).

Tweakie.

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Tangent Corner / Dogs are smart ?

« on: February 28, 2016, 07:42:12 AM »

A very good friend of mine, in the Netherlands, reminded me this morning...

"If you want the best seat in the house then you have to move the dog"

Is this the same in other countries around the world ??

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Upgrading Mach3-2010 to Mach3-2016

« on: February 28, 2016, 04:41:40 AM »

Your ‘Profile’ is shown at the bottom right of the main Mach screen (it is typically Mach3Mill).
The ‘Profile’.xml (typically Mach3Mill.xml) contains all you settings and this is located within the Mach3 folder which is located (typically) in your C: drive (use Windows Explorer).
Macro’s and Brains are within the Mach3 folder.

Tweakie.