Sorry, I was mistaken. It's 8mm/revolution. I have my drivers set at the highest amp (3.5amp). For the steps/rev, I have it set in the 10,000 range in Mach3. The machine has a max feed rate of 240 IPM with a suggested of 60, so I'd expect it shouldn't struggle at all at 30IPM. After all, the machine was designed to cut that fast. My Mach3 velocity is set to 90 IPM, and acceleration to 10 in/sec^2.
Am I setting up the motor tuning in Mach3 correctly? What about the settings on the motor driver? Is it better to have higher or lower pulse/rev?
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