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Are you running 3 phase power to the drive, or single phase?

Simple things first, double check the tightness of the input power terminals. If OK, trace back power lines from VFD all the way back...

You are more than half way there. The only thing you need to determine first is the voltage level compatibility between your sensor and your TB6560.

Looks like your prox sensor will operate...

Ouch! Getting in some of that expensive education. Do you think you'll share this story if you do it again??

Of course z has more fight against gravity than x or y. Of course lifting takes more force than dropping down. However, depending on how your z is driven, pulled or pushed, and how it is supported or...

Also try a search for Paxton Patterson CNC Lathe on this forum (as well as others), looks like a few others have already made this journey.

Apple IIe, where did you get that, Smithsonian or an archaeological dig in your area?

Best solution will be to look at thinks in this decade. Determine if your motors are stepper or servo, likely...

So where does your PC running Mach 3 get power and where does your bb (breakout board or BOB) get 125 Vac. If they are not on the same circuit, the same potential, with the same ground, you can get a...

"I don't have time to read up on LinuxCNC and the MESA cards for an analog drive setup, so I don't have any definitive knowledge on it. But when I was looking into it a couple weeks ago what I read...

Or if you want to be even more adventuresome, look for 109JB's Arduino Interface post. He is running the open source GRBL and trying to implement updates to make it more compliant with the full range...

I would second the Mesa hardware, great stuff at a great price and yes great service. You'l also get great closed loop response in LinuxCNC.

The Glentek amps won't be open source either, but if...

Generally LinuxCNC is not too fussy, and typically works very well with the parallel port and PCI/PCIe cards. I believe the hardware and motherboard issues boil down to conflicts with the real time...

The 700 MB CD will be too small, need at least a DVD (~2.4 GB or larger). If you do get a DVD, you'll need to download the LinuxCNC Live-CD and using Infrarecorder or other CD/DVD burning software,...

The Intel chipsets, usually on board video and audio, have a pretty good track record of working well with LinuxCNC, therefore the preference.

You can always download LinuxCNC to a bootable CD or burn it to a thumbdrive. You can than trial run LinuxCNC and run the Latency test (LinuxCNC Documentation Wiki: Latency-Test).

I didn't see...

The company logo and drive looks to me might be a Granite Devices servo drive, (see granitedevices.com)

Nice, looking good so far. I like your idea on the 2 part molding if you will. Although I don't know of anyone every doing it that way. Any concerns with how well the interface boundary binds or...

Picked up a Warner Electric SECO Quad 6150 5 hp DC drive, a nice drive with regenerative braking. I have used smaller and different model SECO DC drives in the past and have had very good luck with...

I do not have firsthand experience with CAMBAM, but logically within any CAM program there are 2 ways to approach cutter compensation, or tool radius offsets. One approach would be based on user...

HAL and INI files are quite familiar territory for EMC/EMC2/LinuxCNC users. Not much of a hack, although Tormach's PathPilot OEM configuration may have made the front door seem like a trap door to...

https://github.com/alx/reprap-arduino-firmware/blob/master/GCode_Interpreter/GCode_Interpreter.pde

jfong beat me to it, see link Grbl Gcode Interpreter - Contraptor

Most of your DIY 3D printers are run based on G-Code interpreters, if you want a different flavor or variant.

I've heard of the lower RPM, 1750 instead of 3600 or so, on larger compressors 7.5 Hp or more, to reduce noise on a piston compressor. The lower speed, lower harmonics, rather than lower hp is what...

This is a real interesting debate especially when you wrote this. "You provide no empirical evidence that jeffofx NEEDS a heatsink and cooling fans. Everyone needs to evaluate their own situation as...

dwooder,

You should try to get more information on your servo drives, (picture 6 of 7 up thread) before buying any hardware. The BOB you linked to is a step and direction output, and your CMC...

storm,

Sorry that I did not make my self clear, in fact that was the only point I was trying to make, about trying to be more clear.

Let me take another stab, your statement of "Please be...

Many, many, many Bridgeport Series 1 manual and CNC mills have been retrofitted with aftermarket controls.

Many BP Series 1 CNC mills came factory with NEMA 42 steppers. Know there limits and they...

What part of Iowa? You don't need to be specific, but maybe a little more specific North, South, East, West? Near Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Sioux City? Or near a corn field, a bean field,...

Looks as those you caught a ghost on your own account. Your description of 'seizures' or 'stalling' and lowering acceleration has cured the bad habits strongly suggest that you are correct. Some of...

I would have to agree with Stotheh on the data presented by Gecko's 3 different tests for G540 cooling. In there tests, forced convection had a larger notable change in temperature than the...

Unfortunately the markings on your Chinese wiring does not clearly reveal if it is shielded cable or not. The one picture of the multi-conductors revealed, your motor power wires, don't show the...