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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Starting on the Hurco

« on: May 05, 2008, 09:08:31 AM »

No, this is a different machine. I think I remember seeing the one your talking about. I don't think it had a tool changer. Can't remember. I have been watching your spindle wizard thread. I need to figure out exactly how I'm going to drive my spindle on the Hurco. I have a servo on its way for it but not sure it will have enough torque for the job without some gearing.

Brett

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Writing coordinates to a file

« on: May 05, 2008, 12:53:41 AM »

First off.......Can I map an analog input to a DRO such as my A-axis readout on the main screen?? 

I think you could do this with a brain. There are videos in the video section about brains.

Brett

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General Mach Discussion / Re: General Q's about Mach3 and AD sureservo drives and smooth stepper

« on: May 05, 2008, 12:42:00 AM »

Jeremy, the first video is of my good friends router. We put my beta SS on it one one evening and gave it a kick in the pants.    It wasn't running as fast as it can in the video. He had his rapids set at 1200 IPM but slowed it down a little, said it would take some getting use too. LOL

If you want to go 3000 IPM, you will need some nice size servos and a smooth stepper for sure. It can pulse at 4 MHz.  They are for sale now but will be a wait. He just can't make them fast enough. You can get one at http://www.warp9td.com/index.php . Chris's router has 25-1 gear boxes and I think his pinions have about a 5 inch roll out if that helps any. For the extra I/O for a tool changer I would go with a PLC. You can communicate with it thru modbus as you said. Either serial or TCP. You will need a H2 ecom 100 modual for TCP. It is faster than serial but I don't think it is absolutley necessary. I think serial would do fine.

Brett

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Starting on the Hurco

« on: May 05, 2008, 12:16:18 AM »

Nope, I'm using a smooth stepper.

Brett

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Strange Dropping of Z

« on: May 04, 2008, 09:54:33 PM »

Maxy, do you have pics of where you had your scales reading the movoment? It could be your coupling on the z screw, bit pulling out of the collet, ect.,ect.

If mach isn't showing a change in the DRO I doubt it has anything to do with it. I think it is purely mechanical.

Brett

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Site Redesign

« on: May 04, 2008, 07:10:12 PM »

When you click on the link for previous versions, it should open up the FTP server (which may take 10-15 seconds). 

Very nice.

Brett

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Bridgeport BTC 2 Mill

« on: May 03, 2008, 11:17:27 PM »

Looking good Dennis

Brett

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: MICROSCOPE ON A LATHE

« on: May 02, 2008, 10:45:25 PM »

Very cool Rich. Thanks for shareing.

Brett

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New - First Question - X - Y - Z - Touch Off Plate - Screen and Script Request

« on: May 01, 2008, 05:38:46 AM »

There was a nice thread on the yahoo group or CNC zone about this a while back. May want to do a search there for it. May have been posted here as well. Can't remember.

http://www.machsupport.com/artsoft/cnczone.htm

Brett

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General Mach Discussion / Re: OEM codes for buttons, DRO's and LED's

« on: May 01, 2008, 05:34:20 AM »

I think toggle override of rapid feeds 287 may be what your looking for. 

Brett