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...
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Alan Marconett
km6vv
May 1, 2009 4:56 pm
You need to change the country codes. Alan KM6VV...
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Paul Alciatore
epa_iii
May 2, 2009 6:59 am
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....
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stefan_sharpe
May 3, 2009 1:01 am
... How do I go about doing so? I could find no reference in the manual. S...
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km6vv
May 3, 2009 1:28 am
It's a windows thing, check in the system parameters, if I recall. Alan KM6VV...
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stefan_sharpe
May 3, 2009 1:31 am
... 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...
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Lester Caine
lscesuk
May 3, 2009 7:16 am
... 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....
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Tony Smith
dropcat2001
May 3, 2009 1:17 pm
... experimental ... on the "I". ... definitely want full ... seeing what I find ... buy ... want to test ... to all. I will ... Actually, a pen plotter will...
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Paul Alciatore
epa_iii
May 7, 2009 4:04 pm
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...
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Rarius
rarius_facet...
May 7, 2009 4:50 pm
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...
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dcassyc1
May 7, 2009 8:32 pm
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...
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Art Eckstein
axtein
May 7, 2009 8:59 pm
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...
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helitool
May 11, 2009 12:48 pm
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...
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Art Eckstein
axtein
May 11, 2009 1:29 pm
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...
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helitool
May 12, 2009 12:36 pm
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...
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p.passuello
May 20, 2009 12:35 pm
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...
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Jeff Demand
jpdemand
May 20, 2009 3:39 pm
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...
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rlwoodjr11
May 22, 2009 2:00 am
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...
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Brian Gracia
marble_kid
May 22, 2009 4:18 am
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...
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rlwoodjr11
May 22, 2009 1:05 pm
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...
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Tony Smith
dropcat2001
May 23, 2009 4:10 am
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...
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Art Eckstein
axtein
May 23, 2009 12:01 pm
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...
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rlwoodjr11
May 24, 2009 11:02 pm
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...
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Art Eckstein
axtein
May 24, 2009 11:19 pm
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...
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Tony Smith
dropcat2001
May 25, 2009 3:11 pm
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 ...
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das_innere_ich
May 25, 2009 5:50 pm
... 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...
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p.passuello
May 27, 2009 9:43 am
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...
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Jeff Demand
jpdemand
May 27, 2009 1:47 pm
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 ...
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bmark75@...
bmark75...
Jun 5, 2009 1:17 pm
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?...
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Art Eckstein
axtein
Jun 5, 2009 2:03 pm
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...
