Hello I am new to CNC but not to electronics and programming. I have sucessfully used a washing machine motor to power my really old lathe. See web at...
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Tracy Presnell
tpres500
Nov 24, 2010 12:40 am
Nope. You will have to use Zeus or other software to get PWM output. Tracy...
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Keith Cockburn
keith.cockburn
Nov 24, 2010 3:51 pm
Thanks Tracy I will go ahead with my design of opto-coupler if anybody wants to control the speed they can alway use the...
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keith.cockburn@...
keith.cockburn
Nov 25, 2010 12:39 am
Hi I tried searching for the zues program with PWM output but it does not seem to available. I only want some idea of what frequencies are used so that I can...
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Tracy Presnell
tpres500
Nov 25, 2010 12:55 am
CNC Zeus, has a PWM output in the program. However, it appears that he's taken the site down. I have sent him and e-mail to see what's going on. I know he was...
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Roland Jollivet
jemelectric
Nov 25, 2010 1:45 pm
Hi Keith You might want to seach the archives for conversations on sending S parameters through the serial port. This could be picked out and converted to PWM...
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Keith Cockburn
keith.cockburn
Nov 25, 2010 11:20 pm
Thanks Roland and Tracy I can enable 10Hz to be smoothed out to DC control potential I...
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Keith Cockburn
keith.cockburn
Nov 26, 2010 2:30 pm
Hi Roland Do you mean the turbocnc prog . I,ve just been reading about these s codes and the site does not mention the serial port...
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Art Eckstein
axtein
Nov 26, 2010 2:48 pm
Keith, What you have stated is basically correct. TCNC uses an "index" pickup for threading ops and can be used to measure rpm. There are no serial...
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Tracy Presnell
tpres500
Nov 27, 2010 3:13 pm
CNC Zeus site is back up. http://www.cnczeus.com/ Tracy...
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Roland Jollivet
jemelectric
Nov 28, 2010 2:31 pm
sorta true... Here is a post by Alan Rothenbush on 28/01/2009 This is what I meant by searching the archives. Regards Roland ...
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Keith Cockburn
keith.cockburn
Nov 30, 2010 5:36 pm
Hi Roland and thanks for the mousework I...
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Keith Cockburn
keith.cockburn
Dec 2, 2010 10:27 am
Hi Tracy              Thanks for the info, will be trying Zeus PWM soon. From the documentation there is no mention of PWM however but when I...
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Tracy Presnell
tpres500
Dec 2, 2010 1:13 pm
Yeah, Jeff admits that the documentation isn't that good. He and I traded a lot of e-mails when I was setting up my machine in the beginning. He likes the GS2...
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ajavaugusto
Feb 15, 2011 1:19 pm
Hello, I use KICAD to create pcb files. Does anyone use kicad files and CNCPro? Thank you...
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Denis
dcassyc1
Feb 15, 2011 11:59 pm
I use Eagle for making boards, but I use CNCPRO on the router. I am curious about how you get Gcode from Kicad, What CAM program do you use to get the Gcode...
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ajavaugusto
Feb 16, 2011 12:58 pm
This is another problem: I have a gerber file from KICAD but i'm still haven't found any program that could convert this file to use with any CNC. The program...
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Art Eckstein
axtein
Feb 16, 2011 1:21 pm
Correct, pcb-gcode runs as an ULP under Eagle. Somewhere, I have seen a conversion program for gerber>gcode, but can't remember right now, will look around to...
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jerome
jblbfr
Feb 16, 2011 2:00 pm
... I see this mentined in EMC wiki, but can't find it right now.... -- @+ Jérome...
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Art Eckstein
axtein
Feb 16, 2011 4:28 pm
Son of a gun, as we talk, I was looking on cnczone and this subject came up. Here is a program (freeware) that will convert gerber>g-code. ...
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RussW
mycncworld
Feb 19, 2011 9:08 pm
Hi all, good to be a part of this group. Although I have many years experience in programming/running 3 axis woodworking cnc machines, I still have problems...
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denis
dcassyc1
Feb 19, 2011 9:08 pm
yes, pcb-gcode is a ULP for use in Eagle. cheers Denis...
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Tim Hofstetter
timothyhofst...
Feb 27, 2011 4:52 pm
Hi, Russ. I'm surprised nobody's answered yet... so I s'pose it falls to me. 8) Your questions are all very good questions, but none of 'em is easy to...
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Russ Waters
mycncworld
Mar 1, 2011 7:00 am
Thanks Tim for the great reply!  I was begining to think I was invisable!   Yes, with this type of controller, there seems to be more set up than...
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Rich Thomas (WWCH)
mollymarley7...
Mar 1, 2011 2:35 pm
Not sure if this will help you or not, but you can delete easy enough... I have a small wood CNC machine (about 2' x 1.5' x 6" work space) I built. Using...
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Z
chatnick_au
Mar 2, 2011 9:09 am
You have received some good advice, let me put in my two bob's worth. There are a number of issues at play here. Let me break it up into no load setup and...
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stcnc2000
Mar 12, 2011 7:18 pm
Hi, Here's a picture showing how to use one IC for 3 inputs/outputs for Optical Limit Switches. Homemade PCB and 3 plugs. ...
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stcnc2000
Mar 14, 2011 4:29 pm
Hi, Here's a picture showing how to use one IC for 3 inputs/outputs for Optical Limit Switches. Homemade PCB and 3 plugs. ...
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stcnc2000
Apr 4, 2011 5:43 pm
Hi, made alot of changes to my 4th axis. Staying with my old Stepper motor and timing pulley setup. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8WFCdD-Q2Q Bob ...
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Big D
bigd_zaster
Apr 4, 2011 9:14 pm
Is there any chace you could email me pictures of the other 3 axis setups. It looks like you have the same mill as I do and I was just wondering how you set...
