Yes I'm pretty sure they run that way, but when you see some of the videos they will have a piece part held by both chucks spinning at the same time while both...
While 6+ axes is very sexy, in reality only a tiny percentage of Mach users are using more than 4 axes. Even a 3 axis controller would probably cover more than...
personally,i find 6 axes useful for twin headed systems. one head for routing motifs on melamin.the other head for a circular saw.look at your melamin cupboard...
these people use 12+ axes ,but not always on a single gantry. it could be a camera gantry moving together with a model mover gantry,in addition to a spot...
... probably cover more than 90% of Mach users. Id go so far as to say 98% use only 3 axis myself. The point of a large scale multiaxis trajectory planner is ...
Couldn't agree more Les. But it's all interesting stuff, and so tempting for the challenge when a machine turns up with that many axis. Brag factor again...
A very common method of doing this is to have a large Z axis plate with the diffrerent heads mounted on the plate, each on another slide and pneumatically...
... Well, the OP (Don't know if that was you or someone else) wrote "how do you guys manage without tool changers?" So, I explained how I manage without one! ...
... Oh, just to explain a bit more.... When I first got my CNC machine running, I worked it just like I had a tool changer - that was me and my hands. I was...
There are applications other than CNC machines.:-) One of our clients, a large medical equipment manufacturing corporation, uses 84 of our G203V drives per...
This is cool, right after the car scene about 3 seconds into the vid: http://www.mocoforum.com/videos/cyclops.mpg The camera head's perfectly motionless even...
then your brother deserves a lot of respect ( and you too). Stan winston was working on james cameron "avatar" when cancer took him last month. Its easy to...
Hi Guys, I have not been n this group for some time but recently acquired an Emco Compact 5-PC lathe. I have it working using Mach3 but am thinking of retro...
Naw, not me. I just recall my brother talking about early uC/uP designs and the fun he had getting it to drive servos. He's been in LA for years doing mainly...
... You'd like the 203V better, more bomb-proof and a better design. ... OK, here's the cliff notes version. ... Means it's hard to blow up the drive with...
... The "why" of this stuff can be complicated. I'll give a short form a try. Most stepper motor drivers take what's called step/direction signals. That is...
Hi Guys, has anyone got any trouble-shooting tips for a G100 that's suddenly given up communicating? It was working fine last night, I turned it on today and...
Joe, The G100 won't work with Mach and USB. I'm finding with mine that sometimes I have to have Mach started up and then plug the G100 in. Other times it's ...
... sometimes ... times it's ... cable ... place ... Hi Don - I wasn't trying to talk to the G100 in Mach 3 via USB - just trying to talk to it at all! It...
Joe, Try eliminating the router from the loop, and use a cross-over cable directly between the computer and the G100. You're probably going to have to...
... Thanks Harvey, ... I appreciate the detailed explanation. I also appreciate you taking the time to write it. It all makes a lot more sense now. Thank you. ...
why are analogue command signals superiror to step dir? exactly what are pixies? how is the interfacing between parallel port breakout boars and analogue servo...
... A step drive moves in discrete steps. Even a step-servo drive, like the G320, moves in discrete steps (encoder counts) at low speed. An analog velocity...
I can answer the Pixie question but not the question of what is better or how they function. The Pixie board, which is no longer available, takes the step and...
... the problem is that my system makes use of my own proprietary integrated software.i'm thinking of integrating the mach ocx system with a server management...
The big problem with steps is you generate them from a digital source, this means there are actually big jumps as the speed ramps up, and as Jon say's jerks in...
Mark, one thing you alluded to, but could be clarified a bit more. Servo's always have a following error, which as you mentioned, is reduced due to the high...
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