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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: 13x40 lathe conversion

« on: September 13, 2010, 07:52:51 PM »

Bill,

The Z axis is a servo motor, Kollomorgen, with about 3 to 1 reduction driving a 3tpi ballscrew.  The X axis is a 1125oz/in nema 34 with a 2/1 ratio, driving a 5tpi ballscrew.  I was a little worried about the reduction on the servo but it drives it just fine,  great resolution and speed much faster than I would allow.   The X axis has good resolution also, not as fine as the servo, but very good,  I use a 1/8 microstepping controller.
The speed of the stepper is not nearly as fast as the servo but more than fast enough for good rapids. 

Arnie

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LazyTurn / Re: LazyTurn

« on: March 05, 2010, 02:07:23 PM »

Rich,

On those other turn wizards, can you send those to me or let me know where I can get them.
I have done a few myself and would like to have those also, until I get brave enough to try out Lazyturn.

Arnie

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Mach 3 Turn Wizards

« on: March 02, 2010, 12:36:17 PM »

go into the configuration - ports & pins - spindle - change the m3 & m4 output#'s
or go to the outputs and change the pin numbers for outputs, usually #1 & #2  to correspond to your machine.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Controller for New Hermes Vanguard 3000 Engraver

« on: February 28, 2010, 10:59:46 PM »

I do this upgrade,  email me at aminear@wyomingwireless.com for more info.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: electrical interference

« on: February 19, 2010, 12:59:18 PM »

You should get a message  in the STATUS:  message line telling you what caused the reset to go off.
something like External Estop Requested, or Limit Switch Triggered

Then you can do things like disable your -- & ++ limits one at a time and determine which one is tripping you off.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New person in need of help......

« on: February 17, 2010, 01:46:07 PM »

looks like you are getting exactly what you should be.
Not sure why you thought you should have 1/2 volts with the pin off.

the direction pin will put out 5v or 0, depending on the direction you are traveling
the step pin will put out a pulse, 5v with a duration depending on the motor tuning parameter step pulse duration.
You should hookup your driver and try to run it.  Don't forget to get an enable output to it.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Stepper Motors moving with no input.

« on: February 05, 2010, 01:03:40 PM »

Noise most likely.  Where from is the question along with why now and not before.

How is your wiring, are all your signal lines shielded and grounded (one end only).
Do you have any VFD's ?

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Who wrote the probing routines for the Tormach PCNC1100?

« on: January 20, 2010, 05:01:27 PM »

are you typing a g31 Z-1,

Show us some code maybe we can round up some help.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: BRIDGEPORT SERIES II CNC MILL W/ BOSS 6 CONTROL RETROFIT

« on: January 18, 2010, 12:55:09 PM »

A lot will depend on your budget. 
How much can you afford to spend on your upgrade?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Controller for New Hermes Vanguard 3000 Engraver

« on: January 04, 2010, 08:35:02 AM »

XrayMan,

I did the same thing.  Did you reuse the driver board?   If so, where did you input the step and direction signals?
Jumper across the opto isolator chips, that will cure you problem.

Arnie