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General Mach Discussion / Re: incresing speed on stepper motors

« on: January 23, 2011, 11:24:50 AM »

Currently I am using this power supply
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103959

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General Mach Discussion / Re: incresing speed on stepper motors

« on: January 23, 2011, 11:20:58 AM »

Right now everything is running really wel and accurate - just very slow.

Thanks for all the help!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: incresing speed on stepper motors

« on: January 23, 2011, 11:18:31 AM »

WOW! Thanks for all the replies!

I have the 2x3 gantry router from here:
http://www.finelineautomation.com/

I am using Acme 1/2-10 screw with NEMA 23 BIPOLAR STEPPER MOTOR 425  oz-in KL23H286-20-8B motors on all three axis.
http://www.kelinginc.net/NEMA23Motor.html

I have everything setup as direct drive. They are wired as bipolar series on the PDF file.
http://www.kelinginc.net/KL23H286-20-8B.pdf

The velocity is set to 10 and acceleration is set to 7. If I go to much higher meaning 12 or 13 it stalls.

I am using this 3 axis board and it is currently set to 1-full step
http://celticmachining.com/2x3-machine/mach3-settings.htm

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General Mach Discussion / incresing speed on stepper motors

« on: January 23, 2011, 12:27:55 AM »

I understand speed of the motors are controlled by velocity and acceleration. How do I make my motors go faster without them stalling on me? I see other machines cut really fast and mine seems slow in comparison when I see machines in videos.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: new installation help please (driver issue)

« on: January 17, 2011, 07:57:06 PM »

Thanks!

I bought my 64 bit version at a computer show and it was just the one disk. I got my 32 bit version and everything is working fine. I am glad I did this and do not have any more problems like I did before. Now all the problems I have are of my own error.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: new installation help please (driver issue)

« on: January 12, 2011, 09:16:58 AM »

Thanks!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: new installation help please (driver issue)

« on: January 11, 2011, 08:35:38 PM »

Everything works on the new PC under 32 bit Windows and NO SMOOTH STEPPER!!!! 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: new installation help please (driver issue)

« on: January 11, 2011, 06:58:56 PM »

32 bit Windows arrived.

I had more problems with smooth stepper with the new computer than I did on the netbook. I am so glad that (at least that the 32 bit version is what I need for Mach) I will get Mach 3 running with no smooth stepper and no more problems. Will run a couple of tests once Windows 7 32 bit is finished installing.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: new installation help please (driver issue)

« on: January 09, 2011, 09:52:14 PM »

Just placed an order on amazon.com for the 32 bit version of windows 7.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: new installation help please (driver issue)

« on: January 09, 2011, 09:07:10 PM »

Stopped in the middle of the job with no errors. So now on the new PC I am trying old USB and old mach 3 driver.