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i had to look up "prodigious"

I'm going to add that in conversation

Thanks

Your ready for doing surgery

Nice Job

I too have been looking

I need to make a bottom for a tray and instead of hiding the joint I thought go ahead and accent it
1/2 thick 14 by 21 . I'm thinking maple and mahogany for the center.
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Hope the owner comes through

I started downsizing my plans 4x4 eats up to much space
i really don't need it that big and if i do i will go see my buddy down the road

best of luck
Kelly

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Hope the owner comes through

I started downsizing my plans 4x4 eats up to much space
i really don't need it that big and if i do i will go see my buddy down the road

best of luck
Kelly

Sounds like progress
doing it right is always more work

I bet you are thinking about tramming and squaring too

I am planning to use 3by3 square tube frame
and using the gecko 540 with...

Wow nice work
I always visualize my work to look like yours.
I start with a Monet mind and end up with a Picasso finish.

I love the machine
I am starting a 4x4 to replace my 2x2

Looking...

I am not familiar with Mach3 to help threr

however

I had a similar problem with turbocnc
My usb mouse would move and I would loose steps
3 times same g code different places on the g code,...

Here is how I learned to make my g-codes
I am thinking there has to be an easier way

Step 1
Draw in Autocad
useing circles arcs lines and polys
pedit
set tool offset
then explode
save as DXF

In my case I loaded Dos 7.1 first to 1st partition
Then loaded XP to 2nd partition
on bootup it gives me option to boot to DOS or XP

I had the same problem I didn't have another floppy drive in...

I just rebuilt my computer with DOS 7.1 and win XP
Dos 7.1 has usb support. It is DOS pulled from Win 98 of something
no mather what you try I would back it up.

XP will see and reads DOS
I...

yea john

Set Step Pin State to "Active High"
Direction Pin State Depends Axis Movement. Can be Plus or Minus


I looked for a driver for both of them
if i dig long enough i will find my old...

Stand down

ALL IS GOOD

Emergancy called off

Grabbed moms old XP machine loaded it with my junk and Z now works

I just want to set back and let them spin

Stand down

ALL IS GOOD

Emerancy called off

Grabbed moms old XP machine loaded it with my junk and Z now works

I just want to set back and let them spin

hee they are

Here goes
when the Z axis is not being stepped the voltage at C17's positive terminal
should be at a logic 0 ( no more than +1V)

C17 is 5 volts but so is C15 C16 and C18

I do not have a...

Thanks John

It was Q5

and I have 5 volts at positive terminal of C 17 to, but no voltage change while moving Z

What are my other checks

Thanks Kelly

Here we go
I put the controller box together With the the power supply
Checked wires refitted everything.

Crossed my fingers and powered up

They started Hissing at me. Shut it down and...

Gota love the prices
99 cents for 8 ft of shrink

One motor hooked up and seems to be good

got a meter and it seems right
All 4 adjusted to .21 for 1.5 amp motors

My thinking too
It should have been the 18 yr
However this is a budget build and we gota use what we have.

The Fluke is a auto so I do not have settings.
My other meter is toast. Brother in...

Out with the OLD and in with the NEW

OLD


NEW
However I am having a problem with the Current Adjustment.
I can not seem to achieve .21 volts. I can get much higher readings
Is it me
My...

Dave was fast (about 3 days for delivery)
Finished the HobbyCNC PRO Kit (about 3 hours)
Test came out 5volts

Thanks guys
I ordered the hobbycnc pro figuring the money savings "g450" + the Idle Current Reduction I am still ahead.

So I am planning on useing the power supply I already have.
How musch...

You have not provided much information, so it's hard to give any definitive advice. Do you have any more detailed specs for the motor?
Vexta 125oz/in Stepper Motor Specification
Model # PH268L-21...

Ok i would like to use the vexta motors with a Gecko G540.
what would I need to get the best performance out of them using a 1/2 -10 acme?
i have a 24 volt power supply. but i do not remember the...

i am replacing the slo~syns with the Vextas
I need new drives and power supply
What would you guys suggest

My last post was in 2003.
I started my gantry machine last night to see what was not working.
it seems all is well. However my software is old. "Turbocnc" Dos version.
I see Windows base machines...

Those are like mine on my gate.
They are Casters with a V cut not Bearing with a V cut.
They are not real acurate.
They are 4 inches around by 2 inches wide. I think they weigh about 3 pounds.