Hi,

Yesterday, I posted a CNC conversion website, which also contains the new Mach3 screens and postprocessors.

I have been getting reports from many of you regarding the broken links etc. I finally discovered the problem: I accidentally used "\" instead of "/" in file descriptors. This is what happens when you write software in many different languages, and use cut and paste :) . Consequently, those of you who do not use IE (firefox, etc) were not able to see a whole lot.

It is fixed now, so you are welcome to look.

http://users.adelphia.net/~kchris/ - CNC conversion main page

My apologies,

Chris K.

Most of your links are still broken. You need to fix the URLs. For example, the URL for the image at the top of the page is

http://users.adelphia.net/~kchris/index_files%5Cimage002.jpg

it should be

http://users.adelphia.net/~kchris/index_files/image002.jpg

Bruce

Hi Bruce,

I just checked the html files, and the pic holders do not have:

http://users.adelphia.net/~kchris/index_files%5Cimage002.jpg

but

http://users.adelphia.net/~kchris/index_files/image002.jpg

as they should.

I am sure it is showing what you say in your browser. I will look into this when I get some time. In the meantime, may I suggest you view it with IE. For some reason, this problem is limited to one type browser only (I can't remember which).

I am sorry for the trouble.

Regards,

Chris

Another issue here may be that visitors browsers are not set to check for new pages upon each visit, consequently the browser simply jumps to the page address stored in memory which may not necessarily be the most current page. In this case the return visitor must click the browsers refresh button to load the most current page.

Ken

Ken,

I think you are absolutely right on this. What bruce was seing is a character %5, which is a "\". This is what I erroneously had before, and have fixed since.

Mort browsers are by default set to reload existing page , if it can be found in the temp folder. Thus, a simple reloading the page will update, and fix it.

It would be great to see if that will fix Bruce's problem.

Thanks a lot.

Chris

Chris,
All the links seemed to work fine, believe I went through them all, but more importantly you have done an excellent job on the conversion and from all that was mentioned it has suprising accuracy. From what I read it does not appear to be set up for threading via CNC, is that in the plan?

Ken

Ken,

Threading is already done: both lathe (note the index board on the spindle - that is for TPR) and the mill. The flange I used for the ball-screw conversion was thread-milled by the Smithy using the regular acme screws. I tested the lathe, and was able to make 2 TPI @ 160 RPM. I am sure I will never need anything less than 8 TPI.

Thanks for your kind comments, and for checking the site for me. I appreciate your time my friend.

Regards,
Chris

Well OK, I went back and looked but never saw it, however, I will take your word for it :D


Once again, nice work.

Ken

Chris,
Got a question,
What is the need for the "Electrically Insulated QCT" ?

Thanks
Ken

I have never been to your site before so a refresh is not needed. You must be using a browser that fixes your html mistakes.

Do a "view source" on your main page and you will see you still have backslashes in the URL.

Bruce

Hi Bruce,

Thanks for the heads up. I looked and found "\" on couple of pages. I corrected this, and I hope that all will be well now.

If you don't mind trying again too see if it is OK now. Don't forget to refresh the browser, or even better, clean your temp internet folder in the IE tools/internet options.

Many thanks,

Chris

PS: what browser are you using?

Hi Ken,

Regarding the threading: I do not specifically mention it, but if you go to the "electronics" page you will see the index board, with some comments. The only purpose of this board is to do IPR feed, which is used by G32/76/96 threading moves. Also to show you the RPM and CSS, which is secondary.

>What is the need for the "Electrically Insulated QCT" ?
I am not sure to what are you referring. It is very simple, and I am not sure what I can add beyond what is on the QCT page. One thing I did not mention is that I added a buffer gate to the input with a 4.7K pull-up resistor. When grounded, the gate signals to the PROBE Mach input. It also turns on a LED on the pendant, as well as activating a small beeper inside the pendant. I placed a post probe connector on the back of my pendant to make it handy to plug in other things, such as the mill Z plate, and my modified edge finder.

Regards,
Chris

Hi Bruce,

Thanks for the heads up. I looked and found "\" on couple of pages. I corrected this, and I hope that all will be well now.

If you don't mind trying again too see if it is OK now. Don't forget to refresh the browser, or even better, clean your temp internet folder in the IE tools/internet options.

Many thanks,

Chris

PS: what browser are you using?


Looks good now. Thanks Chris. I am using Firefox on Mac OS X.

Bruce