Re: CNC Woe's

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Siebert" <hs3980@...> wrote:

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> Thanks for all the fine advice. I did find out what the problem

was.

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> The lathe plugs into the "Might Drive" main box and is turned on

and

> off by the control box. While the spindle was running I watched

the

> steppers and notice the X was jumping steps when it was not

supposed

> to be moving. I unplugged the lathe spindle motor from the control
> unit and plugged it in the wall and the X stepper stopped jumping.
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> Since the spindle was feeding off the controller the same as the
> steppers, the current supplying the spindle was somehow feeding

back

> on the stepper signal causing it to jump.
>
> So there you have it. A 6 month problem fixed so I can stop

tearing

> my hair out. :) Thanks again for your help all.

See That! there is a ton of things that can go wrong,and sometimes
it's very simple thing.
There is couple things you can do, use a filter to the rele out put
or use a optical rele.

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