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General Mach Discussion / Re: Light machines 0400 lathe convertion to Mach3 help

« on: June 01, 2012, 01:11:20 AM »

Look at this site for info on their controller - http://build.spaceopera.org/

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FAQs / Re: MACH3 RETROFIT TO A EMCO COMPACT 5

« on: May 23, 2012, 12:08:22 PM »

Link to conversion: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Emco_cnc_users/files/5PC%20-%20Conversion%20to%20MACH3/

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Mach3 & Win7?

« on: May 21, 2012, 02:54:13 AM »

MadHatten,

Have you looked at this controller?

http://www.cs-lab.eu/en/index.php?m=gallery&s=show&fid=60&sort=&uinfo=CSMIOIPM_4axis_Ethernet_Motion_Controller__instead_of_LPT_solution

Looks to be a good alternative to the old parallel or USB port.
I have one that I need to complete the wiring on a lathe but initial testing went fine.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: pplease look at this code

« on: May 16, 2012, 11:28:58 AM »

Hi Fred,

Yes, Gwizard is a nice program but I didn't like having to buy a "subscription" that has an ongoing annual cost.

Orin

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General Mach Discussion / Re: pplease look at this code

« on: May 15, 2012, 11:26:33 AM »

Fred,

I use NC Plot http://www.ncplot.com/ and you can format your Gcode as well as display a plot of the tool paths with the program.

Attached is a screen shot...

Orin

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General Mach Discussion / Re: pplease look at this code

« on: May 12, 2012, 02:52:17 PM »

At line 540 you had a GO (like let's "GO") not G0.... Appears to call subs OK in my backplotter (NC Plot).

See attached....

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General Mach Discussion / Index Pulse Problem

« on: September 21, 2011, 11:29:49 AM »

I'm in the process of converting an EMCO Compact 5PC Lathe to work with MACH3 and have the X and Z axis working fine but cannot get MACH3 to read the Index Pulse.
I drug out the O'Scope to take a look at the pulses and I don't see anything wrong there.
Attached is a drawing of the pulses and it looks like to me that they fall within the parameters mentioned in the MACH3 Turn manual.
Any thoughts or suggestions?

Thanks,
Orin

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Rhino ST/5 or ST/6 Lathe and MACH3

« on: March 10, 2009, 10:45:25 PM »

Hi Kevin,

Thanks for the note but I'm sorry to say that I haven't made much progress on the ST/5.
I have bought a Gecko G540 to replace the ST/5's motherboard but haven't started the conversion.

Like you I did not want to use the DOS program as it was very unreliable and the motherboard in mine has a yet to be found intermittent problem.
The lathe would just stop movement and would not start responding until you powered it down and re-started.
I also found that if there was much vibration it would act up.

The Gecko G540 looked like an inexpensive solution and I hope it will be.

Orin

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General Mach Discussion / Rhino ST/5 or ST/6 Lathe and MACH3

« on: October 20, 2008, 07:09:44 AM »

Is anyone using MACH3 with one of the small Rhino ST/5 or ST/6 Lathes?
I just bought one without any software and any assistance getting MACH3 to talk to the lathe would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Orin