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General Mach Discussion / Re: PWM spindle - Circuit advice

« on: August 21, 2012, 10:00:41 AM »

R5......47 uf

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General Mach Discussion / Re: BT30 spindle from scratch - with power drawbar and ATC of course

« on: August 21, 2012, 07:32:56 AM »

the relay that enables the vfd/spindle drive can be used to isolate the solenoid operating the drawbar.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New Computer and new install - lost home switches

« on: August 20, 2012, 03:49:03 AM »

copy the xml over before you open mach

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General Mach Discussion / Re: BT30 spindle from scratch - with power drawbar and ATC of course

« on: August 18, 2012, 08:23:27 AM »

sounds like the best way to go.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: BT30 spindle from scratch - with power drawbar and ATC of course

« on: August 18, 2012, 07:49:32 AM »

You may want to consider that you'll need to move the x axis to one end when you're changing tools to avoid the tools striking the job. Unless you have sufficient z movement to allow this.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: BT30 spindle from scratch - with power drawbar and ATC of course

« on: August 18, 2012, 06:21:26 AM »

have you seen this, it's a denford triac bt30 head.
http://www.denfordata.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=1953

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Parallel port and Mach3 working but skipping steps

« on: August 10, 2012, 09:07:33 AM »

do you have a friend that would let you try their computer, all you need to do is load mach3 and copy the xml over.

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Parallel port and Mach3 working but skipping steps

« on: August 10, 2012, 06:07:52 AM »

try another pc

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Spindle Motor is the cause of all my problems

« on: August 04, 2012, 10:17:14 AM »

i've seen a wireless keyboard and mouse cause chaos to mach. Not worth the trouble they cause, and you have fun when the battery runs out.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Houston tx DIY`ERS/HOBBYISTS

« on: July 30, 2012, 09:06:00 AM »

what area are you in ?

oops didn't notice Houston in the title.