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General Mach Discussion / Re: Max nc 10 and mach 3

« on: July 18, 2006, 11:32:27 PM »

I was thinking the same thing 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: need help

« on: July 18, 2006, 11:31:22 PM »

This should help

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Jerky Motion & Poor Quality in Curves

« on: July 18, 2006, 11:20:30 PM »

If the angle of the two lines is less  then 180 (the angle in the box) it will do the CV. this is for the plasma users and router users...

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General Mach Discussion / Re: need help

« on: July 17, 2006, 09:54:26 PM »

Sorry it should be the Mach3Mill.XML (if that is the profile that you are using)

Thanks
Brian

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Brian's Emco Compact 5 Retro

« on: July 17, 2006, 08:36:21 PM »

Arturo Duncan from  cnc4pc.com send me some boards to test. So I will not be using the PMDX that I had on the shelf... I have a CNC punch press that I think it will go on . The Board from CNC4PC  (  C11 -   Multifunction CNC Board ) is making it so i will not need a PLC! The board has all the stuff to do 0-10V! On a machine this size I need all the room I can get! He also sent along the  C3 - Index Pulse Card that will be used to read the spindle index pulse...  after I have all that tested and running I will be adding an other parallel port for the two MPG's

The geckodrives are in and I was talked out of using the old motors (thanks Art!) So I got new motors from AutomationDirect.com , it is 39.00 for a motor and 9.00 for a 20 foot cable! That is a very good deal because I didn't want to add wire to the motor cable...

Well I am off to start working on  the little lathe

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General Mach Discussion / Re: need help

« on: July 17, 2006, 08:25:45 PM »

If the DRO's are moving there are pulses going out the printer port... So I am at a loss of what your problem could be at this point. So please post your XML and I will see if I can see a problem

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General Mach Discussion / Re: need help

« on: July 17, 2006, 07:25:03 PM »

Yes

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Need limit switch help

« on: July 17, 2006, 07:24:33 PM »

You should get a NC switch and you can get them  from AutomationDirect.com . They have very nice limit switches.

http://web3.automationdirect.com/adc/Shopping/Catalog/Sensors_-z-_Encoders/Double-Insulated_(PBT)_Limit_Switches/Side_Rotary_Lever_with_Polyamide_Roller_Actuator/ABP1H41Z11

Hope that helps
Brian

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Dwell question

« on: July 17, 2006, 07:20:49 PM »

 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: How do I reverse the x-axis direction of travel?

« on: July 17, 2006, 07:20:19 PM »

Check the port number of teh step and direction pins It comes set to zero and I think you will need to put in ones.