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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Dixie Duke - A machine in the making.

« on: September 07, 2010, 06:19:06 PM »

So very impressive, Sam, just beautiful work.

Dave

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Tangent Corner / Re: Variable Speed control through Mach3 For Dayton motor?

« on: September 06, 2010, 12:38:19 PM »

Thanks Tweaks, some good food for thought there and I appreciate your help-

Dave

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Tangent Corner / Re: Variable Speed control through Mach3 For Daytom motor?

« on: September 06, 2010, 09:53:47 AM »

Tweakie, since this is considered a AC/DC Universal motor, is possible to control it with something like the minarik controller?

https://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?item=11-2269&catname=



I realize it's for 90v but wouldn't there be something out there similar to this for a 120 volt motor?

Thanks,
Dave

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Tangent Corner / Re: Variable Speed control through Mach3 For Daytom motor?

« on: September 06, 2010, 09:11:55 AM »

Hi Tweakie,

I already have a relay box to handle the on/off control, so that's taken care of.

I'd like to be to control the speed through Mach so that when I introduce the Gcode, it will spin up to the desired speed.

Dave

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Tangent Corner / Re: Variable Speed control through Mach3 For Daytom motor?

« on: September 05, 2010, 07:41:09 AM »

Hi Tweaks,

The controller that actually came with the unit is the Kbmc 13BV

http://www.kb-controls.com/product.sc?productId=106

Doesn't really tell us a lot, I don't think?

I understand what you meant by looking for the 0-10 v pot as that's how I connected my treadmill motor controller to the G540 on my CNC lathe, but I know nothing about this controller.

Thanks,
Dave

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Tangent Corner / Variable Speed control through Mach3 For Dayton motor?

« on: September 04, 2010, 03:21:39 PM »

Hi all, I'm playing with the idea of switching motors on my Taig mill and this motor caught my eye.

Daytom Model: 2M145

http://www.drillspot.com/products/45363/Dayton_2M145_Universal_AC_DC_Motor

Now most of you know I'm not an electronics major so what would be the proper controller to control this variable speed motor through Mach 3?

Thanks for your time as always-
Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: ref all home setup

« on: September 04, 2010, 01:16:22 PM »

I need some help on getting a dxf file to load into lazycam.  I make my dwgs in autocad, save as dxf and try to open in lazycam, but the dxf file does not show up....Can anyone help?

Just for the future, you should try to post LazyCam questions in the LazyCam area of the forum and start a new thread.

As for the DXF issue, try saving it as an 11/12 vesrion of a DXF. Also, I personally used to use AutoCad, but had similar problems exporting. Then I switched to ProgreCad (free autoCAD clone) and I haven't had issues after that.

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: MACH3 ROCKS: ATC, DrawBar, Spindle Orient, XYZ, and Spindle Control

« on: September 02, 2010, 03:35:25 PM »

Really impressive, JH, thanks for sharing, it's a beauty-

Dave

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

« on: August 23, 2010, 04:22:35 PM »

Simply......friggin amazing, my friend    ..... that appears to be a huge ring

Dave

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PoKeys / Re: LCE hook up

« on: August 19, 2010, 11:11:58 AM »

Thanks for taking the time, as always, Scott.

I will copy and paste this for future use someday-

Also, you may want to modify the title to read "LCD". I was going to do it for you but wasn't sure it was my "place" to do so- 

Dave