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Good news! Upgrade to Vista allowed me to complete my jobs past 500 lines.


Bad News! Motors no longer turn :( I'm not sure if it's Vista not talking to the port, or if Mach is not talking to...

Moving into a new PC.

XP PRO, Fully patched. No other software. Clean Intall.

I backed up my custom screens and .lic file on my network.

Just to test, I installed 2.42 on my Laptop (Vista...

Usining ver 2.42 of Mach3 on Vista Ultimate.

I imported a gif file and traced it with TurboCAD. Converted it to a polyline, stripped all of the other layers and saved it as a .dxf. I can open...

Perhaps ill look for a new blade.

I have never worked with 80/20 before, but for cutting small parts like angle, u/t channel, the regular carbide blade felt like it was going to bind unless I...

What is the best way to fabricate these parts? i.e. cutting, etc.

I have used aluminum in the past with a chop saw blade for my miter saw. It does a better job on steel. I think it heats the...

Who is this competitor? Are they less costly?

Steve,

If your still looking for a computer, I can probably help you out. I am sitting on a pile of them now. Perhaps a trade for some of your spare parts?

pm if you like.

Worked for me! I just got done. I had to re-edit my stepper_inch.ini and standard_pinout.ini so make sure you back those up or jot down your edits.

F = Feed Rate! Got that figured out too!

So far I'm happy with my little prototype. I have a dual motion table. Not sure how I like that, but it was easy to build. I think I like the idea of a...

Thanks!

I was just checking in to say that I have it figured out. I must have set my dip switches on the controller board upside down. It was set for 1/8 step as opposed to full step.

It...

I have EMC2 up and running!


However, my test are comming out on a smaller scale.

I beleive it is due to a translation somewhere in the software. I am using 1/4-20 threaded rod to motion...

Checkout www.linuxcnc.org.

Right now, the CAM pugin for TurboCad seems ideal (I can get it for free).

I use TurboCad almost exlusivley for drawing, so it seems a logical choice.

I am using EMC2 for machine control and...

Thanks, but I have already deleted it. It was working kind of buggy anyway (Vista?) so I was not so pleased with it. I am getting the CAM plugin for Turbo Cad. Too bad it's only 2.5D, but it will...

Actually, their web site now states 500 lines of code, however, in trial runs, I am only able to do 250.

I got the books from imsi and went through the entire 2d and 3d. They were very informative and helped a great deal. I recomend them. I still need practice, but at least I know my way around the...

I am hoping to make things easy by asking the collective knowledge.......

I have 3 Astrosyn NEMA 23 4-wire steppers.

They were scavanged of course and each of them have the following wire...

I cant believe it's been nearly a year that I posted this and have made such little progress.

I thought i would comment on scavaging the controllers. Being that they are so imbeded with the rest...

Thanks for the info. I'll have to give that a try.

It doesn't appear to be a problem to use EMC2, but to integrate it into my existing network, I will need root access. Plus I am just paranoid...

I have downloaded the Ubuntu distribution and I am wondering what everyone's experience is with this application vs. other applications out there either Dos, Win, or MAC.

Linux is my favorite...

I am just dropping in to say hello and introduce myself.

At this point, I am in the planning and learning phase, but the ultimate goal is to build a CNC. The options are limitless I suppose,...