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It seems like you have cleared a major hurdle.If it cuts what it should and nothing else,you have cracked a large part of the operation.I'm a bit puzzled about the need to drip feed the program.Is...

Ok well you have bought it right and it would be a shame to spoil it by cutting corners because you'll never build anything like it for £500, it wouldn't even buy the steel.!

Now regards your...

I hope it doesn't come as too much of a shock but the comments about the amount of work involved in post #3 will apply no matter what control system you change to.As it is you have a machine with a...

Ok well, I don't have any experience of controlling drives with PWM but my limited understanding is it's very much like +/-0-10v and while many controllers have PWM outputs I don't think they will be...

It depends on the drives and if they have Step & Dir control inputs. If not then you can't use any of the UC line of controllers because they supply Step & Dir signals only.
Most older machines...

To vastly over simplify,It will run all sorts of machines once you have explained to it how many steps/unit of travel.For my hobby machine,on steppers,it was mostly a case of finding out how quickly...

To be honest I've had to refrain my self from saying RIP IT OUT so I'm pleased to see you have seen the light for your self.

A retrofit will transform the machine into a different beast but be...

Some door sensors are made so that you can pull the pin out towards you to overide the interlock once opened. This will automatically reset when you close the door again. These are best used when...

A lot of people will frown upon overriding the door mechanism. It should be two screws in the back of the door and just tape the block into the micro switch as if the doors where closed. Problem...

You may not absolutely need to home the machine every time you power it up,but I always do.It gets a bit more necessary if you lave a fixture on the machine and intend to resume cutting the same...

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Ive imported your code into my test file and you can see what your code was trying to do at least.

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Side view of your orange tool line.

Operation List POST: qmaxAlan4
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OP 1 FINISH PASS TOOL 2 2 FLT TWIST FLUTE ALI (6.35MM)
EFFECTIVE DIAMETER 6.35
Feed...

First I just want to say sorry for the state of the pictures. Just quicker for me to take a picture of my old notes as I'm currently at work :thumbdown:
Second I want to state that my usable working...

I'm guessing the error could be that the sample file defaulted to imperial dimensions and you may have intended to cut a metric test piece.That wouldn't be the first time somebody has done such a...

This could be a simple mistake within Alphacam.

I always make a rectangle first point x0 y0 second point 2438.4 (you can put the basic math in this box and alpha cam will input the data like so:...

Hi, I've recently stumbled across your post searching for some information on the same drive fault as your self.

Just wanted to say that I use Alphacam Standard Router. Then use alphaedit to send...

Hiya, welcome to the forum and nice purchase!

I've uploaded your machine pics to the forum and attached them to your post otherwise they will eventually be lost when eBay decides to delete them...

Its good that you know your way round CAD software as this will give you a huge boost when iit comes to producing parts.In terms of control software,are you sure that what the machine has currently...