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SmoothStepper USB / Re: Whats the current developement state of the SS?

« on: April 20, 2010, 03:23:24 PM »

I read up on this product and was about to purchase the Kflop board . . until I saw $20 shipping for a board that 'fits in the palm of your hand' from California to Texas. In my experience, a company that blatantly overcharges for shipping also mistreats their customers in other ways as well. I'll keep looking . . . .

Can't agree more on that, Steve!

Dan

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Is there a VBscript beginners guide?

« on: April 19, 2010, 10:18:09 AM »

Thanks Ray for clarifying it.

The document you put together was the only one i was aware of till I saw this thread

Dan

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Is there a VBscript beginners guide?

« on: April 19, 2010, 01:22:55 AM »

Thanks omegasea, wasn't aware of this document. But "Cypress Enable".... does it ALL apply to Mach3 VB scripting as well?

Dan

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Success! Mini Machining Center under Mach3 control - Video link

« on: April 19, 2010, 12:53:35 AM »

Great demonstration and perfect videos as always!

Is it an oscillating head you're engraving with? Wonder why the engraved lines look black...?

Dan 

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: Whats the current developement state of the SS?

« on: April 15, 2010, 03:43:44 AM »

It is, Pablo, but I think what Rich suggests is that Greg (the developer of the SS) doesn't really visit this section, so there is no one else here who can give you a better answer than he can. Hope it's not the case on the Warp9 site.

Daniel

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Success! Mini Machining Center under Mach3 control - Video link

« on: April 13, 2010, 03:47:48 PM »

OK, you have to define your A axis - its pins and tune it under motor tuning AND enable it. Also do the same for the spindle - define the pins and tune it AND enable it, also enable the M3/M4 relays under ports&pins -> spindle . Then, if the macro you're using has the SwapAxis(6,3) command you should be able to program M3 S####  and the 4th axis would rotate at the commanded speed as if it were a spindle.


Daniel

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Success! Mini Machining Center under Mach3 control - Video link

« on: April 13, 2010, 03:29:34 PM »

What is it exactly you want to do, Bob?

Daniel

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Success! Mini Machining Center under Mach3 control - Video link

« on: April 13, 2010, 03:10:27 PM »

Are you using the SwapAxis command straight in your gcode??!! You have to make up a macro that would contain the SwapAxis command and you would call it each time you need a swap the axes.

Daniel

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Success! Mini Machining Center under Mach3 control - Video link

« on: April 13, 2010, 02:27:01 PM »

Hi Bob,

The numbers in the SwapAxis command are numerical designations of the axes. AS far as I remember it goes like this:

0 -> X axis
1 -> Y axis
2 -> Z axis
3 -> A axis
4 -> B axis
5 -> C axis
6 -> Spindle

Daniel

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Success! Mini Machining Center under Mach3 control - Video link

« on: April 12, 2010, 02:04:14 PM »

Ah... Interesting! The results sure look good. Do you engrave the words in the rubber first, or how is it done...?

Daniel