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General Mach Discussion / 4th Axis help on MAXNC10CL

« on: February 22, 2007, 09:09:44 PM »

Hello all,
Can anyone give a newbie some general help regarding a 4th Axis rotary table for a MAXNC10CL?

I'm trying to wrap my head around the way a round surface is milled. For instance, rotating the same number of steps or degree will yield different "distances" upon the surface of the rod depending on the diameter... so what does the G code look like for this?

Any milling tips or reference material would be appreciated.

Thanks,
-charlie

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General Mach Discussion / Step-by-Step for MAXNC 10CL (screen shots)

« on: February 08, 2007, 05:31:25 PM »

Hello,

I found the above posts to be helpful in regard to the pinouts... However, being a complete newbie with only very BASIC milling knowledge - I'm asking for some help from someone who has a MAXNC Closed Loop mill using Mach3.

My areas of trouble are: What the pinout significance is to the term (Quadrature) if that conveys some meaning to deternining which pins are step and direction are, and which logic state they become active, etc. Basically, I understand the signals on the parallel port - but don't know how they get key'd into Mach3.  (The pinout video got me as far as properly setting the HOME switches, and getting an LED on the diagnostic tab to work... but simply can't get any axis to JOG).

Any help would be appreciated!

-charlie