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I was wondering if you could mount a rotary on the z axis with a high speed spindle for the 5 axis. I am intending to use for jewelry. I thought about the trunnion table approach but it doesn't leave...

I'm trying to setup Mach3 for the first time and have a couple of questions:

1) easiest one first. The active low check box, is it suppose to be a check or an X? Does X mean active high? And a...

I'll 2nd the warning about remembering to disable before running the machine. When you send anything over Ethernet, it goes everywhere on your subnet (which for most shops means everywhere). Each...

Im tring to wire up 5 axis to gecko 251Xs using a smoothstepper with an attached cnc4pc C25 bob.. There are enough outs on port 1 using 2-9,and 16-17. Is there any advantage to wiring them using both...

I'm only stepping in here because no one else has answered. I'm new to this as well. The higher the voltage, in a general way, will give you more speed and more heat to worry about. So before you...

Im wiring 5 gecko 251x and am wondering if I can do it using just port 1? The X,Y,Z,A axis use pins 2-9, but can you use 16,17 as the B axis? They are listed as outputs. Currently, I wired the B axis...

I just want a little reassurance, don't want any magic smoke.
I'm wiring the gecko 251x to the smoothstepper's bob and terminal 12 is listed as Common, yet says to connect to the bob's ground. I...

Well, I have been looking to get an answer to the fuse sizing for my gecko 251Xs. If you look on the gecko site, FAQ, under fuse recommendations, it says that slow blow fuses may not save your drives...

I'll second the "check out the Hossmachine homepage". Personally, I can hardly stand to watch it, the envy just eats me alive. But if you have a strong constitution, it's fun to look around, check...

And James I was going from his post of 4 stepper at 3 amps each to get 12 amps. He also stated that he was looking for a 12 -14 amp PS. I figured he was thinking that you just add the amps together...

Well, I should just keep my finger quiet. I'm new and didn't realize the older motors are rated different.

Plus I was just assuming parallel wiring (how's that saying go again ;).

But the...

The PS board has a relay on it to allow mach3 to turn on/off the power to the board. And yes, I did have a brain fart for mentioning it since its in front of everything.

I am not an expert, but just a newbie, going through this with my setup. With that disclaimer, you have 4 drives at 3 amps each, you only need an 8 amp PS. Add you drive amps together and multiple by...

I was given a nice power supply board which you connect to a separate transformer. The guy was using it with a 4 axis setup using Mach3 and gecko drives. He was using a transformer to get 50vdc and...

I have another question:

I was given a nice power supply board which you connect to a separate transformer. The guy was using it with a 4 axis setup using Mach3 and gecko drives. He was using a...

I used both formulas and the RPMs came out the same:

PPS * .9 (1/2 step °) /6

And

PPS * 60 / 400 (1/2 step per rev)

Thanks everyone for the help.

I was originally thinking that around 20-25 IPM was a reasonable number for carving wax on a Taig, the working area being only 12" x 5.5" x 6". So I took a look at...

Well, I would be fine with 50 IPM, but my curiosity is killing me. How do you figure out how many RPMs you can get from your motor at a given voltage? Do I look at the motors torque curve graph and...

Ok James, I bow to your expertise ;)

Not just the knowledge, but you put it out there in a way that was easy to understand and that I could use to do the calculations. It was extremely helpful and...

Does anyone else agree with the 24v comment? I only ask because someone else commented that I would be disappointed with that low of voltage. I was hoping for consensus ;). That hope has obviously...

The question came because I was trying to optimize my different stepper motors to the gecko's limits 3.5 and 50v. When I was looking at my guesstimating for the oz-in sizes I would use I obviously...

I'm obviously new to CNC and am trying to figure out the relationships between the PS, drivers, stepper motors Amp, Voltage, and inductance. I am using the gecko 251's which max driver limits are 3.5...

I'm thinking of setting up a small mill like sherline or tiag with a trunnion table for 5 axis. (this is my understanding and was looking for clarifiction) Mach 3 to a smoothstepper handles 5 axis...

I'm thinking of setting up a small mill like sherline or tiag with a trunnion table for 5 axis. (this is my understanding and was looking for clarifiction) Mach 3 to a smoothstepper handles 5 axis...

I was looking at getting a trunnion table. I'm new to milling and trying to mill wax for jewelry. And I was looking at the HTS table and a couple of rookie questions came to mind as I looked at it...