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Polls / Re: What version of Mach are you using?

« on: November 07, 2006, 05:08:43 PM »

What will the G100 plugin give me ?
Using M3 2+ and luvin' it

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Manual Motor tuning

« on: November 07, 2006, 10:04:33 AM »

Thanks ..  Glad the frustration is over   

Heres a little tip for noobies Like me.
lol
To start the story I load the roadrunner and scale it down to fit on the chunk of aluminum I have in the vise.

After I realized all was well with the motor I decided to go to the Auto Step Cal thing to check distance ..  lol
Keep in mind I have the scale down setting still on the main page ..
LOL

I got to move the Z 2" and it moves 1/4" ??  I say WTH
I tell it that it moved a quarter inch and it set the step's per at about a Bizzilion LMAO

Then when I jogged the motor just laughed at me ..

Then it dawned me that scaling down the axis is a Global Thang' !!!   nuk

Lesson learned.
when auto Calibrating the steps per be DAMN sure scaling is at 1.00     

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Manual Motor tuning

« on: November 07, 2006, 08:27:43 AM »

Shizzam !!!!!   

Hooked up to the 24Volt PSU that stepper is Flawless !!!
Had a feeling it was a lack of tourqe thang'.
Thanks for all the help guys .

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Manual Motor tuning

« on: November 06, 2006, 04:15:34 PM »

I sorta thought that 

I'm gonna give it a whirl tonight .
Maybe I can sell enough of my 6061 stock to get a gecko !!
got about 100 Lbs of it

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Manual Motor tuning

« on: November 06, 2006, 02:05:11 PM »

I just hope its not a piece-O-Crap   nuk nuk

I cant even rub 2 nickles together right now much less spring for a Gecko !!

Im pondering putting the stepper drive on the 24V PSU I have for the servo's just to see
if it makes a differance.
Its unregulated and filtered , Same as the board specs.
It just makes me nervous as its a 20 AMP PSU .. And Im not sure it's "Linear"
Im an electronics dipstick.
Bad Idea   I can drop the amperage on the driver ..

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Manual Motor tuning

« on: November 06, 2006, 01:52:18 PM »

Dooh !!!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Manual Motor tuning

« on: November 06, 2006, 01:40:38 PM »

LMAO
Is that you selling the rig on EBay

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Manual Motor tuning

« on: November 06, 2006, 10:32:21 AM »

I'll give it a shot..
For Hood.
Heres the specs on the driver

 Standard 5V TTL CMOS Enable, Step and Direction inputs interface with virtually all step and direction controllers including Microchip PIC, Atmel AVR and PC parallel port CNC software.

 This state-of-the-art, high power drive is very conservatively rated at 6 amps per phase.

 Maximum step rate for this drive is over 200 KHz.

 Connecting the Enable input to Ground disables the outputs of the drive so stepper motor shaft could be rotated freely.

 High quality screw type terminal blocks with sliding pressure plates (will not fall apart when wire is removed) on all inputs and outputs, make connection to this drive very easy and reliable.

 Half or Full step operation is set with an on board jumper.

 Stepper motor current is adjustable from 1.5 to over 6 amps via an on board trim pot. This drive does not require any external power resistors to set the stepper motor current.

 This drive features automatic stepper motor idle current reduction to 25% of full current. This feature could be defeated with on board jumper so the motor runs at full current all the time.

 Drive is mounted on custom designed, heavy yet compact, heat sink for cool and reliable operation.

 Drive has dimensions of 3.2" L x 3.0" W x 2.5" H.

 Drive is designed to perform, be efficient and last a long time.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Manual Motor tuning

« on: November 06, 2006, 10:14:45 AM »

7 ??
I thought it was only 1-5
Maybe I should bring mine up on the stepper axis .
Its at Zero !

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Manual Motor tuning

« on: November 06, 2006, 09:48:53 AM »

Anybody know off the top of their head what that Pulse step setting
in the motor tuning section does ? (0 to 5 option)
Im at work and dont carry the manual with me