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General Mach Discussion / Re: Progam stopping in mid-run

« on: November 30, 2006, 04:31:56 PM »

What line number is it stopping on, is it the same each time.

Graham.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Progam stopping in mid-run

« on: November 30, 2006, 12:23:02 PM »

It could be viabration tripping a switch or a bad joint

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Need help with new macro or wizard

« on: November 28, 2006, 05:39:38 AM »

Give each LED a number then add them up and if number is zero show warning, you can check any combination of led's then.

E.G.

led1=1
led2=2
led3=4
led4=8
led5=16
led6=32

ledcount=0
if led1 is on ledcount=ledcount+led1
if led2 is on ledcount=ledcount+led2
etc.......

if ledcount=0 "warning"

case ledcount

when 3 "led 1 and 2 are on"
when 12 "led 3 and 4 are on"
.....
end case

Graham.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: DC Spindle drive question, What to do with it!

« on: November 28, 2006, 05:22:45 AM »

Thanks Chad,

the spindle is now working in manual mode, I just need to sort out the computer control side now,  my rotation sensor disk may have too many holes in it, its got 50 2mm dia holes on a 60mm pcd.

Graham.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Coolant not working after upgrade

« on: November 27, 2006, 01:12:11 PM »

Sound more like a duff relay or motor on the coolant.

Graham.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: can not do zero repeats

« on: November 27, 2006, 12:54:06 PM »

This would do the same job, except it would actually drill holes

G00 G49 G40.1 G17 G80 G50 G90 G20
(Standard Drill )
T0 M6
G43 H0
M03 S2000
G00 Z0.0312 X-0.8688 Y0.0000
G81 Z-0.235 R0.1 F1.
X-0.7828 Y0.3769
X-0.5418 Y0.6791
X-0.1935 Y0.8468
X0.1930 Y0.8468
X0.5413 Y0.6791
X0.7823 Y0.3769
X0.8683 Y0.0000
X0.7823 Y-0.3769
X0.5413 Y-0.6791
X0.1930 Y-0.8468
X-0.1935 Y-0.8468
X-0.5418 Y-0.6791
X-0.7828 Y-0.3769
G80

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General Mach Discussion / Re: can not do zero repeats

« on: November 27, 2006, 12:39:59 PM »

I see what you are saying but in the code above it would not drill a single hole, so why bother writing the code in the first place.

Not only that its very inefficient code. I could be done in a third of the lines.

It reminds me of Microshaft, why do in 20 lines, what you can do in 200

Graham.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: help, my circles arn't round.

« on: November 26, 2006, 09:53:00 PM »

Have you checked to see if you have any movement in the gibbs :-

can you twist the table pulling it back and forth from the front of the machine.

People nearly always use the middle part of the X axis so it wears more in the middle.

This would not show up in a backlash test.

Graham.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: My Denford Starturn

« on: November 26, 2006, 06:50:44 AM »

Thanks Dave, I will do that.

Graham.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: My Denford Starturn

« on: November 26, 2006, 06:19:27 AM »

Nice one Dave,

what is the spindle controller in the lathe, my boxford has Lenze 534 type that I want to control with a DigiSpeed but it only has 0-10V + 0V no third connection so do I have to supply a ref voltage myself.

Graham.