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Hi Nelson,

I just tried this on axis 2.4.6 and 2.6.0-pre0-4472-gbc335b8 and both work fine. I don't have 2.5 installed to test it out though sorry. I can see no reason it should not work though....

Hi Nelson,

Please post the first part of you program up to and including the G0 move and maybe a few extra lines.
It will make finding your problem a little easier. Also what happens if you...

Hi 307startup

If you want to build something like a Magnabend or ElectraBrake your best bet is to go to the following link:-

Magnabend Electro-Magnetic Sheet Metal Bending Machine

This site...

Hi All,

I forgot I had posted (vented) here. My machine is a Mechmate, it was the first to be constructed in Australia, as far as I know. You will need to register to view pictures in the forum...

Hi Tony,

I think one of your raptors relations is over here in Australia.

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Jayson.

Hi Roman,

well done on a very good tutorial that is easy for anyone to follow.
Many years ago I made sensors almost the same...

Firstly I drew up my sensor in CAD and machined it into a...

Hi all,

Just thought I would place a quick post here.

I have a been a bit quiet here for a while as I have been busy with another diy cnc machine that has its own forum, far away from here in...

I second Joe's advice. I use my mill very infrequently but the flood coolant after many months still has the same odor as the day I put it in there. I have an aquarium pump on a timer to come on...

Congratulations, good to hear you got it fixed.

Jayson

Hi marzetti,

not sure if I can help or not. Are you using just the touch off button or are you using a touch plate and running a probe routine? I just set my machine up to touch off on a touch...

Hi augustus

from your description I would say that Gerry is correct. I would start by looking at backlash, mechanical couplings of the motors or the backlash compensation figure you have entered...

Hi Noel,

I have one of the 2.2kw water cooled sets and had a similar problem when I first hooked mine up. It turned out to be the operating frequency of the VDF that needed to be changed. The...

Hi Regnar,

I use devilspie to get emc2 to full screen.

http://burtonini.com/blog/computers/devilspie

If you need more than that let me know and I'll copy my configuration for you. It was a...

Hi Wiseboy,

there certainly is a Mechmate in Australia and I would totally recomend building one. The cost thus far, without electronics is around AU$4500. Motors and controllers would add about...

In stepconf I would like to see the ability to choose step/direction or CW/CCW drivers. Maybe I am alone in using CW/CCW drivers but I have had a great deal of trouble trying to get the correct...

I'm not much help here with new ideas, as has been stated you would be hard pressed to beat the Mechmate.

Jayson.

Hi ZipSnipe,

I missed your post sorry. I am still alive and still finding things to do.

I have not made any progress on the the machine since last posting. I had some trouble making a spindle...

Hi John,

I will take a look tomorrow and let you know the changes I made,however I see you have already updated the wiki so you may have found what was missing, but I'll still check.

Thanks for...

I see this is an old thread, but did you gt it working? I followed the same directions, and after much cussing and head scratching managed to get it working a few days ago.

I am happy to let...

Well done, when will this thumbtop computer go on sale?
I havent made an impulse purchase for a few days now...

Hi Herbert
I applaud your work. I have been trying to build a high speed brushless spindle for quite a while and have been unable to find a suitable design. Your design is great. Can you...

It’s Alive! :banana: (machine is alive = dancing bananna, I don't know why, it has just always been that way).
I powered up the machine today and made the steppers turn a little. I was very...

Gave up on the cable carrier, as I stated earlier, so I had to come up with an alternative. After some head scratching and consulting with friends on ideas, a friend mentioned that a tape measure...

Well I have given up on the energy chain. At over AU$1.20 per link I will make do without it. I just can not understand how they can justify the cost for the smallest echain, after all it’s only...

Hi rlrhett,

All the bearings on the trucks are supported on posts on only one end. This is due to the fact that I have turned half of the pins as eccentrics for adjustment. I could not work out a...

I spent a great deal of time trying to work out what I was going to do about the plug on the machine. I finally decided that I would cut a relatively large hole in one end of the machine. I could...

Managed to get the Z axis belt on today. I was originally planning to order a belt the exact size and just put it on but while looking through some bits in the shed I found part of a photographic...

Make some tee nuts to bolt the table down... that was a great idea at the time. I have some advice for you all. BUY the tee nuts. :) Well maybe making them was not that bad but I'm glad I'm...

Hi Zipsnipe, glad to hear that you got a machine and been making chips.

.xXACEXx., thanks for the comments. I have had this idea for the rails in my head for a few years now and I'm glad that...

Well, doesn't time fly... Almost 10 months since I did anything on this machine. It doesn't seem that long ago but it must have been.
I have recently purchased a dovetailed column miling machine,...