... Randy, I'm surprised someone doesn't market a setup similar to the one you constructed, but designed to be fitted on to general manual lathes in the range...
i found the tapmatic routines in the files area but am having trouble understanding how to use them, could someone provide some direction? Thank you, Jason...
hi jason- go to the tapmatic website and download the instructions for the 50 and 30. are you using the rd models? you'll need to find a way to "lock" the ...
It seems to do it the worst after a drilling cycle and nearly always does it going to the tool change position. But when rapiding the z-axis will sometimes...
msn_jrd, it sounds (pun unintended) that your Z stepper motor is losing steps. There are several things that could cause that behavior. Your line voltage could...
I don't know what you mean by servo? Have you changed out the stepper to servos? I assume you mean stepper. I had a problem with the Z axis stepper drive...
yes sorry I did mean the stepper motor and it has only ever done it while going up but sense you said something about low line voltage I completely forgot the...
Hi I had very similar behaviour when my top limit switch on the z axis only shut and did not open again, MACH 3 got very confused, you can see the status of...
Hope everyone had a happy Halloween I had recently purchased the manual TTC tool kit from Tormach. I was planining on purchasing a decent height gage to check...
Is it possible to run the standard Mach3 video plug-in using the current Tormach software? It appears to load ok - but does nothing when you try to 'config'...
Jeff, To access the Mach 3 video capability, you would have to modify Tormach’s M3. And if you do modify it, Tormach will not be able to provide support for...
(reposting due to subject line typo!) After owning my machine for a couple of years, I finally got tired of the buzziness and vibration. I had read that some...
I see on the Tormach website that they, without fanfare, have released the new version of PCNC, based on Mach3 version 3.042.029. The version on the website is...
I guess I don't undestand Randy, is there a new software for the series 2 machine that will also work on the series 1 machines? Or is there a newer software...
Tyson, My take it's for the Series 2 machine and the Series 1 machine which have the VFD spindle update installed. Looks like those with Series 1 machines...
Tyson, Robert has it right. If you go to Help / About on the top PCNC menu it will tell you which version of Mach3 is running. Up until now it's been 2.42....
... Hopefully not, Robert. 3.042.029 uses a new, non-backwards-compatible parallel port driver than 2.42, and the shuttle plugin is also different. It took me...
I found that placing some Dynamat auto trunk insulation between the lower half of the motor cover (non-hinged sheet metal portion) and the spindle moto base...
I recently purchase a Tormach and have run several jobs on it using only one tool, but have a project coming up that would be nice to use several tools. I...
Hi, I thought it would be interesting to comment on this as I have probably done every different kind of Z / height setting that can possibly be done. I have...
Larry, makes a lot of sense, I do something very similar. At the moment, I am using a tool height presetter available on eBay. It's a little box with a built...
Bob: How do you use the presetter to measure a datum off a tooling ball or roll pin? What happens when you accidentally jog down the Z-axis and over-travel...
I wouldn't use the presetter to measure a datum off a tooling ball or roll pin; that's not its purpose. It's simply there to set up the tool table. I can use...
I use the electronic height presetter that lights up when the tool makes continuity by touching it. I can turn it on and off by jogging .0001 (on the Haas w/o...
That's why I use a TDI held in a TTS holder as my "height" tool. It has overtravel protection when finding the datum either off a hardened tooling ball, roll...
Thanks for all the responses. I just talked to Tormach and Matt explained how to set the height without the measuring process, thanks to all for the help and...
Hi all, I just added four more photos of my progress on my Howell VTwin project. The engine itself is finished except for the carbs and piston rings. I'm...
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