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General Mach Discussion / Re: Vortech router run Mach3

« on: July 18, 2011, 01:49:32 AM »

To add to the last posting..

Did you change any of these settings ?

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: New/Update CNC Machine Brain Storm...

« on: July 17, 2011, 12:05:05 PM »

Hi Cosha,

This thread has gone very quiet lately - How are you getting on with your rebuild ? 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Vortech router run Mach3

« on: July 17, 2011, 11:56:05 AM »

I understand your frustration but you have to be more precise here if we are to be of any help.

Please read my previous post again - You said the spindle was working and you changed some settings then it didn't work.
What settings did you change exactly ?

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Stepper Motor problem

« on: July 17, 2011, 11:03:19 AM »

Steppers use a Step signal and a Direction signal. The Direction signal is either high (+5V) for one direction of rotation or low (0V) for the other direction. If the Direction signal is missing or shorted then the the motor will only run in one direction.
It is also possible to have a motor with one wire not connected behave in this manner. With everything switched off check all your electrical connections thoroughly.

Hope this helps.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Stepper Motor problem

« on: July 17, 2011, 08:39:02 AM »

I have 5mm pitch ballscrews, 200 step motors @ 1/8 microstep and my steps per mm are set at 320. 
You are spot-on Rene.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: pocket wizard

« on: July 17, 2011, 08:08:39 AM »

Hi Lotusman,

Welcome to the forum.

I can't help much with the pocket wizard but It would be great if you could post some pictures of your CNC table addition to your manual knee mill, please. 

Tweakie.

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Tangent Corner / Re: Ooops !

« on: July 17, 2011, 07:24:25 AM »

i could go on about this speaker wire thing thinking of taking a pic so you guys can start a topic about us newbies and the stupid stuff we do. i think we all might get a laugh out of it 

Hi Mikee,

I don't think anyone would laugh because we have all been there, once or twice. In reality, everything seems so incredibly easy after we understand it.
A list of beginners mistakes may be an extremely good idea as it could help newcomers quite a lot.
Your speaker wire and the diagnostics LED's are not, I think, related as I have not got the diagnostic LED's to work properly on my system for the last 6 Months or so (they used to work once but don't any more).

Tweakie.

nb. Have you thought about keeping Water Buffalo and planting Rice ?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Breathing New Life Back Into a Shopbot PRT 48 X 96 CNC Router

« on: July 17, 2011, 04:26:59 AM »

Sound like a good job done John.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Stepper Motor problem

« on: July 17, 2011, 04:23:52 AM »

Hi Rene,

Welcome to the forum.

Thoroughly check the electrical connections for your Z Axis motor.
Check that you have the Step and Direction pins configured correctly in Config / Ports & Pins / Motor Outputs.

Under Config / Motor Tuning, select the Z Axis and set the Velocity to a low value. Using the up / down keyboard arrow keys you should be able to jog the Z Axis. Repeat this Increasing the Velocity bit at a time until the axis just stalls then reduce the Velocity figure by about 30% then save your settings.

Hope this helps.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: RUN Button LED Blinks

« on: July 17, 2011, 04:12:52 AM »

Please excuse the brain error - in the above post GB should read GHz. 

Tweakie.