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General Mach Discussion / Re: Pin Test

« on: September 05, 2016, 01:24:49 AM »

Welcome to the forum.

Something is not quite right there as pins 18 to 25 are defined as signal GND so I think they should all be at the same potential (they are all at the same potential on my PC but perhaps some PC's are different ?).

Please see section 4 of the Mach3 manual http://www.machsupport.com/help-learning/product-manuals/

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: M4 Licence Clarification

« on: September 04, 2016, 06:15:08 AM »

What I really need to know is whether it is permissible to have two active copies,
one on my machine controller and another on my laptop for test/development
purposes but not actually running a machine?

That is just fine (It's exactly what I do  ).

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Need setup help for smoothstepper and C25S BOB

« on: September 02, 2016, 03:17:50 AM »

This thread continues here http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,33197.0.html

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!

« on: September 02, 2016, 03:13:12 AM »

My name is LARRY James I'm NEW TO THIS FORUM I would like to enter my questions in the correct forum I'm trying to setup a 7x14 mini lathe with stepper motors my motors have a 1/16 micro step I have been told multiply 16x200 which equals 3200 MY LEAD SCREW HAS 8 THREADS PER INCH which would equal 25,6000 i would like to verify these numbers to see if they are correct could I get someones help with this the docs in Mach4 say that 200 is for mm and not for standard

Hi Larry,

Your figures are almost correct (you made a typo - we all do that  )

Your stepper motor has 200 steps per revolution, your driver is set to operate in 1/16th microsteps (200 x 16 = 3200 steps per revolution). Your lead screw has 8 turns per inch so 3200 x 8 = 25600 steps per unit (the figure to be entered in Motor Tuning).

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: It's alive

« on: September 02, 2016, 01:29:49 AM »

Does this forum allow photos?

Use the Reply tab (not Quick Reply) then Additional Options will let you choose a file, photo, etc. to attach (n.b. the attachment has to have a unique name).

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 logic help

« on: September 01, 2016, 03:44:07 AM »

Just out of curiosity what values do you have set for Velocity and Acceleration for the X and Y axes in the Mach3 Motor Tuning ?
Are you using the Parallel Port or an external motion controller ?

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Need Help!- DYNA MYTE DM4800C VMC MITSUBISHI MELDAS CONTROLLER

« on: September 01, 2016, 01:49:53 AM »

This thread may be of interest; http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=19480.0

Tweakie.

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Share Your GCode / Re: Model Boat Stand

« on: August 31, 2016, 09:16:06 AM »

Excellent work, thanks for sharing.

Tweakie.

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Building or Buying a Wood routing table.. Beginnners guide.. / MOVED: Mach4 G code problem (G01 is being ignored).

« on: August 31, 2016, 01:40:31 AM »

This topic has been moved to Mach4 General Discussion.

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=33188.0

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 500 lines and quits

« on: August 31, 2016, 01:24:19 AM »

Once you have established that Mach3 is the product for you then you can obtain a license from here; http://www.machsupport.com/shop/mach3/
The license then removes the 500 line limit.

Tweakie.