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    Re: Improving Machine Rapid Speed

    Interesting what your saying about higher voltage implying higher speeds.... from memory a higher voltage implies a lower current which implies less force to turn the motor.
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    Re: Improving Machine Rapid Speed

    I tried several different microsteps but this one seemed to be the smoothest. I will try decreasing the microsteps. Interesting about the acceleration. I hadn't thought of that...
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    Improving Machine Rapid Speed

    Hi All,

    This is probably a really obvious question but I am after a summary of some general principles to improve the maximum (non cutting) rapid movement of my machine. I.E bigger motors increase...
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    Re: Machine slot cutting is off

    Thanks for all your comments.
    I finally got around to trying a few things. Turns out the coupler was slipping. The screws had worked loose. After tightening those it cut beautifully! !

    Thanks...
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    Machine slot cutting is off

    Hi All,

    I recently built my hobby cnc machine and have been using ti to make some brackets. However, I have found that the machine tends to never cut the same line twice...

    I want to cut a...
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    Re: Askpower A131 VFD spindle control

    Thanks seanano,

    Its interesting I had done exactly that but had left Pno5 =3. As soon as I changed it to 3, it turned on!
    Unfortunately no matter what speed I put it at, it always goes to the...
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    Askpower A131 VFD spindle control

    Hi all,

    I have been playing around with my homemade milling machine and have decided that I need to control the spindle via linuxcnc rather than manually from the vfd. Unfortunately I do not have...
  8. Thread: Spindle control

    by Surfie
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    Spindle control

    Hi All,

    So I have been playing around with linuxcnc for a few months and thought that I should connect my spindle to get the maximum control from it.

    Unfortunately the information I have found...
  9. Thread: Spindle Control

    by Surfie
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    Spindle Control

    Hi All,

    So I have been playing around with linuxcnc for a few months and thought that I should connect my spindle to get the maximum control from it.

    Unfortunately the information I have found...
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    Re: Huanyang VFD RS485 / Modbus

    I have noticed that the VFD identified by tomala89 is slightly different from the typical Huanyang VFD.



    I happen to have this VFD and am very interested in learning how to connect a USB RS485...
  11. Linear movement exceeding joint 2's positive limit in LinuxCNC

    Hi all,


    First off, I am not sure if this is in the right area or not as I have never really posted anything here.


    I have seen several posts on here and other forums relating to this but...
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