I have converted my mill to CNC & using TURBOCNC s/w. My problem is that even after reading the user guide several times I cannot understand how to set the...
At this time, Turbocnc does NOT have diametric cutter offset. The offset table you refer to is for length only. Any diameter offset has to be done at the...
Hello Group, I am needing to buy a cable to run from my computer to the control box of my cnc. My computer has the DB25 female connector and the control box...
Hi Eric, The answer is parallel but get a good quality item as they are usually screened. If you have the locking posts on your machines then get a cable with ...
Hello group, I almost have my machine up and running, but I have two questions for now. 1. Where is the home position located (physical) on the machine? ex. X...
Well the standard set up is to have the Z be the up/down, the X left /right, and the Y in/out. The home tends to be Z up, Y all the way back and X all the way...
If we go by the book, and you want all moves to reference from the 0 point in a positive direction on the XY and the negative on the Z, then you will have the...
Eric: Once your machine is in position, issue one of the following commands: - Setup --> MDI Mode... --> G92 X0 Y0 Z0 - Setup --> Jog Machine... --> Alt+Z...
I have finished converting a small machine for CNC use. It is only going to be used for one specific part. In order to make it easier for me, is there a way...
Oakley! To do this in Windows XP make sure you don't move the part file after the following. Actually its best to put iyour part file in a folder made just for...
I dunno that I would try to run Turbo from within XP or any other version of Windoze. As I recall, pure DOS is the only way to run Turbo. Or any other DOS ...
Thanks for the responses so far. I probably need to be more specific. I have only ever run TurboCNC from DOS. When the PC completes booting I am at the DOS...
David, Many thanks! I had seen the manual and even read parts of it but did not even notice this section. It works just great and is exactly what I needed....
I have got an old PC without math coprocessor and i want to try use it driving steppers. Which is the last stable ,working turbocnc version that can run on PC...
Marko, I believe the last version 3 didn't need a math coprocessor. Years ago I played with ver 3.?? and a 386 w/o math... very very slow and then some. You...
Marko: Version 3.0f is the most recent to support systems without a math coprocessor, download is here: http://www.dakeng.com/archive.html I believe that if...
I have configure 3.0f and it works well. Only one thing i don't know what is wrong and how to sold it. When i run nc program, after every line G01 program...
Hi to all, I added some more pictures to my Mill2lathe Project. I used a OPB704 Reflective sensor with CNC4pc C3 circuit board. Works good, you can see how it...
Marko, Jumping in here late, Turbocnc will also frequently hesitate some during operations if you try to run it from a slow disk drive such as a floppy disk....
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Leslie F Russell
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I have finally gotten back to my CNC table after 6 months and after double checking everything I could, I turned it on and was pleased to find that all three...
... Hi there Bob, I'm impressed with your cnc milling machine turned cnc lathe and after 3 months away from this cnc thing, I'll going to do the same as you...
Hi, I have recently built a 4th axis around a cheap Chinese spin indexer, see image in photo section. I used a 2000 step/rev driver and a 49:1 planetary gear...
hi i am new to fourums and not realy sure about emails ect the reason i have joined is that i purchased two denford oracs that had a sort of convertion done...
Sir, There is an Orac group, not too active, but I found this source of information: http://www.silverkatt.co.uk/lathe/Default.aspx?Page=2 (also page 1) That...
Hello list, I'm new to CNC but not for stepper motor usage, I made my own circuit using 3 ULN2003 chips to deal each with one motor, I'm using a step sequence...
there are lots of different things you can do. Q1? ) Do you want to maintain a "holding" state for the motors ? Q2?) Can we find out what your circuit...
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