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General Mach Discussion / Re: router spindle

« on: October 04, 2010, 10:33:48 PM »

Hi, thanks for the reply have decided my best option is to go for a spindle rather than a normal router on noise grounds if nothing else ! The question is which one? Any recommendations would be welcome. Must be fully controllable from mach 3 and relatively quiet.
thanks

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General Mach Discussion / router spindle

« on: October 04, 2010, 11:19:08 AM »

Hi, my router spindle is an ordinary 240v with an on off switch. Can I control its speed through mach 3 or simply turn it on and off? My breakout board is a TB6560. Do more expensive spindle such as Kress spindles have extra circuitry to enable speed control and perhaps a lower operating voltage?
Thanks in advance

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General Mach Discussion / Re: crashing pc

« on: September 13, 2010, 12:11:32 AM »

When you say optimisation what exactly do you mean ? Have set all the motor and switch pins so that everything works as it should and run the test which showed a flat line with no spikes and reported that it was excellent. It has occurred to me that the only change I made was to use a smaller usb keyboard so will revert back to my old one and see if that helps.

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General Mach Discussion / crashing pc

« on: September 12, 2010, 01:21:30 PM »

Hi, am running mach3 with a Dell optiplex GX260 with non integrated graphic board with 32 mb ram. It exceeds the requirements for mach 3 but it keeps freezing. It does this whether or not the the parallel cable is connected to the breakout board. When it freezes not even ctr alt del will free it I have to button it. Before I used it for mach3 it was running perfectly. Any ideas anybody or do I have to get another pc ?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: ref all home setup

« on: September 04, 2010, 11:43:30 AM »

Thanks all. Have got it working On with the next callenge.....will no doubt be back to pick your brains

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General Mach Discussion / Re: ref all home setup

« on: September 04, 2010, 11:29:34 AM »

Hi, have got all three axis going to ref home but not stopping on the switches.The leds are lighting up in the diagnostics page

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General Mach Discussion / Re: ref all home setup

« on: September 04, 2010, 11:19:19 AM »

Hi, have got m1 and m2 home leds up on the diagnostic page so will not ref.ms will ref but will not stop on the switch. Must have a serious mistake in the wiring !!!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: ref all home setup

« on: September 04, 2010, 10:23:47 AM »

Hi, yes the switches work fine, they stop the machine and show in the diagnostics page. Its just that the ref all home won`t work !

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General Mach Discussion / ref all home setup

« on: September 04, 2010, 09:37:03 AM »

Hi, this newbie needs help. Have fitted limit switches and all work OK. However when I press the "ref all home " button nothing happens.The machine should go to all switches as I understand it. Any help would be appreciated.

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General Mach Discussion / no motor tuning under config

« on: August 22, 2010, 05:51:22 PM »

Hi, complete newbie so hope someone can help. Under config I have set all the ports and pins, but not output to my motors although the screen displays says they are turning. When I go to motor tuning under config nothing happens, no screen appears. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in anticipation.