Thank you, I'll check those out right now. So are you saying I should just buy wire by the foot and make them myself to avoid low quality wire? What wire would you recommend I use, then? I'll need...
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Thank you, I'll check those out right now. So are you saying I should just buy wire by the foot and make them myself to avoid low quality wire? What wire would you recommend I use, then? I'll need...
Thanks for the response. They are long enough, but I'd rather just get 4 new cables than destroy these. I would like the ability to revert back to the Flashcutif I need to. Or better yet, sell the...
I have a lathe fitted with an old Flashcut generator and driver. The steppers are model MP-2301-D-30. They connect to the Flashcut driver with 6 pin molex mini fit jr. connectors, but motors are 4...
Had a lot of work to catch up on after working on this for two days straight. I was able to make some adjustments in the settings to change the spindle speed. I wasn't able to get up to high...
I think you know I'm running v3. I guess the v4 manual has more info, though? I do have the v8 programming reference that is chock full of code, I'm sure much of which I can't run on my hardware. ...
Okay…here we go, gonna be a long one.
Thanks for taking the time to post all that. I am starting to get a better understanding of this now, thanks to you. I have already been reading here and...
Thank you for sticking with me! And thanks for going into such depth. I really wasn't expecting anyone to be this patient with me. I followed everything you said and I won't need my hand held...
I wish I saw this before I replied to your post in my other thread. This answers a lot of questions I had when trying to comprehend your other post. If I correctly understand what you're saying...
I am admittedly an amateur with G-code, but not with basic machining, mechanics or technology. I have been in the manufacturing business for 16 years. I have other specialty machines that run...
I wanted to add a photo of the lathe. It has some gearing on 2 axes, one of them being the spindle. The 4th axis is on the tailstock, which I guess would be for live tooling. Though I'm not...
Some folks here were kind enough to get me over one major hurdle setting up my old, but new to me, Sherline lathe with a Flashcut 401A. Thanks datac and machinehop5!
Now I am at the next phase of...
Thanks for the recommendation. I just found a thread about Ezilathe, and it sounds like it will really help. I am pretty savvy with technology, so I know I will learn how to program in g-code. ...
Okay! Good news! Swapping the null modem for a straight through cable solved my problem. All day yesterday, trying everything down to probing each pin on the old cable to make sure it was good,...
Thanks for the replies. It's really nice to have a little bit of help!
I actually did already try with and without FIFO buffer enabled. I did not try adjusting the buffer, though.
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Just wanted to add that I opened the case of the signal generator and no jumpers are jumping anything. I do have a limit switch on the lathe, but I tried disconnecting it to troubleshoot. It...
I have acquired a Sherline lathe with a Flashcut system already installed. I was told it came out of a working environment and that it should be functional. Flashcut customer service said there is...