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General Mach Discussion / Re: x,y crosshair macro

« on: May 20, 2010, 12:37:21 PM »

Thanks, Works like a charm.

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General Mach Discussion / x,y crosshair macro

« on: May 20, 2010, 10:41:43 AM »

Hello. I was wondering if someone had a macro or something for using a laser crosshair setup for my x,y axis.I found a video of exactly what I want to do, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOyLobgnPRo  .I am using an auto z macro currently and love it. If anyone has the macro like in the video, and knowledge of how to set it up, I would love to hear it. Thank you.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: g540 spindle speed sensor help

« on: April 29, 2010, 12:40:10 PM »

Do you have any suggestions? My power supply is 24v, but if I have to, I can put a voltage regulator on it.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: g540 spindle speed sensor help

« on: April 29, 2010, 11:47:12 AM »

Will something like this work?
https://www.alliedelec.com/Images/Products/Datasheets/BM/OMRON_ELECTRONICS_INC/834-0205.PDF
If so, I will go ahead and purchase it. Thank you.

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General Mach Discussion / g540 spindle speed sensor help

« on: April 29, 2010, 09:48:26 AM »

I was wondering what type of sensor would work with my g540 drive. I am confused on how to hook one up because the g540 seems to call for the signal to be connected to ground for the input to work. I can't imagine a reed switch could respond to 20K rpms or more. I would assume some sort of optical pick-up, but those have a output of 5volts or more. The g540 is somewhat popular, so i am guessing there is someone who has a spindle speed setup that works. Please help if you can. Thank you.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: sporatic motor movement

« on: April 01, 2010, 07:16:31 PM »

Driver test was fine. Any other suggestions?

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General Mach Discussion / sporatic motor movement

« on: April 01, 2010, 08:30:24 AM »

I was wondering if someone could help me. I am setting up a new mill for a friend and all of the axis will not jog, but when a project is loaded, it will sporaticlly move its axis's on some lines of code. The driver board, mill, and motors were all together working earlier. The only change is the computer it is running on. The PC is running XP. I am boggled. Please help as I am trying to get someone new into the sport of cnc, and now I look like the noobie. Thanks sooo much.Andy

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General Mach Discussion / Re: No file/load dxf option, only ENTIB. Whats this?

« on: November 13, 2009, 11:53:09 AM »

Nevermind...Brain fart. Didn't set any parameters with it. Sorry

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General Mach Discussion / Re: No file/load dxf option, only ENTIB. Whats this?

« on: November 13, 2009, 11:46:52 AM »

I tried to make a simple "A" with deskengrave, changed all feedrates to 10, ran it and all it did were two triangles at the same depth. Looking at the gcode, I understand why. Here is the gcode that loaded.
G90 T0 F0.0
N0 G00 Z0
N1 G00 X0 Y0
N3 G01 Z-1 F10.0
N4 F10.0
N5 X1 Y1
N6 X1 Y1
N7 X1 Y0
N8 X1 Y0
N9 X1 Y0
N10 X0 Y0
N11 X0 Y0
N12 X0 Y0
N13 G00 Z0
N14 G00 X0 Y0
N16 G01 Z-1 F10.0
N17 F10.0
N18 X1 Y1
N19 X1 Y1
N20 X1 Y1
N21 X1 Y1
N22 X1 Y1
N23 X1 Y1
N24 X1 Y1
N25 X1 Y1
N26 X1 Y1
N27 X1 Y1
N28 X1 Y1
N29 X1 Y1
N30 X1 Y1
N31 X1 Y1
N32 X1 Y1
N33 X1 Y1
N34 X1 Y1
N35 X1 Y1
N36 X1 Y1
N37 X1 Y1
N38 X1 Y1
N39 X1 Y1
N40 X1 Y1
N41 X1 Y1
N42 X1 Y0
N43 X1 Y0
N44 X0 Y0
N45 G00 Z0
 Why did it do this?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: No file/load dxf option, only ENTIB. Whats this?

« on: November 13, 2009, 10:33:43 AM »

Yes, I do get an error."Cannot do g1 with feed rate 0 at line 3"