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General Mach Discussion / Re: AUTOMATIC TOOL CHANGER

« on: August 21, 2008, 10:19:24 AM »

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10468

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: My Lathe with the SmoothStepper

« on: August 17, 2008, 07:29:27 PM »

Thats very impressive, I cant wait for this to be released. I havent put the SS board on my lathe for the same reason , need to cut threads daily. I am having to use electronic gearing currently 6:1  on my big lathe to get 800IPM rapids (aprox 20000mm per min) and will be very happy to set it back to 1:1

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Homing Order?

« on: August 15, 2008, 12:06:32 PM »

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Homing Order?

« on: August 15, 2008, 11:35:29 AM »

you guys and this software are just awesome .

Yep homing is configured and was working properly and in the correct order yesterday , for some reason it just stopped homing the x axis

I am using the blue screenset for lathe and it has the ref all home button

clicked edit vb button from pull down menu, changed to DoButton 22 then DoButton24 and its working perfectly . Thanks again and stay tuned for my next round of stupid questions , I will be diving into modbus and getting my PLC working today

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General Mach Discussion / Homing Order?

« on: August 15, 2008, 10:38:18 AM »

I used the search feature to look for methods of setting the homing order of mach and cant find anything other than request to home z first which makes sense for a mill.

I need for the x axis to home first on the lathe and then the z axis so my tool changer can get out of the way of the tailstock. Yesterday thats how it was working when I hit ref all , now it homes the z first and doesnt home the x axis at all .

The last software I was using had a simple screen to choose the homing order , how do I home x then z ?

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: distance traveled not matching value input

« on: August 15, 2008, 07:35:47 AM »

it sure solved my problems

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Auto oiler

« on: August 14, 2008, 10:05:29 PM »

Much thanks , I read these tutorials literaly and if it doesnt say to do a specific function I dont do it for fear of screwing something up

I have the oiler set up on output 6 , is there a simple way to activate the oiler manualy on occasion , either thru an external pushbutton or an onscreen button or thru an unused mcode?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Auto oiler

« on: August 14, 2008, 04:26:40 PM »

Just curious in the post above it says to hit the + in the brain editor and choose "timer"   I cant find timer anywhere there to choose

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: distance traveled not matching value input

« on: August 13, 2008, 08:59:51 PM »

Well I am up and running , Hood you were spot on with the need to create a new profile . Thanks to Chaoticone spending the morning on the phone with me we (well he) got it all sqaured away and its running like a top .

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: distance traveled not matching value input

« on: August 12, 2008, 08:24:48 PM »

yes I believe we did, the driver and plugin were both downloaded today so I am guessing they are the most recent updates