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Thanks Mauri-Then I must have something in Mach3 that isn't right since I've run it on two different computers with the same results. Any idea what that could be?

Thanks,
Ed

Just to get started, I am using a section of a sphere. I used axis of revolution with default setting. Everything works fine in Simulator, and Post claims a machining time under a minute, but in...

Thanks a bundle, H500, it turned out one of the microstepping dip switches wasn't fully engaged.

Thanks Again,
Ed

Yes, H500, that is the case.

Thanks for the reply Andrew,

but no, I mean the driver is spinning the stepper motor, not locking it. It's this one: It is a straight forward setup.
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Hooked up a driver with power supply, and when I turned on power supply, it spins instead of holding torque. What could be wrong?
Thanks, Ed

Let's take advantage of global warming. Canal the water from the ice melting at the poles to the arid regions. In fact, we have a lot of dry lakes out here in the High Desert where I live that I'd...

This one's mine

Here is mine

Thanks for replying Al,

That's the problem I'm having, because the drive runs off of a computer or plc but has the option of "motion node" whatever that is. But, then it shows a list of...

Last month I bought some IDC Impulse drives off of Ebay in anticipation of building my first router. Now that I'm ready to buy motors and put it all together, I'm confused as to how this thing...