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General Mach Discussion / Re: Jogging with keyboard and MPG?

« on: November 27, 2008, 03:14:37 PM »

The button is what I will do. 

Thank you Hood!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 Sewing Machine

« on: November 27, 2008, 02:03:05 PM »

Looks like you plan on moving the machine back and forth and have the rug stationed? What about some thing like this were the rug moves and not the machine:
http://img.hisupplier.com/var/userImages/eachsun/20071128/122810.jpg

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General Mach Discussion / Jogging with keyboard and MPG?

« on: November 22, 2008, 12:52:50 AM »

Can I make Mach3 3.042 jog with the keyboard and MPG together? If yes how?  When I select MPG on the (TAB MPG screen) the keyboard doesn't jog.
I wanted to have the keyboard jog at full speed and the MPG slow to get the machine to spot I need,  the X axis is long so when by the keyboard I would jog it to the approx position and then walk over to the moving head that has the MPG on it and get it to the spot I need.

Thanks

Dennis

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Parallel port trouble

« on: November 22, 2008, 12:40:12 AM »

I have a PCI Pport card for LPT2 with a MOSCHIP and it runs fine in the DELL im using.  Did you try changing the settings in the BIOS.  Try all the setting you have EPP ECP.....

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Specific PC for Mach 3

« on: November 22, 2008, 12:36:07 AM »

I have a cheap PC Chips MB and a cheap AGP card and it has been running for two years perfectly.  Machine is used about 7 hours a week every week.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Arnie's CNC router build (just getting started)

« on: November 22, 2008, 12:16:10 AM »

Phil,

I was in autobody for ~13 years doing crazy collision work that others didn't do.  Now in the granite countertop business.  Get to use my creativity much more in machine related area.

Here is one of machines:
http://cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27147
all the pics http://s293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/denniscnc/

Dennis

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Arnie's CNC router build (just getting started)

« on: November 20, 2008, 09:22:40 PM »

His machine sure will but if you only need a small work area, then a mini mill will be best for you.  Maybe refitted with some new ballscrews and will have a fairly accurate machine for that type of work.


Dennis

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General Mach Discussion / Re: modbus schematic or similar

« on: November 12, 2008, 12:34:56 AM »

You can start with this:
http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/board,79.0.html

or a cubloc micro through modbus:
http://www.cubloc.com/product/01_01.php

I use a cubloc works nice with mach3 doing analogue spindle speed and feed overrides.

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General Mach Discussion / Slaving axis with different steps? & change Z while runing?

« on: October 15, 2008, 10:12:01 PM »

If X and A are slaved can I have different steps/per for A than X? or they have to be the same number? or is the steps number ignored in the A setting under motor tuning?

Is there a way to adjust the Z hight with a MPG or keys while the machine is running code?  This is a grinding application so as the tool wears I want to manually lower it as needed.

Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Re: ATC Video I'm doing for Tormach!!

« on: October 05, 2008, 03:09:15 PM »

I think thats the fastest non commercial ATC  I've seen!!  You are the man Scott!