Quote Originally Posted by Karl View Post
I'm not aware of a situation where the machine is asked to move full speed in, say, the X direction whilst it's already moving full speed in the Y direction. I assumed - for no good reason - that this was a MACH3 jogging thing. So now I'm very interested in the answer.
Nothing to stop you running a program like this. It's conceivable on a drilling cycle.

G21 G61
G0 X0 Y0
G0 X100 Y100
G0 X0 Y0
G0 X100 Y100
G0 X0 Y0
G0 X100 Y100

Quote Originally Posted by Karl View Post
Setup:
Motors: SY60STH88-3008BF (x3)
Driver: PM542 @ 1,600 pulses per rev, 2.37A(Peak) [1.69A(RMS)]
You and Steve are both running these motors in Bipolar series, not parallel ... interesting.

Quote Originally Posted by audioandy View Post
No problem, let Steve have first call then it's over to you.
Thanks :)