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Noticed this on our brand new 2600sy ii this week. Not going to change it right away as it doesn't take much to manually input the required numbers for what I usually use this for; namely, rough...

Watching this with interest. Might be easier to remove the extra commands from the mptechno.pst than to troubleshoot and correct the other one.

Sounds like a decent deal. Learn to use that controller before you toss it; it might be a bit eccentric but it was good enough for many years' use by professionals. The cost of changing to something...

Kinda stalled out right now; spring and summer chores plus a good dose of procrastination :) Doesn't help I run a CNC lathe all day. By the time I get home I'm kinda burned out. My impression is it's...

Still waiting on parts.
Limit switches showed up this week, got my homebrew adjustable feet welded in last week. Will post a pic of the feet after paint touchup.

Still picking away at this in my spare time. Waiting on parts in the mail mostly.
Made up some levelling feet yesterday. Old hockey pucks with a hex pocket milled in and filled with the heads of...

Those were plastic chips with some aluminum mixed in. Probably pulled a full cup of it out of there. Probably another cup from inside the slideway covers. Don't know how many times I've swept and...

I see this old interface has readouts for spindle and coolant states. How were they hooked up originally? That AUX I/O port?

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How has that gas spring lasted? Lots of cycles? That's a good vertical mount, too.
That an estop atop the z axis there??

Need to make mounts for the drag chain I've ordered. Did these machines come with cable guide chain of any sort? Pics are hard to come by....
For the Y, I plan either to run it on top or behind the...

Thanks Eric. Tube dimensions would be appreciated. That nut was packed with crap real bad. I've had the balls out of these before and this one was easier so no worries. The x and y were cleaner,...

So, it's been a couple weeks. Got the machine moving around under power and a short program. Found sources for some replacement parts, now waiting for mail to come.
It was fairly clogged with...

Thanks Eric,
Does Armor sell the limit switches and can you give me a description of the installation of the new style switches? Maybe a pic or drawing?

Does going with the PCIE card require...

Best guess so far is it's this one:
http://www.techno-isel.com/ss/PDF/h835066.pdf

Techno-Isel Gantry III, Model 130 with the servo option.

Ah. There are several websites with information on...

A few pics of the limit switches. They're pretty much all toast and I would like to replace them. This one looks to still be functional, although, when I pulled it out to clean around it, i found...

Hey everybody. Been poring over the posts on this forum trying to get an idea of what I've got here.
Just going to post pictures as that's where I'm getting my info anyway.
I would love some...

Haven't posted on here in years but have come up against a brick wall here; hoping someone is inclined to help. The ship in the pic sank a few months ago in local waters, one survivor. Some time...

Anyone have 16 and 17? I was away those days with no net access...
Don't recall ever getting a PM from the 'zone before so email to [email protected] will get it where it needs to go.

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Here's what I got. DXF won't upload due to size (500mb max). Right-click and save...
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5486236/sons%20logo.DXF

Working on it but that pic is too small to render good results, usually. When you're looking for a pic for a project, you should look for something bigger than, say, 500 pixels square. Unless you...

Here you go.

Been using Vector Magic for most of my stuff the last couple years. Don't do much but the occasional thing does come up and this software is fast, flexible and easy. You can use it as a desktop...

How do you set multiple depths of cut with this program, redo it over at different depths and run it multiple times? Also, the stepover is set by the 'width of tool' dialogue?
What are some...

Thanks robare, I'll check that out.

kawazuki, thanks for the heads-up but, at the current exchange rate, 70 GBP equals about $130 CAD + shipping. The guy in China is offering the...

Yup, those look just like the ones from China. Being on the west coast of Canada, though, the price is too high coming from Britain. Exchange rate is awful and shipping worse.
Is there a North...

Are these the screws and nuts from China? I'm thinking of buying some soon. What's the consensus so far? How many people have tried them?
I was thinking of a package deal including screws and...

Email from Art (fast):

"Config/homing and limits, check the 'REV' column."


Thanks,
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In mach2 I could just tick off which axes I wanted (to reverse the direction on) in a dialogue box. How do I do it in Mach3? The dialogue box for this function seems to have been moved or removed......

The picture of what you want isn't quite clear yet, but I'll have a go: Two methods come to mind.
You could use the router to machine out a cavity in sheets of plywood or mdf which would each be...

My demo has 10 days on it. No posting or exporting, 3axis only. A nice improvement in the drawing tools over XR. The 'Planes' addition is most welcome. The math seems faster, too, though that might...