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Retrofitting a series 1. I want to keep the original steppers. Planning to use:

Keling 6020 power supply
Gecko 203V's
Laptop
Smooth Stepper
Mach3
GE VAT20 VFD (for 3 phase to motor)

Nice job! Thanks for the vids. I'm in the middle of the same converion. Do you mind sharing the source for your power supply?

Looking for a mid - low price system for running SolidWorks 2010. Does anyone have any experience with the Intel I5 or I7 processor? Should I stick with Xeon processor? It seems that I get more...

So last year I decided with the help of this site to give a try at home brew CNC. I ended up making a two axis plate to bolt to the table of my J head. I used Mach 3, Keling steppers and power...

Man this website is superb! Thanks for all the info fellas.

I think in the end, my setup will be much closer to the tractor setup than a high speed low drag production unit. I'm essentially a...

I'm in the early planning stage of a very simple CNC plasma cutter. Initially I was planning on just a simple Z axis going to a pre-determined Z dimension for torch height but I see a lot of...

Thanks Ger21. That just may have fixed it!!!!!!! I also noticed I didn't have the problem until I actually turned the mill on. It must be some noise feeding back from the 220V motor on the...

will it fix the problem I posted in this thread?

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75784

I may have made an important observation today when trying out a new cable. Whenever I ran a program at 6 ipm it seemed to run and repeat fine. When I slowed it down to 2 ipm, the problem came...

No, I don't recall any noise when they should be moving.

Just went out and checked settings. Speed 75 in/min Acceleration 5 in/min. It seems to jog, home, and maybe even rapid fine. It's...

Thought of something else. Computer:

Dell 2350 with 1.8 GHz Processor and 512 Ram. I installed a separate video card last weekend and turned off the onboard driver.

Oh two other things. I tried changing the X output pins and run it on the Z driver and got the same results. And I also noticed the G540 was warm. Am I doing something to over heat it?

Let me start by saying I'm new to this stuff and just getting my first project together. It's an X - Y table with the following:

KL23H284-35-4B Motors
KL-350-48 48V/7.3A Power Supply
G540...

Pretty much the same as fusion described. I'm building an XY table to mount to my bridgeport. We have a Prototrak at work that works the same as fusion described. The machine pauses and prompts...

Ah ha, I see. So did you use switches and inputs to confirm back to Mach that the quill was up or down before moving? Otherwise, the XY might start to move before the Z is fully up or down right?

Fusion,

Did you ever find a setting that would cause the program to pause for z movements? I tried the one mentioned above and got the same results - just flies right on by.

I got in on this deal as a part of my firt attempt at a project. Loved the simplicity and ample info on setup etc.

Got my little XY table moving for the first time last night and you couldn't...

Been lurking around for a while and finally decided to start my first project. I want to start out simple by converting a small (8" X 8") cross slide to use on my bridgeport.

Here's the plan:
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