... If you are talking limit/emergency switches, It's better to have it so if there is a break in the wires the machine will stop. Note I'm not saying active...
Thanks Greg and Stuart. We think alike, as I've already made a couple of plates, ground them and then channeled them with slots and a installed an inlet...
Active low as a general rule should be safer for important signaling tasks like E-stop or Limits. Olivier. [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Art, What I was orginally asking for was a way of achieveing constant velocity for the spindle motor via feedback from a single pickup encoder(for both mill...
Art, How did you like Cuba??? Did you get your fill of hand rolled cigars and such? I hope so. Just wanted to welcome you back from semi- paradise and let...
IF you wire the active high ( Un-checked ) , switches normally closed if a wire breaks or a switches goes bad it will reset Mach2 it the switches are normally...
If I run a program it obeys the programmed feed rate, no problems. If in MDI mode I enter say X25.0 Y30.0 F0.1 then the move is carried out regardless of the F...
John, i think there is something strange on your machine. I think the answer is perhaps in the decimal point setup, in control panel regional options. What if...
A cheap way to build a vacuum pump is to take any automotive A/C compressor and just hook off the low pressure side. A friend of mine used one for about 10...
... And the case of beer goes to Greg. I'm that used to my other controllers just taking the F reading and using it I never thought about G01. Unfortunatly...
We should distinguish between a small vacuum plate and a vacuum table. Small objects may be held with an A/C compressor or vane pump. Vacuum tables typically...
From: Art <fenerty@a...> Date: Fri Apr 30, 2004 6:47 pm Subject: I'm Back....Good God.... Hello All: I am back. I can see from the very fast perusal of my...
... Yes, an extremly good and cheap vacuum pump can be made this way. Sadly it most likely to be entirely unsuitable for vacuum holddown work on a router. ...
... Not at all. I suspect your simply in G0 mode when your typing the line. Try G1 X25...ect.. The controller remembers if the last move was G0 or G1, so...
Thanks Greg, I will look at this. Regards, Rob ... From: Greg Nuspel To: mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 8:02 AM Subject: Re:...
I have been searching on the net for a conversion kit for my bridgeport z-axis. Flashfut has a kit for $1300, ouch! Are there any plans for DIY guys like me?...
Art The following runs as a program ie, g0 g53 z0 g53 x0 y0 g31 z-1000 f600 g91 g0 z2 g90 g31 z-1000 f50 m30 but will not run from a macro ie, code "g0" code...
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... you >enter ... Thanks, It's not a problem now I know, I was just used to a controller that took the F value and used it. No sweat just part of the learning...
Bonjour à tous. Cette nouvelle version contient la traduction française complète des écrans d'aide. j'ai réduit la taille de fichier au minimum afin de...
... <wild guess> is it possible you still have G41/42 tool offset turned on at this point? Ive had it upset itsefl with G92 when G41 was enabled, may be...
Hi Randy, You will need to wire +5 to pin 14 and 0 volts to pin 7, this powers the IC. Then you can use any in/out pair 1&2, 3&4 5&6, 9&8, 11&10, 13&12. The...
... Robin wrote ... progress, ... Robin while isMoving() wend Would have been the next statement then i would transfer the tool legnth into the table etc,But...
About the last thing I have to work out are tool length offsets. I've looked thru the manual but it's a bit light on this subject. Some while ago Art...
