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General Mach Discussion / Re: Screen size

« on: February 25, 2013, 12:38:34 AM »

Under general config I believe there is a box to check for full screen

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General Mach Discussion / Re: limit switch triggered

« on: February 22, 2013, 02:21:30 PM »

I've been having the same problem... and it does seem related to newest version.

I've never had the problem before... but since updating... I've had it.

Also looking at the first page of this forum... there are quite a few topics on this. Coincidence?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: limit switches triggered after sitting idle for a few minutes

« on: February 19, 2013, 05:49:24 AM »

I bought an oscilliscope. Where would the best place to look for noise be? I have a 2 channel model. where would I hook up the scope leads?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: parts are the wrong size

« on: February 12, 2013, 11:47:41 AM »

Servo's?  If set up on loose side this may be your issue.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: losing steps on Z. Yes another thread about this. how to troubleshoot

« on: February 11, 2013, 09:14:58 PM »

http://www.geckodrive.com/using-heds-encoders

I was thinking of trying this. This link shows what to do with the 320x, I'm using the older 320.

I found a 1uf 35v capacitor at Radio Shack... think this would be beneficial to me?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: parts are the wrong size

« on: February 11, 2013, 09:03:46 PM »

Ooops. disregard. Didn't notice it was off .050"

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General Mach Discussion / Re: parts are the wrong size

« on: February 11, 2013, 09:02:35 PM »

Cutter diameter?

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General Mach Discussion / losing steps on Z. Yes another thread about this. how to troubleshoot

« on: February 11, 2013, 08:38:49 PM »

My Z randomly misses steps. seems to only do it on rapid Z retract, so then I lose my zero... amd BAM. Into part or table I go. Yes I do have my velocity and accel set pretty low.

Problem is it's not repeatable. it only happens when I'm 55minutes into a 1 hour job and it slams my $175 indexable cutter into the vise. Yeah me.

I've searched this board... and most of the time it's a mechanical issue. this isn't.... been down that road.

Would posting my XML help? Could switching to Sherline mode help? Does Kernel speed have any effect?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: limit switches triggered after sitting idle for a few minutes

« on: February 04, 2013, 03:52:28 PM »

It's doing it again after machine is turned on for a couple of hours. Everything is fine... then it triggers a limit switch like every 5 minutes.

If I reboot computer, it's good for another 2 hours or so... then repeats problem.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: limit switches triggered after sitting idle for a few minutes

« on: February 02, 2013, 05:49:31 PM »

I fixed the problem. I restarted Mach.

Uggghhh, that's frustrating.