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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 and Tapmatic Tapping Head

« on: November 03, 2012, 07:02:01 PM »

ok spindle feedback fully working. all i had to do was connect gnd to pin 25 of the parallel port.

but i have snapped 4 taps tonight

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 and Tapmatic Tapping Head

« on: November 03, 2012, 04:07:00 PM »

will give it a try

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 and Tapmatic Tapping Head

« on: November 03, 2012, 04:00:24 PM »

nope, but guessing i should be

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 and Tapmatic Tapping Head

« on: November 03, 2012, 03:54:11 PM »

yes im using a proper bench psu at the moment to supply the 5v

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 and Tapmatic Tapping Head

« on: November 03, 2012, 01:53:19 PM »

um yes it seems to say retract as fast as you can

Retract Tapping
head at 13,000 mm/
min or 500 in/min,
specified distance
for specific tapping
head to reverse tap
rotation.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 and Tapmatic Tapping Head

« on: November 03, 2012, 01:44:04 PM »

ah right so a fast up then a slow retract

might have missed the pdf will go look

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 and Tapmatic Tapping Head

« on: November 03, 2012, 01:31:36 PM »

will pm you file

um short, could you tweak my code so i can see what you mean?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 and Tapmatic Tapping Head

« on: November 03, 2012, 01:14:22 PM »

errr sure but ive not got a clue what your talking about lol

what file and where do i find it?

also i keep snapping taps, im using this code

m3 s1000

g00 x20 y0
g00 z3

G95
G1 Z-10 F0.5
G1 Z5
G94

m5
m30

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 and Tapmatic Tapping Head

« on: November 03, 2012, 01:06:59 PM »

the sensor is connected straight to the db25 connector, not to the BOB

debounce is at 0

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 and Tapmatic Tapping Head

« on: November 03, 2012, 12:29:28 PM »

hood, is this a slow sensor or something?

got a 11mm wide slot and the highest rpm reading i can get is 1340

my machine goes up to 4000rpm

cheers