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Gerry: thanks for the quick response. Much appreciated.


I know that now. Perhaps if I had studied the user's guide more carefully, I would have known it sooner. In any case, I still think it...

Problem 1: I programmed a G3 in the XZ plane (G18), and the mill performed a clockwise arc. In order to get a counter-clockwise arc, I had to program a G2. It seems to me that if you’re facing the...

Has anyone actually set up a Keling 6050 for CW/CCW? The data sheet mentions resistors R13, R14, R31, and R32, but it doesn't say what to do with them.

I got the 'Hillbilly BOB' for my BP Boss 5,...

Gerry: thanks for the response. They're not big! 60x80. They're near the upper right corner of the screen. I tried putting a button in the lower left corner, and then I could see everything, but only...

I'm playing around with Screen4 (I know, I should be using Machscreen). I selected new, 1024x768, and then put a couple of buttons and a DRO on the page to test something. I saved it, and then...

Interesting comment, about 'absolute coordinates'. Does that mean that Mach3 can run with 'relative' coordinates? I think the way I use the machine must be different from most others, judging from...

Thanks for the comments. I wound up making a hardwood 'persuader', like a long, thin chisel, which could make it into the spindle pulley - it was too stuck for the timing belt to get it loose. A...

I finally got my Hillbilly BOB/Mach3 retrofit going on my Bridgeport Series I Boss machine. I cut a part, and then after doing something else for a few minutes, I came back and pushed Page Up to get...

I have an Anilam 1100 controller. CRT display, and membrane keyboard. If you want to jog, it's ready to go (as long as you're not running a program). You press X+ or whatever, and it jogs...

Thanks for the replies.

When I go to Hotkeys, this is what I see. I don't see anything about 'Toggle Jog Mode'. Am I missing something?

I want to be able to cycle through jog mode using one key. I don't want to have to press Ctrl-Alt-J, and I don't want to use a mouse. Is there any way to do this?

I'm coming from old controllers...

In Mach3, I want to be able to cycle through jog mode as follows: continous -> step .1000 -> step .0100 -> step .0010 -> continous, and I want to do it with one key. I don't want to have to press...

Thanks for the reply. I am using keygrabber. The pot is hooked up to a USB gameport adapter, so that Windows XP thinks it's the throttle slider of a joystick. It calibrates ok in XP. It works...

I can see where that would be helpful, but it seems to that I would have to post four screens to show what's going on. A lot of bytes for very little info. This is the default screen - I haven't...

It's doing what I described above. I can't tell what the percentage gets to, because like I said, the percentage value gets covered up by the bar. But, the FRO value goes to almost 60, or ten times...

Ok, this is how it works: If I turn the pot to zero, the green FRO bar goes to zero, and the FRO percentage and value go to (almost) zero. When I start to turn the pot up, the bar quickly goes to...

Thanks for the reply. So are you saying the Feed Rate Override goes from zero override (no override), to 60% override? I don't want to speed up the feed, I want to slow it down, all the way to no...

Ok, I made a little progress. I got my single potentiometer hooked up so that FRO consistently moves smoothly up and down. The problem is, FRO goes from near zero to 10 times the feedrate value...

Thanks for the replies. I looked at the Pokey device, and it looks very nice. However, the idea of having to buy an $80 device in order to do one simple thing does not appeal to me. I may wind up...

I got my Bridgeport Boss Hillbilly BOB retrofit going with Mach3, but before I start cutting metal, I would like to have a knob-controlled feedrate override. I used that as a safety device with the...

Very interesting. Some of the time, when I hit reset, the display goes to looking normal. And, often I can rapid a little bit. But, very soon, it won't rapid any more, and it seems dead.

George: Thanks for the reply. I checked the voltages as you specified. The +/-12 looks ok, and the 5V was 4.93, which I assume is not far enough out to explain the problem. Looks like it's...

I have a Bridgeport Series I Boss 5 which I've used for a long time, but it looks like the controller is going out, and it's retrofit time. The most-recommended inexpensive path seems to be the...

I have the dreaded 70007 error code. I checked the logic voltages, and there is a serious problem there. Here’s what I got from the test points, top to bottom, with the digital voltmeter black lead...

Yes, it's a Boss 5.

Ian:

Thanks for the great reply. You say that you got a breakout board that allowed you to remove all of the original edge connector control boards in the control cabinet, as well as the DC power...

I visited Mikini, in Watsonville, to look at the 1610L. Phil gave me about an hour and a half lecture on the machine. I’m no expert on CNC machines, but it looks very good, and it seems like they...

I've had a Bridgeport Series I for many years, and gotten a lot of good use out of it. But the Boss 5 controller just started getting flaky, and I think it must be retrofit time. The stock motors...

Just in case anyone is interested, a lot has happened in the last few days. Jerry has helped me set up a PC that will run the control software, and which theoretically could replace the one in the...

Thanks for the replies. To recap, when I started it, the display said 'cmos battery indication low', plus the keyboard wouldn't work. The problem appears to be a clock chip soldered on the computer...