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Tangent Corner / Re: Aluminum Heat Sink Adhesive?

« on: July 29, 2009, 11:13:06 AM »

Main thing is it works.

Indeed- 

Dave

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Tangent Corner / Re: Aluminum Heat Sink Adhesive?

« on: July 28, 2009, 05:30:29 PM »

So I purchased the Arctic silver epoxy and mounted my little heat sinks and a 120mm fan to blow over them. I ran the motor for an hour and it's cool so it's working perfectly. Not pretty, but VERY functional...... lol!

Now I just have to give it a workout with some actual cutting 

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New PlugIn just about done..

« on: July 28, 2009, 03:57:08 PM »

Hmmmm..... I'm beginning to think so, lol!

Should be interesting to see if anyone has this issue in the future. I have 2 Shuttle Pros and they both do the same thing so it's not the Shuttle itself. Could be the Taig Controller or possibly the PC in some way, who knows.

I didn't want to reverse the directions anyway, just wanted the macros.. 

Thanks again all-
Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New PlugIn just about done..

« on: July 28, 2009, 03:23:58 PM »

Wow, now that's weird, wonder what's causing that, as it happens on all 3 axis.

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New PlugIn just about done..

« on: July 28, 2009, 02:16:17 PM »

Ok, I'm making some headway here as I deleted the plugin and reinstalled all my macros with my backups (thank god for backup files) and all is great on the Macro area. All the macro functions are working as normal (Thank you Scott!!)

But! (there's always a but isn't there? lol!! )

On the outer ring, not the center silver dial, notice how it has seven "steps/increments" of jogging speed going each way? Here's what the issue is for me when using the new reverse axis function. I have written down my jog speeds for each increment for you to see exactly what is happening.

Normal mode working perfectly / Without the reverse function checked:

1) .34  2) .64  3) 1.61  4) 3.23  5) 8.06  6)16.09  7) 32.17


Now this is how it is WITH the reverse function enabled:

 1) .34  2) 0    3) 1.61  4)0       5) 8.06   6)0        7) 32.17

Notice how I get 0 IPMs for the 2, 4, and 6 increments?

Anyone else getting this?

Thanks,
Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New PlugIn just about done..

« on: July 28, 2009, 12:19:36 PM »

Thanks for the info, fellas, I'll have to do some digging and see what has happened.

This is why I hate upgrading things.. 

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New PlugIn just about done..

« on: July 28, 2009, 11:37:13 AM »

Guess I'm the only one with problems still so I'm definitely doing something odd apparently.

Maybe one of you kind gentlemen would tell me how your saving your macros in sequence?

I had the 2 macros on my shuttle pro working just fine and for some reason, it will not execute them now after insatalling the new plug-in.

I have them saved as:

Touch plate = M70

Laser Crosshair = M71

Ref home = M72

And when I input the numbers above (without the "M"), it just shows on the status line in Mach that it has been executed but nothing happens with the machine. 

Anybody have a clue?

One other question, have you guys actually used the reverse on the machine? When I reverse any axis, it's very "glitchy" and not smooth when going in the original direction.

Thanks,
Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New PlugIn just about done..

« on: July 27, 2009, 04:46:33 PM »

So I went back out to the shop and tried reinstalling the old plug-in and then copied my old shuttle dll file over the one in the plug-ins folder and now I can't even save either of the 2 macros that were originally available.

So I'm thinking the issue is me and my shuttle config is now borked as well. I hate these macros as I just don't mess with them enough. I'm going to try to delete the plugins and start from scratch again.

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: CHALLENGE - PRESENTED FOR DISCUSION

« on: July 27, 2009, 04:28:54 PM »

Well thank you very kindly, Rich. I will have to sit down and study up on this some more and see if I can't break anything. 

Been very busy here lately and haven't had much time to play but I did get my little heat sinks epoxied onto the lathe motor with a 120mm fan blowing over it. I have to give it a workout and see how much it helps.

Thanks again for all of your help, my friend-
Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New PlugIn just about done..

« on: July 27, 2009, 03:01:16 PM »

Scott, I truly appreciate your effort and tested this out a bit. None of the reverse jogs are working for me nor is assigning the macros. Now let's wait until the others try theirs out as I could possibly be doing something out of order or something.

I installed the plug-in and the configure screen comes up just fine but when pushing a button for a specific macro, Mach 3 screen says that it's been executed but nothing happens.

Thanks again, Scott, it's probably just me..........
Dave