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

« on: November 17, 2011, 04:52:15 PM »

Hello Jim,

I had a look on the cnc zone site that recommended, the first video clip showed some movement at least, with my machine I seem to get a grinding sort of sound on the z axis motor and it looks as if its trying to move but something is holding it back.
I will be going away for the weekend, when I get back I will have another look at it and see if I can find something that might help.

I might also get back to the guy that I purchased the machine from (The Importer) a local person and see if he can shed some light on the problem.
I didn't realise that it would be so difficult to get the machine up and running. Never mind we will keep at it and I hope that I will find the answers. I will keep you all informed of the progress.

Regards,

Lou

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

« on: November 17, 2011, 04:47:08 AM »

Hello Jim,

I have tried the sliders on the motor tuning, Still no luck in getting movement on my machine.
Jim at a loss at what to try next.

Please let me know if you have any other ideas !!
I'm also hoping that  hood might still come up with a possible solution to my problem.

Regards,

Lou 

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

« on: November 16, 2011, 05:39:12 AM »

Hello Hood and Tweakie,
Ye the e-stop button on the controller is or has been twisted. Okay hood i will attempt to reduce the speed on the motors.
Do I do do that in my configuration tab in motor tuning.

Lou

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

« on: November 15, 2011, 04:36:08 AM »

Sorry Hood, I need lots of guidance, I think this is what you asked for in the attachment.

Regards and thanks,

Lou

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

« on: November 15, 2011, 02:39:40 AM »

Hi Hood,
I opened Mach as normal and checked the main page as you said, Profile is showing "MILL"
Then you asked me to go to Mach3 folder!! Not sure how I find this folder to look for the file with the the name
file extension of xml.

Lou

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

« on: November 14, 2011, 05:13:24 AM »

Hi Hood,
Pardon my ignorance, What does XML stand for?

Lou

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

« on: November 13, 2011, 07:49:13 AM »

Hi Jim,

I have configured the x, y and z axis is indicated on the attachments, the only motor that I get the noise from as if its attemptingf to jog is the z axis,
the y and X axis do nothing.

Lou

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General Mach Discussion / Sound with out movement (JOG)

« on: November 13, 2011, 12:49:47 AM »

Hello I'm very new on this forum and indeed to the world of cnc Routers
My name is Lou and I have had a couple of post regarding my problem with jogging, however for some reason
I can't seem to be able to post on that thread, so i have started a new thread.

I purchased a wgit 6040 cnc machine on e-bay, I have purchase Mach3 soft ware and a second hand computer with XP windows,
so far so good. 

I then proceeded to configure the software to the specifications in the manual supplied with the machine.
I have configured the soft are as as per the attachments.

Now My problem is this when I push my arrow keys my DRO's indicate movement . All okay to this stage.
Next I turn on my driver and try to jog the axis on the machine, movement is indicated on the DRO'S but I get no movement out of the machine on any of the axis,
all I get is a grinding sound from my z axis motor as if its trying to move but its not able to or something is holding it back.

Please advise me, if should be doing something else or am I doing something that is creating my problem.

Regards,
Lou

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

« on: November 11, 2011, 04:03:07 AM »

Thanks Dick

Regards,

Lou

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

« on: November 10, 2011, 03:52:04 AM »

Hello Lou here from Melbourne Australia,

I,m new and need to know how does one go about starting a new post on this  site??
I need information on jogging

Regards.

Lou G