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Figured out it was a blown 2A fuse F5 that is located in the top left of the electrical panel on a series 3 machine. I suspect that this is what the OP had as well. Since the brake is normally...

I recently just started having the exact same problem that you did as shown in your first posted video. I suspect it has something to do with the z-axis brake. JimsMachining, did you ever solve...

Thanks for the info. Looking forward to the MX. I hope the BT30 pdb works on the series 3 also. Anyone know if the spindle is the same in the 1100M as the series 3 1100? I couldn't find a...

Thanks for the reply. Really? Do you have any other info or links? I've looked high and low and couldn't any info at all.

Yea, I get it and that;s what I want. I think the way I wrote it is confusing. I want a bt30 with a power drawbar. Unfortunately, tormach doesn't make a power drawbar with their BT30 spindle so I...

After several years with my PCNC1100 series 3, the ONLY major complaint I have is with tool pullout using TTS and a power drawbar (don't have or want ATC at the moment). Just had a .25" EM pullout...

Putting the SATA in IDE mode got rid of the errors, but I decided they were of no consequence (i get similar ones on other linux computers) and changed it back to AHCI mode. I've been AHCI mode for...

I can verify this works on my Series 3 1100. Thank you! This fixes one thing I absolutely hated about the PDB and made me wonder if anybody at Tormach had actually tried to use the pendant to make...

Two weeks now and no crashes. I think it was the bios upgrade. I left the bios SATA setting on AHCI.

So, I booted linux from a live CD and ran memtest for about an hour. No errors. I also reinstalled path pilot 2 and updated to the current version of 2.0.4. I've also flashed a new version of the...

Tormach controller bought several years ago..

Well it just crashed again. This time the machine wasn't running and the computer had been idle for abouyt 15 minutes while I was doing something else. The following are the only errors is dmesg. ...

No, it's not continuous. I maybe use it 4 or 5 hours a day. Thanks everyone for the responses. I've upgraded the underlying Linux mint os and plugged the keyboard into a regular USB2 slot on the...

I've been getting random crashes with path pilot since I've owned my machine (several years). It will just randomly crash about once a week (sometimes less) in the middle of a job. The screen...

I think I figured out my problem was related to a combination of how I was holding the part in the vice and the part geometry. I changed around the cutting order and fixturing method and it seems to...

That's it! In my version 9, it's also in the links/leads menu. Somehow mine was set to 150% of the step which meant at a retract height 0.050 above the part, the feed didn't switch as it should. I...

...okay, following your advice I set the z retract height in "parameters" to 1 inch and the feeds were all correct! I have now figured out that if I retract above .25inches, the feeds are correct. ...

Thanks for the reply John. I think that I have narrowed this problem down to only using the 2 Contour with the Multiply toolpath Scheme. I am not sure where to set the feed switch height, but if it...

Hmmm...now that I look at visual toolpath generated in Sprutcam I can see that the moves are G1's instead of G0 by the solid line instead of the dashed red lines. This leads me to believe the...

So do you think it's a post-processor bug as opposed to a Sprutcam bug? Have you observed this problem too? Maybe you are using a postprocessor that doesn't do this. If so, I would be interested...

That is also how I use the max velocity slider. The problem seems to be isolated to the 2d contouring operation. My problem is when there are muliple curves within a 2d contouring operation (or...

I requested one from Sprut and the one he sent was close, but still mostly garbage. I spent some time editing the postprocessor and I think I have one that works reasonably well for a single tool...

...more info. I think this may only be a problem when using the "Multiply schemes" option in Transformations to repeat the toolpath in an array. Seems that the feed between units in the array is...

So I've encountered this quite a few times when using 2d Contouring; between cuts, the feed should be fast (G0) and is instead G1...very slow. This is a huge waste of time for the parts I am...

Interesting, I'll check it out more. I'm particularly interested in using it to cut slots so I'll see if I can make use of it there.

Yea, it's just cheap steel and a bit gummy, but it's all I can get locally and the shipping charges for ordering small amounts of steel make it too expensive for me. Seems that the slot is slightly...

It's just a regular upcut em and the depth is not anywhere near the flute length. Most of them were brand new before they snapped. It's also just cheap A36 steel (which seems to easily create...

I am cutting slots in steel approx 1/8" wide and about 3/8" deep (~1in long). I am using short 4 flute carbide endmills (coated and uncoated) with as little stickout as possible and snap them quite...

Thanks, I found it. Seems that it is only available for a Lathe Contouring operation....which maybe all you really need for lathe machining anyway..

That is what I am trying to do. However, I do not have a Machine Under Axis option in my strategy tab. Maybe it's not available in SC9?