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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 pendant

« on: November 13, 2011, 07:46:37 AM »

 Hi Hood and Mach forum users, I have put this video on you tube to show the pendant. Sorry about not being able to show table movements but would have to have taken the side of the workshop out. Jim

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7N9_FGvsdI

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Sound with out movement (JOG)

« on: November 13, 2011, 03:30:03 AM »

Hi Lou Might be stating the obvious but have you used the motor tuning config on X Y and Z axis on mach, sounds as if you are asking the motors to do to much or to little

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 pendant

« on: November 12, 2011, 03:29:02 PM »

Cheers Hood, I have a e/stop button on the front of the machine so will use that, It's in a position which is easy to get too. indeed everytime something falls of the machine table it catches the stop button on the way down. Once again thanks for the advice, much appreciated. I know its not good for the UK but don't know how they do it, the total cost of the unit from  Hong Kong was £25 which included air mail, It arrived 11 days after I purchase it on ebay. Mind you the warranty is only 1 month. Jim

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 pendant

« on: November 12, 2011, 01:35:06 PM »

Hi Hood nice to hear from you how are you mate. The unit is quite sturdy will take a few knocks. Only one thing wrong is he's got the X+ and X- the oposite way round to the mach pages. I just programed them as if they were the same as Mach3. Not going to put a sticker on it to tell me which is which, till I press the worng one of course. You know I'm useless at electronic, well it took me 2min to program it. only had to do the X Y Z axis all the rest was pre-programed in. All the other options still work, the keyboard, on screen hand controls and mouse. Aint got the emergency stop to work yet thought I would quit whilst I'M on top. Jim

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 pendant

« on: November 12, 2011, 10:56:37 AM »

Just took delivery of that pendant from ebay its brilliant, easy to set up and easy to use. Best £25 spent on CNC. One point worth noting don't plug it in until you have Mach3 running on you computer otherwise the screen freezes on start up and you have to restart your computer. When the pendant is programed its fine. Jim

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General Mach Discussion / Re: spindle speed display

« on: November 07, 2011, 04:12:50 PM »

Hi Mike did my spindle speed indicator with help from Hood. Have a look at my topic http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,17016.0.html. It was for a single Hall sensor on my triac spindle, it was connected to my BOB powered by a 5v supply also on my BOB. Hope this helps. as you can see I aint very good at electronics but finally did it with lots of help from HOOD (machforum member) Jim

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 pendant

« on: October 30, 2011, 03:39:15 PM »

Cheers derekbpcnc, looks good, might suggest to the wife it would make a good christmas present.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 pendant

« on: October 30, 2011, 03:17:34 PM »

Just found the post by Tony W, maybe not a good idea to get one. Has anyone got a suggestion for a Mach3 compable cheap pendant?

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General Mach Discussion / Mach3 pendant

« on: October 30, 2011, 02:54:05 PM »

Hi Has anyone used this pendant to control Mach 3 on a cnc milling machine
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/230683867676?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
I'm thinking of getting one so I dont need my keyboard and/or mouse near the cnc maching whilst I'm setting up. I watched the vidoe on youtube showing it working but it seems to good to be true for the price.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Computer Problems-Jittery steppers

« on: September 20, 2011, 02:42:09 AM »

Hi, I had a problem like yours and used the diagnostic page to chek the computers speed and balance. Mach videos tells you how to check this and gives advice on what is a good computer speed and balance. Replaced computer unfortunatley. Hope this helps. Jimthefish