Quote Originally Posted by hkfanatic View Post
every one here is always looking for more tool holders they come up on ebay from time to time.

worst case scenerio you could always make one
I actually have quite a few. Between what I got from Gus when I purchased the machine and what I was lucky enough to find on ebay already, I almost have enough to fill the tool changer. But I am always looking for more.

Work progreses nicely.
I cut some air last week and acording to my air calipers it is dead on. +- 50 millionths LOL.

I am working on a 1 button brain in Mach3 to manually change the tooling. Otherwise it is a three finger salute and it ties up three buttons.

The DSPMC-IP board that I am using is working very well. As it is still Beta, I am helping Rufi and the guys work out some bugs. Plus I am rewriting the owners manual. I have heard from several people, myself included that it was a little thin but I am fixing that. It will include info on how to tie in the VFD and a lot of other little things. The real nice thing is that it works like a charm under VISTA and with a LAPTOP.

I have found that I use my laptop for development work and when the machine is running well, I can tranition to the full time computer.

It also uses a network port, Not the parallel port. I am really liking the 36 inputs and the 16 outputs. They are also working an addon that will give even more I/O and will connect via the network. Just the thing for all of us guys that have rotary tool changers and need a million I/O. The other real nice thing is that it drives the +-10v servo amps.

Hey Gus.
I took you advice and lowered the accel and increased the speed. I was able to get the Z to ga all the way to 200 IPM like the owners manual says. I was only able to get the X and Y up to 180 IPM or so. I backed everything down to a nice and easy 150IPM and it all looks good. This is with the accel back up to 12 IPS/SEC. I stil have to hook up the auto lubricator and finish tying in the VFD. :violin:

I think we need to be payed to stay home and work on our machines. I have a real problem with work getting in the way of my hobbies. LOL

More updates to come.
Mike

P.S. I took the plunge and bought a Kurt 688 vise. The local supply house had them on special for $425. It was more than the chinese knockoff's but I figure my grandchildren will be using it. And possibly the machine itself.