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General Mach Discussion / Random movement fault in CNC router

« on: November 13, 2019, 06:56:03 AM »

Hi Guys, I am having trouble with my CNC router (Mach3 using unshielded USB connection cable). To illustrate the fault, lets say there is a command to move the X axis 100mm. It moves along and somewhere in this movement it pauses for a brief while, makes a buzzing sound, (maybe .3 seconds) and then skips to the next line in the program which causes the cutter to move through the middle, say, of my workpiece. It does this randomly without any way of predicting if and when it will do it. All I can think of is that if I shielded the communication cable from the PC to the CNC controller unit it may help. What do you think?(If I can't get a shielded cable, how can I shield it?)
Cheers  Gary

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General Mach Discussion / Y axis problem in CNC router

« on: September 09, 2019, 09:46:16 AM »

     Hi,  My CNC router has just stopped working properly. When I press the Y axis key on the keyboard of my PC, which runs Mach 3 software, the Y axis does not move, Instead of the Y Axis jogging, I just hear a buzzing sound. The X axis moves normally when jogged. When I swap the X & Y plugs that come out of the CNC controller box I get the same results except that I have to press different "Arrow" keys on the PC keyboard. It seems like it may be motor or cable connect problem. Any ideas?
Cheers   Gary

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General Mach Discussion / Coolant for CNC router motor.

« on: June 22, 2019, 07:41:29 AM »

Just a quick question. I have recently received a small CNC router with a high speed motor that is liquid cooled. Do I use plain rain water or do I need to add an anti-corrosion additive?

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General Mach Discussion / Can't Install Mach3 on my PC

« on: May 05, 2019, 12:59:08 AM »

Hi, My name is Gary and I am from Albany in S/W Australia. I have just purchased a CNC router and with that machine there was included a disc with the Mach3 folder on it. (File name: Mach3VersionR3.041.exe)

After repeated attempts to open/unpack the .exe file I get an error message "INTERNAL ERROR B109-13 cannot decompress setup program".

My PC is a Dell Optiplex 760 running Win XP, 32 bit X86 based PC.
Any help great fully received.
Cheers  Gary