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General Mach Discussion / Re: Geckp 540 and Solid State Relay

« on: July 17, 2010, 07:57:54 AM »

Hi David,

I believe it should be wired like this diagram as this is how I have mine wired. The leads in the diagram that go to the breakout board (your G540) are the "TO COMPUTER" leads in the picture. The + goes to output 5 or 6 on the G540 and the other goes to ground of the parallel port as well.

The credit of this diagram goes to Tom Benedict's relay tutorial, which I HIGHLY suggest you read before continuing.

http://www.cartertools.com/tbbrb.html

Hope this helps, but ALWAYS be careful with any wiring!
Dave

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Finished Screens / Re: SimpleMill 3 and 4 Axis Screen Set for Mach3 - Final Version

« on: July 13, 2010, 03:26:00 PM »

Hi Geaorge,

Nice job and to make the DRO's look nicer, uncheck the "Boxed DRO's and Graphics" option in the "Config ->General Config =screen control area.

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Tormach CNC Scan.

« on: July 12, 2010, 04:36:36 PM »

Have you actually watched the video Rich? Pretty interesting.

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Tormach CNC Scan.

« on: July 12, 2010, 02:56:02 PM »

I saw a conversation that started over on the ZONE about this and found it very interesting.

Looking forward to hearing more about this-
Dave

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Screen designer tips and tutorials / Re: Can anyone make a "normal" windows screen design please? 0:-)

« on: July 11, 2010, 08:06:04 PM »

Nice work, Gerry, very clean and well done-

I'm sure Roelli will love it 

Dave

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

« on: July 10, 2010, 11:07:23 AM »

Steve, it's really coming along nicely, thanks for sharing-

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: cutting out of line with the toolpath

« on: July 10, 2010, 08:22:23 AM »

Could be anti virus but your movement problem sounds more like loose Dir wire or bad drive.
Hood

This has happened to me as well as I had one single strand touching another contact on my connector. Resoldered it and all was good. It's a pain, but you should check your contacts/soldering for sure.

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: cutting out of line with the toolpath

« on: July 09, 2010, 10:33:55 AM »

Agreed, it sounds like either the part moved or you're losing steps (position).

Since you said the first one was perfect, I'm thinking the part moved.

Dave

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: The Laser Project.

« on: July 08, 2010, 07:06:57 PM »

These are the new "Dyson" wheels  



Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Keygrabber 'sticking'?

« on: July 08, 2010, 05:39:16 PM »

Yes, and I was using a Logitech GamePad.

Dave