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  1. Re: Need some help understanding a hydraulic diagram for troubleshooting.

    Hi

    Not really up on ISO symbols but valve 0.15 is a proportional solenoid operated pilot assisted (two stage) one. The coil symbol on the far left is the proportional solenoid coil and the little...
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    Re: Teensy Up/Down Torch Height Control

    tjb1

    Correct! Pierce delay is the time from arcok to when the torch starts to descend to cutting height. THC servo delay (or what ever you want to call it, I am trying to be generic here) is the...
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    Re: Teensy Up/Down Torch Height Control

    tjb1

    Just so things are clear the pierce delay has no relationship to the THC servo delay other than they both start with the arcok (or ok to move) from the plasma power supply going true. You...
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    Re: Teensy Up/Down Torch Height Control

    tjb1

    The THC should not be enabled until after the arc voltage is stable. On my system that is a delay >.30s (yours will be different) from the arcok signal from the plasma power supply. I...
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    Re: Teensy Up/Down Torch Height Control

    Hi

    My THCAD is mounted close (on top of) the my plasma power supply. The controller is connected through a 25' piece of shielded cat5 cable.

    397124

    John
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    DIY Engraver?

    Hello

    The use of my old manual engraver, Hermes type, is getting to be too slow for needed production. I am thinking of a DIY build because I want a largish work area ( 2' X 2') for an engraver so...
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    DIY Engraver?

    Hello

    I am needing to replace my old Hermes pantograph engraver. I am considering a DIY build as I am quite capable with Linuxcnc and have all of the drive components. I run a cnc plasma cutter...
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    Re: Using VCarve to make DXF's

    Sam

    Manual tracing does not require expensive SW like VCarve. Use open source (free) Inkscape. You can save as either .svg or .dxf. Inkscape will by default create complex curves that you can edit...
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    Re: Z axis cable

    Hello

    I have the same setup. Two of the wires in the cable are for the lifter power so they need to be beefy for it to work well. If you can build your own cable using 20ga or larger (smaller...
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    Fusion 360 under Linux Mint

    Hello

    I can't find any references to this topic.

    I have a linux box running under the 64bit Mint distro. Has anyone successfully run Fusion 360 in a VirtualBox? If so how did you do it?

    John
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    Re: Need electrical/electronic part

    Hello

    The part in question is a Hall effect current transducer. The coil form is actually split with the actual Hall effect device in the gap. You will need to find the exact same part. These...
  12. Thread: PP Trouble

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    Re: PP Trouble

    Hello

    Anyone have any ideas? More info:

    This happens with parts that are nested using the Multiple Duplicate command. The parts nested using the array command don't seem to have this problem.
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  13. Re: Tree Journeyman 310 - Terrible Z-Axis Backlash

    Hi

    I don't know anything specific to a Tree mill. Most of the CNC converted knee mills whether factory or retrofit attached the Z axis ball nut to the quill with single bolt and a stud. Many times...
  14. Thread: PP Trouble

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    PP Trouble

    Hello

    I admit that I don't know much about the Lua scripting language. I am having trouble customizing the post I am using. What I want to do is insert a M00 code with a message at the start of...
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    Re: Need help with TREE 310 servo problem

    Hi

    The manual for your servos is here:

    http://www.baldor.com/Shared/manuals/1269-798.pdf

    It has full setup instructions.

    The DP10 CIM is available on Scribd.
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    Re: UCcnc and PLASMA

    vmax549

    Thank you for taking such an interest in getting a really good plasma control going. I have limited requirements compared to someone trying to run a job shop. I only cut a narrow range of...
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    Re: UCcnc and PLASMA

    Well since you are asking for a wish list here goes. I realize that many items on this list will require external hardware so in those cases it is only software/display hooks to the UCcnc box/ I/O...
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    Re: UCcnc and PLASMA

    Hello

    I recently prepared a document to help guide me in refitting a new control to my plasma table. I have attached it here for your consideration. I am actually very flexible on the user...
  19. Re: Bringing up an ancient Dynapath system10 - need help

    hmc710

    You can go to the Linuxcnc web site and down load a live image that you can try from a DVD or USB drive without dedicating a machine to it for a try. All the instructions are there. I have...
  20. Re: Bringing up an ancient Dynapath system10 - need help

    Hello

    Your choices are limited if you want to keep your old analog servo motors and driver electronics. The two best for this case are KFLOP + Kanalog (will run MACH 3 front end) or using Linuxcnc...
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    Re: Plasma Table

    Tom

    Thank you. I have already successfully killed the present installation I have here! I mistaken thought that if I didn't explicitly save anything I could just close VS and start over from...
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    Re: Plasma Table

    Tom

    Thank you. This is exactly what I need to do, with the exception of a longer (about 8ms) measuring period. I figured out the difference between PC commands to the KFLOP and the functions...
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    Re: Plasma Table

    Tom

    Thank you, this is exactly what you need to do when plasma cutting.

    Now I have a real newby question on setting up an encoder to read the frequency output of the THCad. From what I can find...
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    Re: Plasma Table

    Hello All

    Moving forward I developed a preliminary requirements document for the new plasma table controller I need. The main feature of this is to have a Torch Height Control integrated with the...
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    Re: UCcnc and PLASMA

    vmax549

    Have you made any more progress on implementing a control for a plasma table using UCcnc? Do you know of any torch height controls that have been integrated into UCcnc? Do you know if...
  26. Re: Bringing up an ancient Dynapath system10 - need help

    aninventor

    I have an old system 10 on a Compumill 3000 mill (Shizouka ST-N iron). It works but I will replace it when it dies. The System 10 you have is older than mine and does not have CMOS...
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    Re: Compumill system 10 troubles

    Dukerc51

    Ok, I found two cards on e-bay. One is listed at $149 and the other is listed at $90 both $20 shipping from same seller. This may be a cheaper option than P&S if you want to take a...
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    Re: Compumill system 10 troubles

    Dukerc51

    Ok, it is hard to tell.

    First make sure no E-Stops or extreme limits are tripped.

    Then on PLC at the lower right corner there is a wire labelled 158. The terminal just above it...
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    Re: Compumill system 10 troubles

    Dukerc51

    Mine is labelled the same.

    John
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    Re: Compumill system 10 troubles

    Dukerc51

    OK, I guess I didn't get mixed up.

    John
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