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General Mach Discussion / help with bob

« on: August 18, 2012, 03:30:14 PM »

I just purchased a BOB from cnc4pc (C 11) I plugged the cable into my ethernet smoothstepper, installed the power to the board and ran a wire to try it out using a metal plate for auto zero. I went to ports and pins and set probe to port three pin 15, and tried the auto zero led, into which I had already loaded an auto zero macro that someone was kind enough to post. The macro ran flawlessly but it dosn't seem to see the board. I checked the smoothstepper configuration and it shows all three ports working. What am I missing? I would appreciate any suggestions.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / help cant load gcode

« on: August 13, 2011, 05:16:08 PM »

hi to all out there,  I need help with moving files from my desktop to the shop computer. I am using Vcarve Pro 6 to design the project then I save onto a dongle (love that word), take it to the shop and try to load it into Mach 3. Vcarve saves it as a txt. file but mach doen't see it I just get a blank dongle as if there was nothing on it. My question is, am I using the wrong format or is it a Mach problem? I normally work with wood so this computer stuff, for me at least, has a steep learning curve, any help would be appreciated.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!

« on: February 15, 2011, 06:25:06 PM »

hi I am very new to cnc and mach, I took on the challenge of building a cnc router and am finding this forum very helpful. I spend my days pretending to be a carpenter so the skils required for this are a little foreign to me, the router part is easy, it is the computer that is the hard part. I took on this project to help me build stripper canoes and maybe try making clock parts, so far I got the motors to work but I think i have a long way to go.