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FAQs / Re: I am sure this has been asked but i need a bit of guidance please

« on: May 21, 2013, 10:37:04 PM »

Definitely mm and it must be steps per cause it'a gotten me pretty close but seems to be losing a fraction of a step when I move it around telling it to go to X200 Y300 it will be X199.845 and Y 299.983 for example.

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FAQs / Re: I am sure this has been asked but i need a bit of guidance please

« on: May 21, 2013, 07:14:22 PM »

Thanks Brett. It's been fun trying to get the specs I need for these steppers. The Chinese sale rep knew NCStudio but is clueless on Mach3 setup and all he could tell me was my X & Y use 96.01536 and Z is 160. I finally found the X & Y motors online and found they have a 1.8 pitch but that's it.  Haven't removed the wiring to be able to take the Z axis cover off and look at that motor yet. So tuning has been trial and error at best as a newb http://www.goodluckbuy.com/86bygh450b-06d-stepper-motor-hi-torque-60-kg-cm.html

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FAQs / Re: I am sure this has been asked but i need a bit of guidance please

« on: May 21, 2013, 11:23:54 AM »

Brett, great articles and documents. I'm new as well and switching a machine from NCStudio to Mach3 and had a question about your Excel doc for speeds etc. If I change the pulse in the Metric section shouldn't it change all the calculations? Only the section I change it in changes and doesn't get reflected in any of the other columns/sections.