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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Conect 121 lathe retro

« on: November 25, 2012, 02:13:32 PM »

Hi Hood,

Thanks for the video. Z axis tracking seems good, but it definitely stops at the end of each pass. However, I can't tell if it stops after the X pulls out or before.

Dan

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Nardini Fasttrace 220 goes from Fanuc to Mach3

« on: November 25, 2012, 05:01:43 AM »

Had a look at the Fanuc drives in the Bargain Basement section and looks they are Alpha series drives and it means they won't work with Mach3. They have some kind of proprietary control signals (not analogue nor pulse and direction) which is not documented well enough anywhere to figure what they are. Have these drives on a mill I bought thinking I could use them, but unfortunately I then discovered I couldn't


Dan

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CS-Lab / Re: Helping a friend set up his CSMIO/IP-S

« on: November 19, 2012, 02:30:21 AM »

Thanks for sharing this, Hood. Interesting!

Dan

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Accuracy of Homing Devices? Pro's and Con's of Different Sensors

« on: November 11, 2012, 02:00:02 PM »

Here's the link to Bertho's test:

http://www.vinland.com/Opto-Interrupter.html

The machine components expansion would be much more of a factor than the photosensor thermal deviations.

Dan

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Accuracy of Homing Devices? Pro's and Con's of Different Sensors

« on: November 10, 2012, 12:58:40 PM »

The secret with photo sensors' repeatability is their aperture size - the smaller the better.

Dan

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Conect 121 lathe retro

« on: November 07, 2012, 03:31:27 PM »

OK. Please post when you have some tests made.

Dan

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Conect 121 lathe retro

« on: November 07, 2012, 01:54:13 PM »

Hi Hood,

Have you had a chance to test the threading yet? Really the only thing I am waiting on before I buy one. I will go with the analgue version though as I mentioned to you earlier.

Dan

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Chiron FZ12 on its way sometime soon(ish)

« on: November 06, 2012, 01:34:52 AM »

I think they've already done every effort possible to eliminate any doubts

Dan

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CS-Lab / Re: Question for TechCNC

« on: October 25, 2012, 12:39:17 PM »

Thanks.

Dan

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CS-Lab / Re: Question for TechCNC

« on: October 25, 2012, 05:23:36 AM »

Ah... OK. Makes sense now. What was that board you used with the Scorpion?

Dan