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i read a few places that you want a flat line, idk if that is true but mine isnt flat however it does say excellent.... I would like to get a smoothstepper but not ready to spend the money if there...

motors and cables with built in resistors were purchased from cncrouterparts but i cant recall what amperage they are. I may need to double check all that.

Thanks for all the input. My drivertest says excellent but the line has spikes, not flat. I think I will install a fresh copy of XP and see how that goes(currently win7 32bit).

Anyone running Gecko G540. Is this sound normal? I wonder if something electronic is causing some of my issues... idk if you can tell in the video but I noticed while jogging it seems to stuffer or...

Those drawings of my table are very impressive! that being said I feel like the table frame itself is VERY sturdy. is there a way i could prove/test that it is or isnt?

As far as current/control,...

If there is a better place to post this please let me know....

So I have had issues with my table since I built it. I used Hiwin bearings and rails (LGW25). Bearings where new and rails where...

Thanks for the Info flyinwilly! I do have a couple water sep/filters inline and a inner cooler on the compressor. And yes I have been holding the torch cable, I know i need to make something to hold...

Im using HIWIN bearing rails(used rails with new bearings). I cant swear that everything is as rigid as it should be. How do I tell other than "feeling" it?

LeeWay - I am using sheetcam.

I...

I tried 125ipm and it seemed smoother on the curve. Not really any better on the small letters. Could this be moisture or more likely shakiness in the table/motor movement?

I am using a parellel...

I built my own cnc plasma table. Rack and pinion setup with steppers and other parts from cnc router parts. Mach3, Gecko G540 controller. I have tried cutting some 14ga with recommended settings and ...

Thanks for the feedback. I ended up buying an older dell optiplex with onboard parallel port. Im up and running with windows 7 32bit!

Looking around the net i can't say I've found anyone running windows7 with mach3 parallel port and a g540....wouldn't think it would be an issue but perhaps just installing Windows xp would fix my...

Thanks for all the input! I think I have narrowed down my problem. Kinda feel stupid I should have realized or thought about this before....I'm using regular cheap db9 extension cables on 3 of the...

I have tried two different parallel cards both PCI express as that is all I have. The one I just got I can actually get the table to move, but my pulse frequency which is supposed to be 25K goes...

UPDATE: got some time to mess with my table again. First it was fine until I jogged x about halfway across the table then it faulted. Kept messing with it and x was working but faults pretty quickly...

I am using axis a slave to axis x. I don't believe one could force the other due to timing because the gantry is not nearly ridgid enough to do that. They could be almost 6" out without dragging the...

Thanks for the input! Really wasn't sure what negative side there was to using a long cable. But I'll def be getting 6-8 ft. And yes it is a G540 fault....not sure what else can be causing it. Seemed...

I'm getting random fault when jogging my axis or multiple. Just built machine. Wondering if that can be a symptom of long parallel cable or what would too long of a cable cause. Mine is 20-25 ft

Has anyone used machine interface port and just installed an internal jumper on torch wiring to trick the machine into thinking the hand torch was the machine torch? seems like it would be fairly...