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urgent need of help please..!
« on: February 10, 2010, 01:51:27 PM »
Hello,
I am in need of some help.  I needed to purchase a new lead screw 500mm long,  so i bought one and its the whong bloody tpi.  I need an 11tip one and i bought a 9tpi one.   I have searched all over google for one but to no avail.
I need this asap aswel because orders are backing up with no machine :(.  So anybody know where i can get one, it needs to be 11tpi and 12mm thick.
Thank you in advance!

u.k btw.

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Re: urgent need of help please..!
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2010, 06:15:53 PM »
Why do you have to have a 11tpi, you can fit the 9 tpi and just change the 'steps per' in mach3 config and be up and running in no time.

Graham
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Re: urgent need of help please..!
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2010, 06:31:29 PM »
but i have all the nuts etc fit on the machine for the 11tpi and the other 2 axis are running on 11tpi.  Could i just change the 1 axis to 9tpi and leave the others on 11?

If not where is the best place to get nuts, lead screws etc.

cheers

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Re: urgent need of help please..!
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2010, 06:36:34 PM »
Yes, just change the one, it makes no difference to the software, you just calibrate it as 9tpi for that axis.

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Re: urgent need of help please..!
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2010, 06:58:04 PM »
im abit lost on how to change the tpi settings,  im on config> motor turning...no idea what to do now ???

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Re: urgent need of help please..!
« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2010, 02:51:07 AM »
If you were to change one leadscrew from 11 pitch to 9 pitch then, what I would do is:-

In Motor Tuning take your existing 'Steps per' value (select the required axis first) and multiply it by 11. This would give you an arbitrary value which you then divide by 9 the result being the new value to use for 'Steps per'.

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Re: urgent need of help please..!
« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2010, 01:40:07 PM »
Thankyou for all helping me, i really appreciate it.  8)