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    HOMEMADE PLASMA TABLE WITH SOME QUESTIONS

    IM IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A PLASMA TABLE IM USING NEMA 23 620OZ MOTORS AND THE GECKO G540 MOTOR CONTROLLER WITH MACH 3 SOFTWARE .IM USING TWO MOTORS ON MY X AXIS BUT THE PROBLEM IS I DONT KNOW HOW TO CONFIGURE THE SETTINGS ON MACH 3 SO THE MOTORS CAN TURN OPPOSITE TO EACH OTHER ..THE MOTORS ARE MOUNTED FACING EACH OTHER ..REALLY DIDNT PAY ANY ATTENTION THAT BEFORE ..PLS HELP

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    Kevin look under the configurations tab in Mach. I don't remember exactly where but you want to slave A motor to Y. I am assuming you are really talking about the Y axis (length of the table - wherein X axis is cross table).

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    homebuild plasma

    thanks very much for the correction and you are right its the y axis i have to motors .i was just playing around on mach 3 i saw a table with the slave option i tryed it out but i only selected one axis which was the x .i might have to select the two ..i new to cnc plasma and mach 3 so all the help is very much appreciated

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