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So, as suspected the UC100 can't keep up with the servo controller like the parallel port did. Within the servo controller you can set a "electronic reduction" to decrease the number of steps per...

Peter, like I said it works with the parallel port, not with the UC100. I was reading something that the UC100 doesn't send pulses out at 100k max, something like 50k or 29k. Sooo, there's a...

Peter, it's also not using PWM, it's setup like another stepper.
Mach3 Motor Tune
Steps 2000, Velocity 2500, Acceleration 25

I'm pretty sure that's irrelevant, it works with the PC parallel port setup, it doesn't the USB UC100 port... There must be something more to the UC100 setup, or it's not actually running 100Khz.
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Evening all. I blew up my Win7 PC running a parallel port with Mach3. So I decided to build a mini PC running W10. Everything seems to work fine with exception of the servo spindle motor.
I have...

I got a refund from paypal, they said he has many complaints about people not receiving their products, they are probably going to pull his account. I sent many emails that were unanswered, he could...

I ordered a CNC kit for my G0704 end of January, he would never give me a time frame of when they would be done, stopped answering emails, then sent me a tracking number for a label that was created...

I see there's a usb mc that can do it, and I know you can rigid tap with it. Thank you for your input though..

Ok, I have a griz G0704 with a chinese ac servo and driver combo. Setup as step in mach3, works flawlessly, best money spent.
I'm trying to figure out how to setup mach3 to utilize the encoder for...

Been messing around, got the UC100 USB adapter tonight, pretty easy setup. I was running the machine on an old thinkpad XP parallel port, done with that. Running on a laptop with Win10.
I found...

Gerry, i asked about an eval for a 2D system, they told me about a free version of DoubleCAD software from DoubleCAD.com

That seems to be closer to what I'm looking for, just a quick and dirty...

You really don't need a real fast rapid on the Z, but I'm getting some stalling, and will really screw up a part if that happens in the middle of the job. The other thing is what motor you stuff on...

Tried the Turbo Cad quickly last night, seems to use a lot of resource to run, It's not that it's hard to use, I can do pretty much do anything in Solidworks, I just need something I can edit with...

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Basically, here it is!!! I know I need a bigger stepper for the Z, the X and Y seem to be humming along.

I have some Prox sensors for the limits going on there,...

Gerry thanks, looks like the same people that do Turbo Cad. They have a 2D version, but no trial for it, I just got a 15 day eval of the the Turbo Cad version, I'll see how that works...

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Mike, that was the first one I downloaded today, could do much with it. Basically what I'm doing is importing with Illustrator, cleaning up, exporting as DXF, then opening with Solidworks, then...

Gerry thanks, wish I would have thought of that.... :)

I downloaded 6 or 8 so far, all junk, just wondering if anybody found something decent....

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Hey all, I was using Emachine software for creating simple 2d tool drawings and cleaning up imported DXF files, it was really good at that. Now they want a $200 yearly subscription for it!!! I'd...

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Dry fitted the Y Axis, and it became apparent that the X stepper motor would crash into it when the the table is far forward, not good. So decided to keep the Y Axis tuck under the...

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X Axis mocked up, Motor just a tad too low, I kind of figure that. That mount I'll use for the Y axis, I make another for the X with more offset on the motor.

Rod, thanks for the reply, I'm it is a good package, but I'm trying to stay away from monthly fees, I'd like a one time buy in..

Thanks
CR

I'm currently using Quickbooks Pro contractor software to run the business, it's been OK, does mostly what I need, but it looks like they are going cloud based, and not really updating anything.
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Working in the shop on customer jobs, looking the X and Y axis, decided to run the motors same as the Z axis, motors tucked in instead of out.
Touched up the first design, changed the spacing so the...

Thanks Bud!!

Well, investigated a little more, found one of the brushes making contact about 1/2 way? Does look like it had much use and probably wasn't broken in correctly, I got up to forward at 1000rpm, motor...

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Finished adapter plate for the Z Axis with a groove to catch the locking nut on the Z screw. 454378

First real quick test of the Z Axis, bunch of old stuff from the Router/Plasma Table.

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Having issues with the motor, yah I know, the originals suck!!!
It stalls, at least to me, pretty easy, it popped the fuse, just seems like the motor isn't even working hard.

I checked the temp...

Ended up like this, belts align better, I think it looks cleaner, only issue now is holding the lock nut on the spindle because the adapter plate is in the way. I think I have a solution, bore a...

Dry Fit of the Z Axis, looks pretty good, need to shim the plate up about 5/32"...


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