Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Maxnc help

And of course, course should be coarse.

Mike

Mike Rainone wrote:

> Hi, group.
>
> With the help of Jon Elson, Tim Goldstein and Dan Mauch, I have finally
> (almost) gotten my homebrew CNC router running. It runs Dan's 5A stepper
> board and 300 oz. in. steppers. It was also direct drive onto a rack and
> pinion X and Y and had a resolution, I think of, 140 half steps per
> inch, which was pretty course. Maxnc DLX was used as a controller and it
> worked! Crudely, but it worked. Since then I have geared it down 4/1 to
> increase resolution, but I am having trouble getting Maxnc calibrated.
> On jog, after a zillion pulses it finally jogs one step or perhaps a
> half step. The problem is that the software is accompanied by perhaps
> the most criminally negligent documentation that has ever been issued. I
> realize that for $250 I shouldn't be complaining too much, but this is
> beyond reason. The folks at Maxnc are terrifically nice when you call
> them for help, but direct phone contact is NOT a substitute for even
> half-assed docs, which these aren't. I also understand that CNC programs
> are not all for newbies, but even an experienced CNC user is owed some
> information about how a new piece of software works.
>
> I am at the point that if I could figure how to change the "scale" it
> might behave itself, though that is only a guess. In addition, I am
> importing ".fan" files from Mill Wizard, then changing the ".fan" to
> ".t" Does anyone know what Maxnc really wants in the form of a G-code
> file? Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Mike Rainone
> PurpleCowDesign
>
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