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  #181  
Old Sun 02 November 2008, 02:29
sailfl
Just call me: Nils #12
 
Winter Park, FL
United States of America
Progress continues.... The machine is in its new home and I have stated to install the motors and to tighten things down. Yesterday, I started to finish wiring the control box and today I hope to cut holes in the box and maybe paint.

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  #182  
Old Sun 02 November 2008, 03:56
javeria
Just call me: Irfan #33
 
Bangalore
India
and you call it a tight fit Nils? enjoy cutting nils
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  #183  
Old Sun 02 November 2008, 08:02
Robert M
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Lac-Brome, Qc
Canada
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Woaoww Nils… This is GREAT !
So happy for you, getting close to “ take off ” !
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  #184  
Old Fri 07 November 2008, 17:46
Greg J
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Hagerman, New Mexico
United States of America
Very nice Nils.

A tight fit, but my mid section MAY block a little more sun than yours.

Now, let see some cutting action.
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  #185  
Old Fri 07 November 2008, 19:37
domino11
Just call me: Heath
 
Cornwall, Ontario
Canada
Greg,
Dont worry, I think I am in the same boat with you. Im going to leave a little more room than Nils did for my midsection to get around.

Nils,
Cant wait to see your first cuts.
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  #186  
Old Fri 07 November 2008, 20:48
Gerald D
Just call me: Gerald (retired)
 
Cape Town
South Africa
Nils has cleverly positioned his MM so that he does not have to get around it. If he needs to work on the x-motor he will do that extramurally . . . . through the window!
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  #187  
Old Sat 08 November 2008, 02:07
sailfl
Just call me: Nils #12
 
Winter Park, FL
United States of America
Gerald,

Good idea. It is tight but I can move around with a motor attached. But the design is so good, I don't expect any problems.

I have all but one hole cut in the controller box and have started to paint it. I had to repaint. The paint dept had a quality control problem. We have one last coat to add. Then I will add all the switches and finish the last of the wiring.

Things are close.
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  #188  
Old Sat 08 November 2008, 15:28
domino11
Just call me: Heath
 
Cornwall, Ontario
Canada
Nils,
How did the sensing on the Aluminum work out for you?
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  #189  
Old Sun 09 November 2008, 03:27
sailfl
Just call me: Nils #12
 
Winter Park, FL
United States of America
Heath,

If you are talking proximity switches, it appears that the sensors are finding the aluminium they are just closer. I don't think it will be a problem.
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  #190  
Old Sun 09 November 2008, 18:04
domino11
Just call me: Heath
 
Cornwall, Ontario
Canada
Nils,
Do you have the standard proxies or the extended distance ones that Gerald was mentioning before? Great to hear it will work for you with the Aluminum.
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  #191  
Old Mon 10 November 2008, 04:04
sailfl
Just call me: Nils #12
 
Winter Park, FL
United States of America
Heath,

I have the standard and I am thinking that I need the extended ones. Because of the aluminum, the sensor is very close to the surface of the material. I am calling FactoryMation today to talk with them about my sensors.
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  #192  
Old Sun 07 December 2008, 09:40
sailfl
Just call me: Nils #12
 
Winter Park, FL
United States of America
Arrow Help

Help!

I have been quietly working away to get my machine up and running. I am at the point of getting things running. I did not do a kitchen top test which may be a big mistake though we did test my motors.

Earlier I found that I had the switch components for the ON/OFF switch reversed but I have fixed that problem.

What is working.....

I am getting power to every thing.

If I push an E-Stop button things shut down.
My proximity switches register.

I can not get my motors to turn. I may have a problem with my X on the PMDX-122 I am using. The indicator light on the board is not lite for pin 2. All other motor lights are on. The power to the Geckos are on.

I think I may not have the right resistor for my Gecko 203V drives. With power on and I put a multimeter on the two connectors I am reading 4.5. No power 15.

I have the motors configured in Mach 3 as :
.......Step Pin # Dir Pin # Step Port....Dir Port
X..........3 .............2 ............1 ...........1
Y..........5 .............4 ............1 ...........1
Z..........7 .............6 ............1 ...........1

I have checked the continuity of the cables as I wired them so I believe the problem is not there.

When I jog x, y or z nothing happens. Motors do not turn on.

What do I need to check or do to fix my problem?

Thanks

Last edited by sailfl; Sun 07 December 2008 at 09:46..
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  #193  
Old Sun 07 December 2008, 09:54
Gerald D
Just call me: Gerald (retired)
 
Cape Town
South Africa
When you attempt to jog "forwards" and then "backwards" (ie. change direction) do you have some LED's on the PMDX that light up?
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  #194  
Old Sun 07 December 2008, 09:57
Alan_c
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Cape Town (Western Cape)
South Africa
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Hi Nils

Have you checked your motor config in Mach, is it set for the correct step per unit, if too low the motors may well be turning but too slowly to see.

Do the motors give an audible "clunk" when power is applied to the Geckos? this would indicate that power is getting through to the motors.

The motor config on mine is (based on Bob Campbell Board, dont know which one you are using)

Signal, Enabled, Step Pin, Dir Pin, Dir low active, Step low active, Step port, Dir Port

X enabled 2 6 no yes 1 1

Y enabled 3 7 yes yes 1 1

Z enabled 4 8 yes yes 1 1

A enabled 5 9 yes yes 1 1

My system has a slaved axis thats why I am using A, if you dont slave then omit the last row

Last edited by Alan_c; Sun 07 December 2008 at 10:08..
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  #196  
Old Sun 07 December 2008, 10:09
sailfl
Just call me: Nils #12
 
Winter Park, FL
United States of America
Gerald,

When I power the machine, now all the rights are lite on the PMDX for the motors. When I jog the step light goes out and then comes back on.

