Hi all, I feel a bit snookered! I live in Japan, and for the past year I have been working away on my small mill conversion. I finished installing steppers on...
Tony, I read your reply and you make some very good points. First, this is my experimental machine. I want to try out some ideas and see how I like them....
... I am not a smoking gun with windows, could you be a little more specific? My PC is all in japanese, so I am sometimes feeling my way in the dark... :o...
... It is unlikely that TurboCNC has been built using widestring ( I think that was te predecessor to proper unicode ) so you will probably be out of luck....
... experimental ... on the "I". ... definitely want full ... seeing what I find ... buy ... want to test ... to all. I will ... Actually, a pen plotter will...
Rarius, I am curious about the sense pin. Is this for limit switches? Or what? Also, are you aware that the L298s can be parallelled. This can almost double...
Paul, Yes, the sense pin in my design is intented for limit switches. I agree. the idea of paralleling the L298s is quite possible. The packaging even makes...
Hello, every time TCNC version 4.01 starts I have to load the machine config file. Would anyone please tell me how to set up the program so that the config...
Denis, If it has the name of turbocnc.ini, it should load automatically. Other wise if you have renamed it "my.ini" you should start it with the command line...
I have been using turbocnc since before it had mouse menus. About 3 years ago I made some 3" long x 3/8" diameter rods with a 1/2 round end on them. The code I...
Ray, I'm confused as you say you want to turn a ball and yet the code is G00 (rapid straight line mode)?? Also, when doing G92/03 in the XZ plain, don't you...
And well you might be confused! I did a typo and it should be G02. I figured it out on my own today. The problem is that g02 is for a CW arc on a mill or a...
What is the correct procedure when encountering the tool change command M06 in GCode. The machine stops and waits for you to change the tool. Since I need to...
Don't know if it is correct but it works for me. Taig mill with home made tool holders, sort of like a R8 but only 10mm in diameter, uses a draw bar. A holder...
Has anyone tried to change the code so that you could use the jog controls with 2 motors on the x axis? Also, I have the HobbyCNC board. I would like to use a...
Why mess with programming. You just need to wire the additional motor with the x-axis signal to drive the motor. If the signal for the x-axis comes in on say...
I would like to have different backlash settings. Also, the HobbyCNC board has the pins set. I know I could modify the board or get a breakout board, but I...
TurboCNC can drive more than 3 axis's. For your second X, just use A, and set you g-code so A copies everything X does. You can set a different backlash for...
I also had problems when trying to use homeaslimit AND backlash. It did not seem to want to home properly and the limits would kick in before it would finish...
Thanks for the replies. I named 'A' to 'X' and it works except for the jog. I want be able to jog both X1 and X2(A) with the left and right arrows. I was...
I am NOT a programer by any means. I was able to pick up enough of the syntax in a few hours. I found the error messages very helpful when I attempted to...
If you understand VB then Pascal won't be too much trouble, the syntax is similar. Modifying something is usually much easier than starting from scratch, even ...
... I have to agree with these two. It's easy to figure out how to work with the source code of TCNC. I have only been working with assembly, but after a...
Thanks Jeff, I have had a play with the jog and have found I can change a tool and set it to zero but the jog command resets x and Y ccordinates if you move...
Peter, The tool holders and setting the length in the tool table make life easy. Maybe collars for your tools would make mounting them at repeatable lengths ...
Can the newest version of TurboCNC be compiled with Free Pascal, or does it have to be the Borland Pascal 7? What compilers currently work with TurboCNC?...
TurboPascal will NOT compile the latest version, but you can get either Borland pascal 7 or Delphi 1 at: http://www.vetusware.com/ Look under the system...
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