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CS-Lab / Does the CSLabs CSMIO IP/S do CSS?
« on: March 13, 2014, 10:49:40 AM »
Hood, You know that if you right click on the Mach icon and hit rename, you can have Mach 4 now.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Totally lost. New guy needs help
« on: March 13, 2014, 10:47:47 AM »
GW covered it all! Get ready.

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FAQs / Soft Limits Questions
« on: March 13, 2014, 10:42:57 AM »
Soft limits will also tell you if your loaded code exceeds the work envelope before executing the start.

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Who can sleep knowing our machines are having problems? We all stay up too late and make decisions when we are tired, or try to understand something.

Btw, Those damn dip switches are always hard to tell which way is on. Some manufacturers even have it backwards in their literature. Now that will be something you will check for in the future too. Soon there will be no mystery to Mach 3, then 4 will come out ;-)

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Stepper Trouble
« on: March 12, 2014, 02:13:25 PM »
Probably poor tuning or even the micro step value is causing resonance.

Is everything mechanically in order. Gibs are too tight?

Did you hear the steppers stall or squeal when running the code?

Was it running well prior and this is a new problem? Or are you just getting started?

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General Mach Discussion / Turret tool changer and its set up?
« on: March 12, 2014, 09:42:02 AM »
That is kind of what I was thinking. I am really curious as to how to activate the solenoid at the correct time.

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General Mach Discussion / Boxford vmc260 to mach3 conversion
« on: March 12, 2014, 09:39:35 AM »
Btw, when you say serial port, you are referring to a DB9 and not a DB25 aren't you?

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General Mach Discussion / Boxford vmc260 to mach3 conversion
« on: March 12, 2014, 09:36:08 AM »
Don't just start ripping things out. Get the BOB of your choice and try to interface with as many original items you can. Most likely they are decent.

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You have the formula down. Go ahead and try the different settings. It is just a few calculations. Run a code a see if there is a difference in finish and or loss of steps. Cant hurt.

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General Mach Discussion / Boxford vmc260 to mach3 conversion
« on: March 11, 2014, 09:41:42 PM »
How does the computer tie into that machine? Parallel port?