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General Mach Discussion / Re: Shuttle pro V2 problem

« on: August 16, 2009, 12:59:02 PM »

Just an idea to try, try putting the USB plug into a different USB port as I had a PC that had front mounted USB ports that did not work the same as the rear ports soldered to the motherboard.

Just a thought-
Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Jogging with Arrow Keys Problem

« on: August 15, 2009, 08:24:14 PM »

If you unplugged the cables from a previously bad drive and plugged them into the good drive and that axis started behaving then it can only be a drive fault I would say.
Hood

I actually missed that little fact, sorry- I'll go back to my corner now-

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Jogging with Arrow Keys Problem

« on: August 15, 2009, 06:31:02 PM »

I meant YOUR wiring to the conections for the motors, not the motors themselves 

What type of connectors are you using?

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Jogging with Arrow Keys Problem

« on: August 15, 2009, 06:21:33 PM »

So did you ever check the wiring conections to the motors?

Just sounds like it's exactly what I had going on.

Dave

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / New Project for the shop.

« on: August 15, 2009, 03:02:00 PM »

Just thought I'd share a new project that I'm coming up with that will be a great additon (read: TOY) to the shop as I do not have one ...yet. I use VCarve for all my small machining on my Taig mill but I've always been a bit of a woodworker so I figured I'd try my hand at building a CNC Router Table.

I'm still very much in the early stages but it "should" work out to the travel specs as:

X = 36"
Y = 24"
z = 4-5"

These aren't cast in stone but it looks feasable with the parts I already have. It's not finished yet but I have it drawn up to give you an idea of what it will look like. It's pretty much the same as every other 3 axis CNC Router but I do plan on using the 4th rotary axis as well...I know, nothing very exciting but you guys share everything and I figured what the heck.

It'll definitely come in handy for cutting sheet material but I really have to stop building this crap...I've already run out of room but it's just such a pissa playing with this stuff.  

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Jogging with Arrow Keys Problem

« on: August 15, 2009, 01:10:44 PM »

I will say that I had bought a drive and BOB from them about a year ago and they were excellent with customer support and even called me to help me with my setup.

Good people from my experience-
Dave

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Gertrude Gets Some!

« on: August 15, 2009, 08:05:47 AM »

Neat, Chris, what's the black material for wearing around the neck made of/called?

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Jogging with Arrow Keys Problem

« on: August 12, 2009, 04:05:32 PM »

Hi Nicolas,

Yes, it was the motor cable and I would have been more specific but I actually think I had a strand from one of the direction signals shorting out with another.

It was not a just a stupid wiring mistake, it was just a "sloppy" mistake as I had the individual wires in the correct places, just not a clean and tidy job. 

If I were you, I'd have a look at the wiring again just to be sure.

Dave

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Finished Screens / Re: New Interface in Italian and in English for Mach3: Itascreenset V. 2.0

« on: August 12, 2009, 12:49:12 PM »

Very nice work - 

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Jogging with Arrow Keys Problem

« on: August 12, 2009, 12:45:37 PM »

Hi Nicolas,

I actually had a very similar thing happen to me but it turned out I had my wiring screwed up at the connector that mated to my control box.

I was getting random direction jogs when hitting only one direction on the keyboard. Once I looked into my wiring, it worked like a charm. Just something else to think about-

Dave