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Well, we've changed this; our motion controller has delay settings for either 5, 10 or 20 microseconds and we've tried them all. Running at 10...
So my father did look into this. What I understand is that the drivers we have aren't actually leadshines; they are imitations. Evidently the...
David, thanks! This is one thing pops says he hasn't tried yet; he will look into it tomorrow! He did also just say something about switching a...
Thanks! My family owned a machine shop for a bit over 30 years and sold it. This was a retirement project my dad and I decided to try our hand...
I'll have to try that. Thanks!
Note: most of the garbled stuff on the top half of the relief is my roughing pass. I just stopped cycle before cutting up anymore than 2" or so....
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Sorry. Busy work week (nearly 80 hours ....job is getting to...
Thanks. It's been a long learning process! (about a year now) Ill try not to botch my explanation on electrical stats (I'm rather a dumb dumb...
I recently built a CNC router with the help of my father: http://openbuilds.com/builds/warnke-cnc-router.4383/ . We originally intended to start...
Updated 9-4-17 [ATTACH] This build is for all intents and purposes complete (I suppose it is ok to change status at this point - as we did a...
Hi Phillip; it was set at steps per inch. I am pretty certain it was some compatibility issue. I ended up getting a copy of Mach 4 and a new...
I never denied there may be a fix - sure; but of course I wouldn't know whether or not that's the case; since I've still been given absolutely no...
Well...I ended up abandoning my $70 China motion controller w/Mach 3 and got one suited to work with Mach 4, as well as a new copy of Mach 4....
Ok. But that's why I said 'any idea what the issue could be?'. I realize I'm not yet pushing my gantry load, but I already have all the...
Justin, Based on the info I give above; any idea what the issue could be? I realize my machine isn't totally built yet (but it is totally...
Hey Justin. Thanks for response. These motors will be attached to left and right 5mm pitch ball screws which will drive our gantry in x. When I...
Side note - we are thinking it may be the motion controller here. It was cheap (: {) and was supposed to be able to work with USB and Mach 3 - we...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Hi. My dad and I are working on a CNC build. He is trying to get our motor feed rate to match the actual observable...
Nice. And for about 90 bucks on the box, that works out great! Unfortunately i won't be able to squash all my stuff in one of these :|. all Nema...
Most of my mechanical items are on order. I have a fasteners list and maybe about 5 plate details i will need to get some stock for; other than...