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    Re: running ten stepper motors from PC?

    Thanks for all the helpful everybody!
    I could use the relay approach but I won't be able to control motor velocity with the simple relay.
    I think I'd use the relay system on another sculpture so...
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    Re: running ten stepper motors from PC?

    I found this on Amazon.8-Channel 12V Computer USB Control Switch Relay Module Drive-Free Relay Module Plug and Play Suitable for PC Smart Controller.

    Does anybody know how to setup a PC to turn...
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    Re: running ten stepper motors from PC?

    Interesting idea. I've become so accustomed to working with Steppers I hadn't thought of this. I'm not sure I would be able to get coordinated movement with gear motors but I can certainly see the...
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    running ten stepper motors from PC?

    Hi everybody,
    I'm pretty familiar with stepper motors and drives having built many different machines over the years.

    I'm working on a moving sculpture project and am trying to figure out how I...
  5. Post for Mach3 with CNC4PC THC? need torch to pull up after probing material

    I'm new to SheetCam but am slowly getting the hang of it.

    I've built a CNC plasma cutter with a floating head. (torch is free to move up and down on a linear slide) I have a proximity switch that...
  6. Pin out for Primeweld 60 to WarpRunner/TMC3in1

    Hey guys,

    Not sure what to do about pin 3 here.
    THC is not working properly so first thing I'm looking at is the hook ups to the plasma cutter.

    Here's a pic showing what is happening. Torch...
  7. WarpRunner THC pulling away from material

    First day running new machine with ESS/Mach 4 and
    WarpRunner.

    THC isn't working properly. After 10 or 20 inches of cutting it's moving up away from the material until the Plasma cutter auto shuts...
  8. Torch not firing and g code stops part way through?

    I'm really new to the Warpruner THC and Mach 4.

    I downloaded Sheetcam and was able to create a G code file but I can't get the torch to fire.

    The machine moves to the start point where it...
  9. Anyone using the ESS and WarpRunner under Mach 3?

    I'm in the middle of setting up a new plasma build and am using the ethernet smoothsteper (ESS) along with the Warp 9 tech Warprunner THC.

    Their website STRONGLY recommends using Mach 4 and I have...
  10. What happened to the "Go to Zero Button and other things?

    I'm learning Mach 4 after nearly 20 years with Mach 2/3.

    Did the "Go to Zero button" vanish or maybe I'm just not looking in the right place?

    also,
    Is there a way to set up the keyboard jogs...
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    Compact Portable CNC Plasma project

    Halfway through a new plasma build.

    Not sure how unique this is but essentially the machine is a crawling gantry that houses all the electronics/motors/computer interface.

    The body of the...
  12. Thread: Basic THC?

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    Basic THC?

    I'm a small operation so I can watch over any cutting done by the machine.

    What is the simplest/cheapest THC controller out there?

    I've got a Primeweld Plasma cutter with CNC outputs.

    Thanks...
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    Re: Bobcad customer experience

    I get it that BobCad doesn't want or should continue to support legacy software so far as walking you through problem that's on you because you didn't watch the video or read the manual.

    But to...
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    Re: Bobcad customer experience

    I asked for support with a chat from Al at Bobcad. He sent me this link
    This is the transcript from the chat sent to me via emal after bobcad closed the convo.

    Me:
    Need license for BC 21. SSD...
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    Re: Bobcad customer experience

    I have 23 on an older computer. No dongle, just registered it by phone like always.
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    Re: Bobcad customer experience

    17, 19 21 and 23. Always on the phone, never given an option to register any other way.
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    I allways had to do it by phone. You read the...

    I allways had to do it by phone. You read the code to them, they read one back to you. Have to do this for both codes.
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    Point tool in Cut2D?

    I'm giving the trial version of Cut 2D a go.

    I can't find the point tool.

    This is the way I would normally set up a drill routine but placing points on the drawing then creating a drill routine...
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    Re: Bobcad customer experience

    Baking up reg codes is not possible with the software. It should be!
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    Re: BobCAD Declines to Register Product

    Google Bobcad reviews. https://www.trustpilot.com/review/bobcad.com
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    Bobcad customer experience

    Like many of you on the forum I've had a very negative experience with BobCad/Cam.

    I first approached the company in 2000 and after a convo with
    Chris Corbell , then Vice President, Marketing at...
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    Re: BobCAD Declines to Register Product

    I picked up BobCad as a sponsor when I was competing in robot combat. Had a great relationship with them for a few years then the VP left the company. Was promised BobCad for life for all the great...
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    Re: BobCad 21 circles corrupted?

    I made the suggested changes so now I'll wait and see if it continues to behave itself.

    Thanks all!

    Now if I could just get my drill routines back. They disapeared when I did a reset to...
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    Re: BobCad 21 corrupted parts?

    I know I'm a dinosaur, I just hate learning new software when the "old" software did exactly like I wanted to and fit like an old leather shoe, soft and comfortable. I started with BC 15 back in...
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    Re: BobCad 21 circles corrupted?

    This shows my settings. Don't believe I've every changed any of it in 15+ years?
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    Re: BobCad 21 corrupted parts?

    Thanks for such an in depth post. I too have been using BC for a long time. seems like it was ver 15 for a short bit then 17..Never cared for any of the versions beyond 21 since they did a total...
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    BobCad 21 corrupted parts?

    I'm having circles become distorted in BobCad 21 on multiple computers.

    I draw a circle. move it around, draw more stuff and them when machined the circle is not a perfect circle but more like...
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    Re: 4 axis carving, where to set Z zero?

    Rotary is in place but hard to see in that pic. You are correct, the tailstock and it's linear rails have not yet been put in place.
    Putting a second homing switch on center Y was something I...
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    Re: 4 axis carving, where to set Z zero?

    That was my thinking as well. The homing switches are in the normal place and planned on using offsets to index y axis over the centerline of the rotary. Not sure If I'd ever have a reason for the...
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    4 axis carving, where to set Z zero?

    I'm close to completing a new 4 axis large format carving machine. (able to carve statuary from a 4footx4foot cube of foam]

    Question; is it customary to set zero Z and perhaps Y axis at machine...
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