Thanks for all the helpful everybody!
I could use the relay approach but I won't be able to control motor velocity with the simple relay.
I think I'd use the relay system on another sculpture so...
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Thanks for all the helpful everybody!
I could use the relay approach but I won't be able to control motor velocity with the simple relay.
I think I'd use the relay system on another sculpture so...
I found this on Amazon.8-Channel 12V Computer USB Control Switch Relay Module Drive-Free Relay Module Plug and Play Suitable for PC Smart Controller.
Does anybody know how to setup a PC to turn...
Interesting idea. I've become so accustomed to working with Steppers I hadn't thought of this. I'm not sure I would be able to get coordinated movement with gear motors but I can certainly see the...
Hi everybody,
I'm pretty familiar with stepper motors and drives having built many different machines over the years.
I'm working on a moving sculpture project and am trying to figure out how I...
I'm new to SheetCam but am slowly getting the hang of it.
I've built a CNC plasma cutter with a floating head. (torch is free to move up and down on a linear slide) I have a proximity switch that...
Hey guys,
Not sure what to do about pin 3 here.
THC is not working properly so first thing I'm looking at is the hook ups to the plasma cutter.
Here's a pic showing what is happening. Torch...
First day running new machine with ESS/Mach 4 and
WarpRunner.
THC isn't working properly. After 10 or 20 inches of cutting it's moving up away from the material until the Plasma cutter auto shuts...
I'm really new to the Warpruner THC and Mach 4.
I downloaded Sheetcam and was able to create a G code file but I can't get the torch to fire.
The machine moves to the start point where it...
I'm in the middle of setting up a new plasma build and am using the ethernet smoothsteper (ESS) along with the Warp 9 tech Warprunner THC.
Their website STRONGLY recommends using Mach 4 and I have...
I'm learning Mach 4 after nearly 20 years with Mach 2/3.
Did the "Go to Zero button" vanish or maybe I'm just not looking in the right place?
also,
Is there a way to set up the keyboard jogs...
Halfway through a new plasma build.
Not sure how unique this is but essentially the machine is a crawling gantry that houses all the electronics/motors/computer interface.
The body of the...
I'm a small operation so I can watch over any cutting done by the machine.
What is the simplest/cheapest THC controller out there?
I've got a Primeweld Plasma cutter with CNC outputs.
Thanks...
I get it that BobCad doesn't want or should continue to support legacy software so far as walking you through problem that's on you because you didn't watch the video or read the manual.
But to...
I asked for support with a chat from Al at Bobcad. He sent me this link
This is the transcript from the chat sent to me via emal after bobcad closed the convo.
Me:
Need license for BC 21. SSD...
I have 23 on an older computer. No dongle, just registered it by phone like always.
17, 19 21 and 23. Always on the phone, never given an option to register any other way.
I allways had to do it by phone. You read the code to them, they read one back to you. Have to do this for both codes.
I'm giving the trial version of Cut 2D a go.
I can't find the point tool.
This is the way I would normally set up a drill routine but placing points on the drawing then creating a drill routine...
Baking up reg codes is not possible with the software. It should be!
Google Bobcad reviews. https://www.trustpilot.com/review/bobcad.com
Like many of you on the forum I've had a very negative experience with BobCad/Cam.
I first approached the company in 2000 and after a convo with
Chris Corbell , then Vice President, Marketing at...
I picked up BobCad as a sponsor when I was competing in robot combat. Had a great relationship with them for a few years then the VP left the company. Was promised BobCad for life for all the great...
I made the suggested changes so now I'll wait and see if it continues to behave itself.
Thanks all!
Now if I could just get my drill routines back. They disapeared when I did a reset to...
I know I'm a dinosaur, I just hate learning new software when the "old" software did exactly like I wanted to and fit like an old leather shoe, soft and comfortable. I started with BC 15 back in...
This shows my settings. Don't believe I've every changed any of it in 15+ years?
Thanks for such an in depth post. I too have been using BC for a long time. seems like it was ver 15 for a short bit then 17..Never cared for any of the versions beyond 21 since they did a total...
I'm having circles become distorted in BobCad 21 on multiple computers.
I draw a circle. move it around, draw more stuff and them when machined the circle is not a perfect circle but more like...
Rotary is in place but hard to see in that pic. You are correct, the tailstock and it's linear rails have not yet been put in place.
Putting a second homing switch on center Y was something I...
That was my thinking as well. The homing switches are in the normal place and planned on using offsets to index y axis over the centerline of the rotary. Not sure If I'd ever have a reason for the...
I'm close to completing a new 4 axis large format carving machine. (able to carve statuary from a 4footx4foot cube of foam]
Question; is it customary to set zero Z and perhaps Y axis at machine...