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Hi, I got the same mill as you...delivered on exactly the same day. Also going the CNC route but probably not until the end of the year. I have way to many other projects going on and want to give it...

Ok Louie...Eding CNC has my attention. I went back and read some of your old threads when you first got it.

I see that the machine you set it up on originally has been sold off. What setup are you...

Thanks I will look into this now, so basically edingCnc takes the place of Mach 3 correct?

Thanks everyone. This is good info to go research. I just want something intuitive enough to get me operating for real.

The project has sat idle long enough. I just want to make sure I jump into...

I am not familiar with darwin . I was also not aware that ethernet version is better than usb. So is any eternet one in particular better than the USB ones listed above by louie? That's very good to...

It's not the that I must have USB as much as the Gecko g540 will not work with Mach 4 unless I read the requirements wrong. Since I have not purchased any software, I would like to purchase mach4...

Some questions for those of up to date on the current motion hardware/software regarding Mach4

I have a 3'x4' CNC router that has been built and has been sitting dormant for well over a year. It...

Took some time off from the build. Lost a little interest due work being so busy this time of year. Now I got a little time to get back at it and hopefully get this cutting soon.

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A few shots of some recent progress.

-Put some color on a bunch of pieces that had accumulated
-Built some shelves for the e-chain
-Cut grommets for wire management
-Assembled all e-chain...

After seeing your builds..I feel like setting fire to mine and starting over. Excellent quality work.

I am sold on this phenolic....so many applications. I remember when I go some for a table saw insert. I tried drilling in it and basically made a mess. Then I got a special bit nd counter sink and...

is that 1 inch phenolic? Do you source that locally or online? If you to not mind, what is the cost if that phenolic. I think you are on to something with that. Its an excellent material.

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Thank you all for the feedback.....and Don, extra thanks for the exact detail. That is exactly the info I was needing. I am going to do it like you do it.

I have struggled with this issue more...

Took off a little while on the project. Next up Limit switches. I have some questions so hopefully the experts around here can chime in:

I am running a Gecko G540 and Mach3 and I would like to...

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Alright guys/gals...I am going to do a batch update on this. If you have...

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Thanks Ger...I grew a pair and just went at it.

First short crawl speed movement on the X axis resulted in a slight cracking noise of my gantry!!! Felt sick for a moment....then relaxed, no...

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The cat6 is for the limit switches. I am using 20guage for the steppers.-

Well I ordered some green Cat6 cable, STP, to match the theme. I hope this is adequate because it its showing up momentarily. Picked up 50' for $10 on Amazon. They were not specific on the guage on...

I know this is going to be a very subjective question because there are many variables in play...so I am looking for some collective feedback.

1) I have the Mach3 kernel set to stock at 25KHz....

What guage and type of wire is recommended for hooking up limit switches, and does everyone use at least 4?

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You need to get a board stretching tool.

I am not familiar with the plans, but if its this early in the game and you are concerned, redo it now before it matters. That is cheap...wasting a lot of...

Carveone...great, at least I know who to come to asking for advice when that happens....:banana:

Well at least my pigtail adpaters from CNCRP just showed up. Opened the box, tested all 4 with the...

Well I just fixed my problems.


MAch3 not recognizing G540
1) I decided to uninstall Mach3 trial and give it a fresh install. It had only been on there for a few months, but I could not get it...

Well I got it wired up to test, but I have a question.

I installed the config file from gecko for mach3...I also went in and changed the charge pump to pin 16 like the instruction say.

I have...

Update:

Ahren from CNCRP has my solution. I am getting 4 pig tail harnesses with the 3.5k resistors already fused into them to solve the issue with the resistor at the g540. Turns out his new...