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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 & New Vanguard 7200

« on: June 16, 2011, 02:22:13 AM »

You will still need a controller between the computer and the machine but Mach3 is capable of controlling all the machine functions you will require. However, there is quite a lot of work involved in replacing, modifying or refitting a machine controller and getting it all set up correctly - It is not difficult to do, just takes time.
There are many threads on the forum detailing refits of various machines and perhaps a while reading others experiences may help.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: VFD and motor voltages

« on: June 15, 2011, 12:39:30 PM »

Best you read your VFD manual and "How to connect a motor" - if you experiment, as you suggest, you could loose both your motor and your VFD.

Henk explains dual voltage motors here http://www.scribd.com/doc/22398221/Star-Delta-Starting-and-Dual-Voltage-Motors-Explained

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: VFD and motor voltages

« on: June 15, 2011, 12:11:46 PM »

Where do you get 110v from ?

There are only 3 outputs and it is 240v between each output making the output 240v, 3 phase.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: VFD and motor voltages

« on: June 15, 2011, 12:09:41 PM »

I agree with Hood  240V

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: VFD and motor voltages

« on: June 15, 2011, 11:53:36 AM »

Katoh,

Mains 3 phase is 415v between each phase wire. (In turn each phase wire is 240v to Neutral).

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: G code for Bobcad v24 + Mach3 + Gecko G540

« on: June 15, 2011, 11:06:00 AM »

Well done Ed.
Sounds like you are going to have great fun with that machine once you get it all fixed up.
Don't forget to post some pictures of stuff you make, we all love pictures. 

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: G code for Bobcad v24 + Mach3 + Gecko G540

« on: June 15, 2011, 08:27:14 AM »

Ed,

It would perhaps be of help others if you could explain the answer to the problem. 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 4th axis setup

« on: June 15, 2011, 03:18:49 AM »

I think you may need to change to Incremental mode to achieve that. Change the G90 to G91 on the first line.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: How to create Special Character Symbol "B" as a Beta on mach3 ?

« on: June 15, 2011, 01:29:21 AM »

I don't think you can do that as I have never actually seen the β character in any of the write wizard fonts.

It should be available in most CAD/CAM programs, that would perhaps be the way to go.

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: CAD/CAM for Hobby Level Bench Mill

« on: June 15, 2011, 01:13:18 AM »

Hi Peter,

Good to hear that you are on your way. 

Tweakie.