I was running mach2 on 400mghz pent. no trouble. I purchase a 1 gig. and haven't noticed a difference yet. Both were surplus computers from business...
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Well I'm glad to see that you are going to continue with your side project CNCpro. I had no idea that you did this program in your college days! Well let me...
HELLO ?? WAKE UP . Where did you get the idea there was going to be a next version . Doug ran like a scared child after his last post. He may own the program...
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I have built a wire cutter ( really cool ) it feeds the wire out via 2 rubber rollers through guides then chops it off using a shear blade . The length is the...
Hi Bob This is about the way I tried but it will not do anything I used cut and paste to make sure I didn't type it wrong . When I hit run it drops to the...
Hi Ron Are you using the full version of CNCPRO? Not the lite? I use this subroutine/looping all the time. One thing I did have a problem with one time was...
BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG The sound of success Thanks Bob that did it God it is great to see something you created come to life . It is now spitting out...
Hi Ron You are quite welcome. I have had CNCpro for a long time also, bought from Doug on ebay years ago. It runs a 4-axis flatbed mill---I really like it....
Hi I have tried to use constant contour on several occasions ( on 3 different machines and 4 different computers up to 1.1 GHZ.) but have never gotten good...
I assume from the defining silence that the constant contour is not working for for the rest of you either Ron ... -- Ron Kline American Precision Ceramics...
Ron, I regularly use constant contour, don't know if it helps but I haven't traced any problems to it. Most of my work is jewellery scaled contouring using...
Hi Ron I have not had stalls, but I can't say that it really works. If I am running a file that has a lot of short line segments, like when I'm engraving...
Well I guess I need to keep working on the problem , all I'm doing right now is putting a 2" radius on the corners of a Plexiglas table . Seams like an easy...
Yes with stepper motors on short line segments I keep getting a "growling " sound sometimes losing steps and sometimes not . ... -- Ron Kline American...
Now you've got me all curious about how you built your wire cutter! How did you actuate the cutter up and down? I can see that the rollers would be just a...
Hi Mike Actually I gave up on the rubber rollers and I'm using a ball bearing on top and a ( can't remember the name of it but they use them for rubber springs...
What a great solution! Was the 48v solenoid run at 48v? Was it accurate in the length? Why not just post pics here in the group as well? Mike ... bearing on ...
... Yes , I used a variable power supply and a HUGE cap because I needed a large current for only a fraction of a second . ... As long as the points were clean...
Cars have a condensor across the points to lower the amount of arcing. Maybe that would help. Pics? Mike ... get ... rubber ... ground on ... current ... shaft...