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General Mach Discussion / Re: Motors stalling, losing steps

« on: December 26, 2008, 01:35:52 PM »

Zaaephod, the problems your describing sound so similar to the one that I had. There were little "spikes" during travel. No certain time, no certain place, completely random. If your traveling fast enough, then the motor would stall due to the decrease in the torque at higher speeds. The problem drove me insane trying to figure it out. I mean, it WAS working just dandy a week ago. I KNEW it wasn't mechanical. I swapped computers. No luck. I took the break-out board off. No luck. I really didn't think it was my power supply. I bought some Gecko drives, and everything worked as smooth as butter. They outperformed those cheap combo boards by far, even when they did work correctly. So, if you have access to a good driver, you might want to try that.

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Skeleton Clock

« on: December 24, 2008, 01:16:42 AM »

That's just beyond cool.  How did you polish the aluminum? Sand to 1000 or so and put a buff wheel+compound to it?

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: "HOMEBREW" Lathe, My Intro. to Mach and CNC

« on: December 23, 2008, 05:38:17 PM »

with those lights, it looks like you're using it in a strip club

Prolly the one next to the Home Depot!

That's a real slick setup you have there. Good stuff, RC. Makes me want one even worse now.

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Tangent Corner / Re: Christmas Shoppers BEWARE

« on: December 23, 2008, 05:22:21 PM »

Hehe....good one.

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Last minute Gift ;o)

« on: December 21, 2008, 01:03:44 PM »

That looks great Dave. Thanks for sharing!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Code hangs and z drils to China

« on: December 21, 2008, 12:48:43 PM »

Is this a registered version of Mach, or the demo?

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Mach Screens / Re: Haas Style screen?

« on: December 19, 2008, 10:19:18 PM »

These might be of use.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Where do I get my 5 volts from?

« on: December 19, 2008, 04:22:20 AM »

So I suppose your nickname shall be Arnold?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Where do I get my 5 volts from?

« on: December 19, 2008, 04:09:32 AM »

Thanks Robin

 

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Lithopane

« on: December 18, 2008, 07:27:39 PM »

Nice idea on the frame. Looks superb!