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General Mach Discussion / Simple Cam Program

« on: May 27, 2008, 09:33:19 PM »

Does anyone know of a very simple cam program other than lazy cam?
please let me know.
thanks,
Brian

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General Mach Discussion / Need a quick answer regarding cutter comp.

« on: May 01, 2008, 02:07:37 PM »

Hi there,
I can't seem to figure out what should be a simple thing.
I'm cutting a circular pocket 1.575" in diam.
I need to make it 1.580"; trying to use cutter comp. and can't get it to
work.
Here is the g-code program.

G0 G49 G40  G17 G80 G50 G90
M6 T1(TOOL DIA.0.625)
G64
G20 (Inch)
M03
 
G00 G43 H1  Z0
X0 Y0
G01 Z0  F3
G3 Y0 X0.125 R0.625
Y0 X-0.125 R0.125
Y0 X0.25 R0.1875
Y0 X-0.25 R0.25
Y0 X0.375 R0.3125
Y0 X-0.375 R0.375
Y0 X0.4725 R0.4238
Y0 X-0.4725 R0.4725
X0.4725 Y0 R0.4725
Y0.2 X0.2725 R0.2
G00 Z0 x0 y0
M5 M9
M30

Can anyone clue me in on how to accomplish this please.
Thanks,
Brian

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General Mach Discussion / Re: c10 breakout board rev 8

« on: April 25, 2008, 06:49:02 PM »

Got the new board in today and installed it.
Seems to work fine.
Time will tell.
Brian

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General Mach Discussion / Re: c10 breakout board rev 8

« on: April 23, 2008, 08:19:42 PM »

That's the board I'm talking about.
Get one bad one ok, get a 2nd right in a row and almost get my system fried=bad!!
He's sending me a new one so we'll see.
Brian

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General Mach Discussion / Ports and pins current state in Mach 3

« on: April 22, 2008, 10:44:07 PM »

? Can anyone tell me what I'm looking at in the diagnostics screen in Mach 3- ports and pins current state
I see 2 rows of 12 LED lights.
Obviously they represent the pins out of the printer cable.
But when I match it up to lets say a BOB how do you know which is which.
Is LED on the top left = to Pin #1 on my breakout board?

Please let me know,
Brian
thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Re: c10 breakout board rev 8

« on: April 22, 2008, 10:27:02 PM »

Thanks Sam for the reply.
I have to say, he really tried to get this thing to work, I just think I'm the black sheep customer
that is the one who just got unlucky with his parts.
Kind of like the guy who got struck by lightning twice.
1 bad board ok, but 2 in a row, now I feel compelled to say something.
I'm running the Gecko G203V drives with Mach 3 and you are right all 3 companies have
been fantastic in their support. I just think that you get what you pay for.
Arturo's board is $25, all the others start at $81 and go up.
There has got to be a reason for this. Hopefully Arturo's #'s are right when he says he might have
a problem with 1 out of 500 boards; well the next 1000 people should be satisfied.
He sent me out another board today to replace the one that fried. So we'll see.
If I don't get the results I'll just buy a PMDX 122 like I was going to in the first place.
Thanks,
Brian

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General Mach Discussion / Re: c10 breakout board rev 8

« on: April 21, 2008, 09:57:54 PM »

Hi Hood sorry it took so long to get back with you.
I found out the problem was the bob from cnc4pc
it just took a dump, so I called Arturo and bought another one.
I installed it today and man what a piece of crap.
I now have the limits working, unlike the other board but now the damn motors wont work.
Arturo and I narrowed it down to his buffers on his new board, they took a dump.
He wanted me to change out the buffers in the system, so I did and when I
was done I made sure that all pins went into the sockets just right just like he told me and
when I turned it on it started to smoke.
This is getting out of control. I need a very basic board, and now I have 2 boards to throw in the trash
and machine just sitting there. and very little hair left to pull out.
I'm pissed. I will never buy from this man again.
The stuff he puts out is just junk, "in my opinion" you get what you pay for.
Thanks,
Brian

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General Mach Discussion / Re: c10 breakout board rev 8

« on: April 19, 2008, 11:00:56 PM »

That's good to hear. I had one of his earlier boards and had some problems.
I just got done building this machine and I needed a new one.
The PMDX board is supposed to be a really good board, and speaking with them
they even told me that the CNC4PC board has come a long way since inception.
Thanks for the feedback,
Brian

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General Mach Discussion / c10 breakout board rev 8

« on: April 18, 2008, 07:33:21 PM »

Does anyone have any feedback regarding this board, specifically revision #8?

cnc4pc    c10 breakout board rev 8

Brian

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General Mach Discussion / J Code What does the computer have to have installed for this to work?

« on: April 13, 2008, 11:43:11 PM »

Hi,
? J Code  What does the computer have to have installed for this to work?
I downloaded this on my office computer to check it out and it works fine.
I then downloaded it to my computer by the machine, and nothing happens.
What needs to be installed for this to work?
Thanks,
Brian