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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problem with pocket holes and z axis

« on: January 12, 2013, 08:46:23 AM »

did the first hole go all the way thru?

John

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problem with pocket holes and z axis

« on: January 11, 2013, 06:54:02 PM »

sorry, mis read it

John

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FAQs / Re: installed new license but steppers not moving?

« on: January 10, 2013, 09:57:34 PM »

they should be in

C:\Mach3\xmlbackups
look at the dates and try the most recent known working.
you will have to change the extension of the one you choose to .xml and move it to C:\Mach3 .

Never a bad idea to copy the entire Mach3 folder recursively to another location for safekeeping.

John

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FAQs / Re: installed new license but steppers not moving?

« on: January 10, 2013, 08:36:13 PM »

try restoring one of the backup xml s
John

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General Mach Discussion / Re: DRO works, motor does not

« on: January 09, 2013, 08:49:23 PM »

weird resistances to read, if thats what you meant.  Maybe thats a bad motor.

John

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General Mach Discussion / Re: DRO works, motor does not

« on: January 09, 2013, 06:15:41 PM »

Maybe this will help, link to data sheet on that motor

http://www.interinar.com/public_docs/Sanyo_Denki_103H5208-10U41.pdf

That says its a 1.2 amp motor so adjust your vref accordingly.

The black and white wires are the commons. so they both go to the COM terminal, A and a , B and b are for the separate coils, only trying will get it right but you could use Orange and Blue as your A and a and Red and Yellow as your B and b. 

John

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: CNC Build Proceeding - Cheap Couplers...

« on: January 09, 2013, 10:31:23 AM »

Cheap Couplers

http://buildyourcnc.com/couplings.aspx

I'm looking at the lovejoys

John

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General Mach Discussion / Re: DRO works, motor does not

« on: January 08, 2013, 11:53:08 AM »

if the motor is getting too hot, turn the vref down.  Maybe your running too high of current for it. the dro moving and the motor not, kinda tells me you dont have the pins correctly defined for that axis, or the signal isnt getting to it.

John

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FAQs / Re: New to CNC, sorry if i sound stupid !!

« on: January 02, 2013, 10:55:10 PM »

I'm just guessing but, check your steps per unit distances, put tape measure on the table and command a move along it, see if its close to accurate or what.

John

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Plasma axis swapped but okay in mill

« on: December 31, 2012, 03:27:01 PM »

I'd suggest copying your mill xml file to a new name, then loading that xml and then changing to the plasma screen under view/load screen.

John