Some will put the camera at an angle looking down onto the work piece, but then the height above the work piece becomes critical. There are commercial...
You don't need to put plugin's in the mach folder. Just somewhere on your machine and double click the icon. It will install itself, then the copy will...
Have you tried changing the polarity of the home switch settings under 'port & pins' on the inputs, fourth column over labelled active low. Click this, then...
Hi Guys I'd like to ask what other HIGH VOLTAGE servo cards are some of you are using. I've just lost another Rutex which has gone noisy, grunchy motor...
... That's the truth! ... 1/3 rotation = 30 deg of ballscrew rotation in Scott's application, so if he has a 5tpi screw that's only +- 0.016" error tolerance. ...
Thanks Brian, Mark, and Andry, I hoped there were more docs. I guess the questions for me are, do these little internet cameras focus close enough, is the...
I followed your advice Mariss and I grounded the motor power supply cable shield to the G340 common. Actually what I did was to run the power supply common,...
Here is another aussie's experimentation with a camera on a ShopBot: http://www.talkshopbot.com/forum/messages/27/12790.html ... the ... degrees ... not ... to...
Actually +/- 1/3 rev is a +/- 0.067" error on a 5TPI screw. The new design will use a 64 macrocell CPLD. Only 50 macrocells will be needed to execute the...
... Not through a 4:1 reduction it isn't ;) ... Any room for dip switches to make it user selectable? That seems to be what others are doing. Wayne... -- ......
... Just in case you were referring to ballscrew rotation, yes you would be correct, I was assuming rightly or wrongly that you were talking about motor shaft....
Thanks Gerald, interesting site. I read most of it along with the links. I bought a laser edge finder a while back, but I don't like it much. The light source...
Hi Art, Thought I'd repost this little problem in case you missed it in the middle of another rather wordy post. I've started playing with Mach 3 video...
You should just double click the file and have it install if it is an M3P file. When you double click the file it will move the file to the PlugIns directory...
I am going to get a new computer, DON'T want Vista. Is there an FAQ on what works best ? Win 2000 any version better than others ? XP ? any verson better than...
It may look like the same iron as a Tormach but if you check the weight it really has less than half the 'iron'. For a good background on the Tormach read the...
... numbers . Function isactive(input1) is giving now the correct input status but how can enable the rest of the pin ? I only have input 1 to 4 .Thanks Mario...
i need some help with this one. why would my lathe lose steps at the bottom of an arch as in line N0055, N0065, etc. when it slows at the botton of the arch...
This may be a bit of a long post so I apologize now if it is. I have been using Mach 3 with my cnc router for about 1-1/2 years, and I recently converted my...
For spindle speed control? Peter Homanns boards will do the job http://www.homanndesigns.com/Products.html I've made some little boards that do just that. ...
I think this link will get you what you need. They make different models depending on what you want to control. http://homanndesigns.com/store/index.php? ...
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