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General Mach Discussion / Re: Homeing All Axis not working properly

« on: May 14, 2006, 08:46:09 PM »

Great advise :-)

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Homeing All Axis not working properly

« on: May 14, 2006, 06:53:48 PM »

I think you are correct brain.  I changed that value and it seems to be working good now. 

next problem i am running into is when i cut out a 3" part its actualy 2.985" wide.  but i think my step per inch is wrong.  on my router my x and y axis have abunch of gears in them.  and i have no idea how many step per inch it actualy is.  so i think im gonna just half to play with it to get it right.

Thanks for the help.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Homeing All Axis not working properly

« on: May 13, 2006, 09:40:24 PM »

Well i have been watches the diag page.  and i never see the y axis light come on.  my switches are sensors with a metal thing that go between it and breaks the current.  i might hook up a diffrent type of switch and see if that helps.

Nother thing i keep running into is my axis keep changing which direction they are moving.  i am always halfing to reverse the axis.  Then unreverse them to get them to move posative in the right direction.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Homeing All Axis not working properly

« on: May 13, 2006, 07:23:13 PM »

i hit ref all home.  the Y axis moves about 2" then stops.  Then my X axis homes all the way.  And my Z axis is setup not to home because i dont have a switch on it.

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General Mach Discussion / Homeing All Axis not working properly

« on: May 13, 2006, 03:42:19 PM »

I hooked up my homes yesterday.  the switches are working fine.  It turns yellow when i hit the switch.  And i got them both enabled.  But some reason when i hit home all axis.  My Y axis moves about 2" then stopes.  nowhere close to the homeing switch.  then the X axis homes fine.  Seems like the first time i open mach3 it will home fine.  but after the first time it dont work.

I am confused.  Any suggestions on how to get my Y axis home to work let me know.

thanks Eric,

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General Mach Discussion / Setting up a pendant.

« on: May 06, 2006, 01:04:42 AM »

Im going to build a pendant for my cnc.  Its going to have jogs for all the axis.  Plus a Estop and a program Start and Pause.

I need to know how to program mach3 for the Program Start and Pause.  The rest i know how to do.  I cant find a place to put a port and pin in for it.

Thanks Eric,

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General Mach Discussion / Perske Spindle

« on: May 02, 2006, 09:22:18 PM »

My company bought a Gerber Sprinter 48.  It is a very nice machine.  But the software is abit lacking.  Im looking to switch it over to mach software.  Well i need to know how to control the spindle.  I know how to do the steppers and the homes and limits and stuff.  But im abit confused about the spindle. 

Its a 5.5hp Perske Spindle if that helps.  It was microproccessor controlled spindle on the side of it.  It has a small LCD which displays its rpm.  It also has a switch on it that has ABCDE on it.  I figured this was a varable speed type switch.  It runs off 220v.

If anyone can help me that is great.

Thanks Eric,