I will look at the link you have listed.

I am suppose to be using A because I have two X motors. I thought that X would drive both motors.

Thanks
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  #197  
Old Sun 07 December 2008, 11:31
sailfl
Just call me: Nils #12
 
Winter Park, FL
United States of America
Fixed

Thanks to everyone responding so quickly.

I thought I understood about the JP1 Jumper but I had changed it from the first time I looked at it but once I moved to the lower position the motors started to work.

I also had to reverse one set of the AA wires so that both of my X motors ran in the right direction.

I am a happy MM.

I am using my Shuttle Pro and I like it a lot. Need a longer USB wire.

I will be posting pictures soon.

Thanks again to Gerald and others.
Nils
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  #198  
Old Mon 15 December 2008, 16:52
sailfl
Just call me: Nils #12
 
Winter Park, FL
United States of America
Update,

My machine is cutting since Sunday but my personal computer is in the shop - I think it is about to die.

I picked up another MDF board for my spoilboard and will glue it down hopefully Tuesday. I have to grease the racks, add logos and configure the pause and resume buttons on the machine. I have my zero laser macro working and I have been working on touch plate - I have a couple issues - it wants to drive the router deeper but I will fix that soon.

I had a little trouble configuring the router to turn on but that is also working.

I will take some pictures for evidence and request my serial number soon.

Thanks to Sean for all his help.

I had to bring in the machine computer so I can get the oem codes I need to configure the buttons.

Every thing seems to be working well.

Pictures soon.
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  #199  
Old Mon 15 December 2008, 17:09
sailfl
Just call me: Nils #12
 
Winter Park, FL
United States of America
Found the "Setting up a remote push button...." thread so I will fix that easy.

Thanks Gerald
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  #200  
Old Mon 15 December 2008, 17:25
domino11
Just call me: Heath
 
Cornwall, Ontario
Canada
Congratulations Nils, Will eagerly await your next posts.
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  #201  
Old Mon 15 December 2008, 17:49
smreish
Just call me: Sean - #5, 28, 58 and others
 
Orlando, Florida
United States of America
I've seen the beast in action. Nice, really smooth. I'm jealous that he already has configured the touch plate, laser offset and shuttle pro. It's still too clean - but I am sure I can help fix that problem

Gerald, I gave Nils a set of decals and logo's for the machine, so you can issue the serial number as soon as he post's the proof!

Congratulation Nils, it's been a long fun road.

Thanks for letting me help.
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  #202  
Old Mon 15 December 2008, 17:54
sailfl
Just call me: Nils #12
 
Winter Park, FL
United States of America
Sean,

Once again, I could not have built my machine with out your help and direction. My machine works so well because of your input. I want to thank you for putting up with my phone calls and questions. I was lucky that you helped me.
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  #203  
Old Mon 15 December 2008, 18:26
Rad Racer
Just call me: Wayne #25
 
Minnesota
United States of America
Well done! Looking forward to seeing photos of your completed machine.
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  #204  
Old Mon 15 December 2008, 20:33
Gerald D
Just call me: Gerald (retired)
 
Cape Town
South Africa
Sounds like Nils is having fun.
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  #205  
Old Mon 15 December 2008, 22:41
Kobus_Joubert
Just call me: Kobus #6
 
Riversdale Western Cape
South Africa
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Well done Nils. I hope the blue paint is off your face by now
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  #206  
Old Tue 16 December 2008, 00:11
Gerald D
Just call me: Gerald (retired)
 
Cape Town
South Africa
Nils, if you still have paint on your face, you could put the decal on your forehead
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  #207  
Old Tue 16 December 2008, 19:12
Greg J
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Hagerman, New Mexico
United States of America
Way to go Nils !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sure, we're all happy for ya bud.

Pictures Please.
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  #208  
Old Wed 17 December 2008, 04:00
sailfl
Just call me: Nils #12
 
Winter Park, FL
United States of America
Virus

Mech Mate Builders,

About the time I was finishing my build and wanting to show pictures, I have had to deal with a personal computer problem. There is a very nasty virus out there.

On Friday AM after doing a complete scan of my computer with a well know virus protection software, my computer would not boot. I have a comptuer background and after trying everything that I knew, I decided to take my machine to a palce to see if they could recover my data and fix my machine.

After 5 days of them working on it, they recovered a very small percentage of the data that was on my hard drive. When I went to look at the data at their facility, they started experiencing the same problem with their computer that I had.

They have now isolated the hard drive that they down loaded the small data they recovered.

I know better but I had not made a backup for some time. I do check my computer regularly for viruses.

Be Warned! Make backups and scan your machine and becareful what you allow on you computer.

I hope today to glue the new spoil board to my machine and to add the logos. I will take some pictures in the next day or two.

I consider my personal computer has been trashed. I was planning to buy a new one with a faster processor but I wasn't planning to do it so soon. Looks like I am getting an early present.

Last edited by sailfl; Wed 17 December 2008 at 04:21..
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  #209  
Old Wed 17 December 2008, 09:50
Gerald D
Just call me: Gerald (retired)
 
Cape Town
South Africa
Which virus was it?
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  #210  
Old Wed 17 December 2008, 11:28
gmessler
Just call me: Greg #15
 
Chicago IL
United States of America
Nils,

Sorry to hear about your computer.

On a better note....congratulations on your machine.
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